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Beginners will find that their muscles strain, while skating. However, it is a normal phenomenon and within a few practice sessions, one can get used to the strain. It is also important to relax and avoid locking your knees. They should be bent in the forward direction to avoid falling or tripping backwards.
Patience and a determined effort are a must, while learning ice skating. Initially, many people find it difficult to balance on skates and the time taken to get used to using them, is different for each individual. Therefore, never give up, and give it a good try. Learning the first moves can always be crude; but never get discouraged. Regular practice will ensure graceful and deft movement.
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Ice Skating Tips

Beginners will find that their muscles strain, while skating. However, it is a normal phenomenon and within a few practice sessions, one can get used to the strain. It is also important to relax and avoid locking your knees. They should be bent in the forward direction to avoid falling or tripping backwards.

Patience and a determined effort are a must, while learning ice skating. Initially, many people find it difficult to balance on skates and the time taken to get used to using them, is different for each individual. Therefore, never give up, and give it a good try. Learning the first moves can always be crude; but never get discouraged. Regular practice will ensure graceful and deft movement.

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While some novice ice skaters decided to learn ice skating all by themselves which are possible, it is actually recommended to get some professional skating lessons if possible. There are many advantages of taking these lessons and it is not hard to find a skating rink which is near to your home.

Here are what we can share on Ice skating Tips:

a. How to fall: Falling is unavoidable especially for new learners in ice skating but falling can be risky at the same time. Thus it is valuable to learn how to minimize the risk of injury when falling. Some good tips would be to wear ice skating protective gear set such as helmet, wrist, elbow, knee and hips pads to minimize the impact of the injury.

b. Getting professional guidance on ice skating if you are a beginner is the most important tips of all. This is the only way where the beginner can learn how to fall without injuring himself, how to stand still and how to skate properly.

c. If you are skating outside the ring, making sure that the ice is thick enough to support your weight is some basic pre-skating checking to safe-guard your safety.

d. Learning how to make an abrupt stop swiftly is one of the key tips for every ice skater - this is called the Hockey Stop. Then there are T-Stop, Snowplow Stop, and also backward T-Stop and other kinds of stopping tips which one gets to learn to be a good ice skater.

e. Wear warm, comfortable clothing and appropriate socks made of microfiber or synthetic are the best for ice skating. Keep in mind that the rink's temperature is 50-60 degrees, therefore a light jacket, sweater, windbreaker is advisable. Get some gloves or mitten made of wool or acrylic type is best.

f. It is important to make sure you tie your ice skates the correct way. It is best to tie your skates fairly loose at the bottom part. In the middle part of the skate, where the ankle is, it is good to pull the laces tight. This will give the support that your ankles need to hold you up while you are skating. And at the very top part of the skates, it should be the loosest part so that it will be easier for you to bend your knees which is very important in ice skating.


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