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Ice skating beginner? Learn all about how to ice skate, from gliding to doing crossovers, swizzles, spins, T-stops and more, in this free ice skating video lesson series for beginning ice skaters and figure skaters.
There are 15 videos in this series:
In case you fall when ice skating, it's important to know how to get up from a sitting position and stand back up on the ice. Learn how, plus get tips on how to fall safely, in this free ice skating video lesson for beginners.
Get started with ice skating by gliding on two feet. Learn how to do a two-foot glide in this free figure skating video lesson for beginning ice skaters.
Gliding on one foot is an important ice skating skill. Learn how to do a one-foot glide in this free ice skating video lesson for beginning ice skaters.
Stop on ice skates with the two foot snow plow stop or the one foot snow plow stop. Learn how in this free ice skating video lesson for ice skating beginners.
Wallies are an impressive beginning figure skating trick. Learn how to do a half wallie, toe wallie and full wallie in this free ice skating video lesson for beginning figure skaters.
When forward stroking on ice skates, keep your body straight and push with the side of your blades. Learn how to do forward strokes when ice skating in this free beginner figure skating video lesson.
When ice skating backwards, or backward stroking, it's important to keep your use good posture and form. Learn how in this free ice skating video lesson for beginning figure skaters.
Forward crossovers in ice skating involve picking up one foot and stepping over the other foot while skating forward. Get forward crossover tips and techniques in this free beginning figure skating video guide.
Before practicing backward crossovers in ice skating, make sure you are comfortable gliding backwards on one foot. Learn how to do backward crossovers and get figure skating practice tips in this ice skating video guide for figure skating beginners.
The forward swizzle is a basic ice skating technique that involves pushing your feet out and together again in a V shape. Learn how to do a forward swizzle on ice skates in this free beginning figure skating video lesson.
Backward swizzles are an ice skating technique used to move across the ice backwards. Learn how to do a backward swizzle in this free ice skating video lesson for figure skating beginners.
When doing backward wiggles on ice skates, it's very important to keep your head up and not look at the ice. Learn how to do a backward wiggle in this free ice skating video lesson for beginning figure skaters.
A professional ice skating instructor shows how to do a left foot outside 3 turn on two feet and on one foot in this free ice skating video lesson for figure skating beginners.
T-stops in ice skating involve stopping with your ice skates in a T position. Learn how to do T-stops in this free ice skating video lesson for beginning ice skaters.
Get tips on doing two-foot spins on ice skates, and keeping your ice skating spins controlled, in this free ice skating video lesson for figure skating beginners.
Ice skates made of flattened animal bone were first used in prehistoric times to cross frozen bodies of water efficiently and conveniently. Today, skating is a great leisure activity and competitive sport. The animal bone has been traded in for metal blades and boots have been added instead of straps or thongs that were previously used to strap the skater to the skates. The metal blade allows the skater to glide on the ice easily, and if more friction is needed, the skater can dig in one of the blade’s edges as a sort of brake. By leaning and pushing, the skater can gracefully glide on the ice.
Even if you've never stepped out onto the ice, all is not lost. With these free video instructions, the any beginner can learn how to ice skate. Our expert will give you step-by-step ice skating lessons and tips, starting with standing up! Once you've got that town, you'll learn how to glide, how to do forward and backward strokes, and most importantly, how to stop on ice skates. So whether you're looking to start your figure skating career, or just looking for a new hobby, our expert's instructions and tips will have you up and skating in no time!
Charlene Johnson-Dodge Charlene Johnson-Dodge is a professional ice skater who has been skating competitively for eleven years. As an amateur competitor in both ISI and U.S.F.S.A fields, she won countless local, regional and national events across the U.S. Johnson-Dodge has instructed students at Freestyle 5 at the Hallenborg Memorial Pavilion in Billerica, MA, Skate III in Tyngsboro MA, and Ice Huts in Dracut, MA. In 2005, she headed to Florida and has been teaching at the Clearwater Ice Arena ever since.dkdk
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