Reddit reviews Laura Stamm's Power Skating

In Laura Stamm's Power Skating book, it has a part relating to skates fitting. The way she teaches to lace up the skates is to be loose (not too much of course) near the toe and the top eyelets, tight in the middle section. That way it's tight enough to transmit power, and yet still loose enough when flexibility is needed to bend knees/execute inside-outside edge works.

The understanding of skating dynamics in the 1890s was pretty limited. There are tons of books today on power skating and skating movement, including comprehensive breakdowns of the kinematics, muscle groups involved, etc.

For example: https://www.amazon.ca/Laura-Stamms-Power-Skating-4th-Stamm/dp/0736076204

Also, decent mix of text/video:

http://howtohockey.com/how-to-ice-skate/