Beginners Guide to Ice Skate and Figure Ice Skate?

As soon as it freezes in the America, a large part become the most favorite place for skaters. Are your ready to go skating on natural ice? You can, of course, immediately start skating, but Ice skating is a sport with a very high risk of acute injuries from a fall so we recommend you never go skating with incomplete kit. If this is your first time, you should learn what you can do if you fall through the ice and practice several time how to land under the ice? Before learning ice skating you must know about the ice figure skating. When did it start? And How to select Ice Figure Skates? And then we start to learn about basic ice figure skating. Ice figure skating is added in Olympics sports in 1908, it comprises of these disciplines:

• Singles
(1) Men’s singlesrn(2) Ladies singles
• Pair skating
• Ice dancing

In singles, it is a competition where men and ladies perform individually spins, spirals, jumps, step sequences and other elements in that program. While in pair skating men and women performs in pairs, in this discipline, they perform elements in a sequence strictly like man throws a woman into a jump, lift her in that manner that she is above the head of him and performs different styles. Ice dancing is also performed by the couple but in this, they perform a dance on the music together step by step but man couldn’t lift the girl above the shoulder in this performance. Before starting to learn to ice skating it is most important to learn how to select best suitable ice skates for ice figure skating, I am going to share some tips below:

• Purchase the ice figure skates from the person who knows the figure skating.
• Must take guide before buying the skates from the ice skating coach because he can guide you the best suitable ice skates for you.
• Don’t go for a cheap skate, instead of cheap ones, used skates are far better than cheap skates.
• Select the skates which fit properly to your feet if they are loose they can hurt.
• If you are buying new skates then buy from the best brands like Jackson and BOTAS.

Now I am going you guide you about how to ice skates properly for the first time:

• Make sure that you have worn the skates properly and tied the laces.
• Wear gloves, wrist guards and a helmet to protect your head during a fall.
• Now go to the entry door, you may take help from some one to take to the door or you can use skate guards for walking but remove the guards when you are stepping up on ice.
• First practice standing up and falling down. It is the most important step of skating. Just like squatting bent down and then forward as you are falling and then try to stand up step by step. First put your hands on your lap and then start bent off till you stand up. Practice falling down and standing up until you are trained for it.
• When you become the expert of standing up and falling down now learn about to go forwarding, go forward by marching, first march in place and then march to move just like you are running up the cycle by your feet.
• Now you have started moving forward, it's time to learn how to stop, don’t just brake your self, let your speed down and go to rail for the support when you want to completely stop don’t be afraid of slippery floor and don’t ever waive your hands to balance yourself instead of doing this go the rail and grab it.
• In the end repeat the steps again and again until you will become an expert at it.

Precautions:

• The quality of the natural ice varies by region. It is best to ask your local skating club skating club or if you can skate on natural ice.
• Anything can happen, so get prepared to call someone for help or alarm.
• A safety kit for natural use, consists of an ice pick and a throw rope. The set is compact, light and weighs just 120 grams yet.