learn to ice skate

I first when ice skating back when I was at school, maybe around 12 years old. I took to it straight away, but I was always good on roller blades. I loved it! The rink we used to go to played really loud dance music and we just used to skate round feeling ultra cool.

I still love skating now, although I don’t go very often. I also love watching the TV show ‘Dancing on Ice’. It’s where a bunch of celebs learn to ice skate basically and one gets voted off each week. They look so fab and learn so quick!

I would love to be able to ice skate properly and definately plan to learn. The thing that has been putting me off more than anything is confidence. This goal will probably help me out with a couple of other goals too, like losing weight. I have been looking into starting lessons when I move to London so I will hopefully learn then! Soo exciting! The only thing is, I seem to be pinning a lot on ‘I’ll do it in London’. I am going to have to make sure I make the relevant changes to make these things happen in London!

wonder when i will attempt this!

My father is a great hockey player since I was little but he never teach me how to skate, I can stand in the ice but I don’t think that’s a great acomplishment after trying three times I stepped on the ice(during my whole life) I wish I had the whole place for me with no one watching so I can fall freely as many times I want hah but anyway I hope to do it well within two years.

I’ve just bought skates, they’re the best things ever. Went skating for my first time in 10 years and I was still halfway decent! I am signing up for lessons next.

Well I took a few lessons last year but then fell ill and didnt go back for 8 months. I went once a few months ago because my sis came over and she wanted to go. I’m still scared of hurting myself. I did fall down the last time and it was embarassing but not painful except I banged my elbow on the ice which hurt a little for a while afterwards. I dont know why I’m so slow learning, must be because I’m scared. I’ll be back.

I went to the skating rink for the first time in the 19 years of my life. My friend ice skates and has taught a couple of people how to ice skate before, so she went with me.

She made me practice walking around on the skates first and it was surprisingly simple. I really thought I was going to simply fall over since the blade was so thin! So, I was surprised.

Once I got on the ice though, I panicked. It was so slippery, I clung onto the side walls with my life. My friend was patient and taught me slowly, step by step.

First, try to walk on ice. That took about half an hour because I couldn’t do it correctly. I don’t know how to rollerskate, rollerblade, or ride a bike, so I’ve never had to try to find my balance before. That was the hardest part.

I was really nervous and became even more so when I saw all these little kids skating like pros. The first time I fell, I couldn’t get up because I didn’t know how, I just kept falling back down. Then, a girl who was probably 8 years old, stopped in front of me and taught me the proper way to get up. It was pretty humiliating, but I was laughing at myself. I wasn’t too self-conscious as I usually am with things. I was just out having fun and trying to learn something new. It didn’t hurt though, like I thought it would so I slowly became more confident.

The second time I fell, I fell really hard and I hit my head against the ice. I now sport a battle wound: a goose egg on the back of my head. That really, really hurt. I was really paranoid about falling afterwards and I was really careful.

After I started walking on ice correctly, I started pushing myself forward a little to glide since that was the next step. I was really afraid of letting go of the side walls though.

An hour passed and we took a short break. When we got back on the ice, I was courageous enough to go towards the center and practice what I knew without holding on to anything. I didn’t fall once. I was doing better and better. I found my balance better too. I felt like I was a penguin, waddling around on ice. Before, I was flopping like a fish trying to find my balance but by that point, I found it a lot more simple to just steady myself quickly by leaning forward and raising my arm up a little bit.

That was about as far as I got since I was too hesitant to try doing it a little faster. I definitely intend on going back to keep practicing what I know and to do more until I can really ice skate. I was really envious of the people I saw, who was ice skating for the first time and after a few minutes, have the process of skating down pat.

Still, I’m proud of the accomplishment I’ve made today with ice skating. Now, I just have to wait for this big lump to fade and to rest this sore body. Then, I’ll be back on that ice again.

I did it couple of times, I know the basics but I want ice skate good enought to play hockey!

Learning to ice skate was actually simple for me. I live in North Georgia where it seldom snows and does get cold, but not cold enough to completely freeze over a lake sturdy enough to skate on, so I made a few trips to a local skating rink where the Atlanta Thrashers practice. I learned how to do it recently. It’s not a very hard thing to if you are familiar with roller skating and roller blading. I went skating with my friends. I arrived at the rink before they did and seemed a little intimidated by the little kids zooming past me, but in just a few minutes, I got my “ice skating legs” and I was moving! My friends couldn’t keep up with me! They were mad because they wanted me to stay behind so they could cling to me, and I wanted to skate. I wanted to be a good friend, so I stayed behind and helped them. The hardest part of skating is definitely the slippery ice. The technique can be developed if you have done any other type of skating before. I had a hard time explaining it since I surprised myself! I have never fallen actually. I’m not trying to toot my own horn because I had a few close encounters. Most of them resulted directly from my friends attempting to pull me down with them. I quickly felt comfortable and gained speed. After that, I returned to the rink once or twice more and started to look as natural as some of the others. One girl could not believe I had only been skating once before. I have no clue why it came so easy, but I’m glad it did! Good luck to everyone trying! And keep in mind that you need to stay close to the edge at the beginning or hold a friends hand. I’ve heard falling is somewhat painful due to the temperature of the ice and the impact of your fall. Push off slowly and gradually try to make your gliding a little longer and more graceful instead of choppy. I noticed alot of people who start off (including me) try to walk and take frequent steps. Try to glide and slide, and gradually make them longer and more fluent. This will help. Apply alot of roller blading rules. It’ll help significantly! GOOD LUCK!!!!

I simply suck at skating. Yup. I cling to the wall or whatever unfortunate person is closest to me. But what’s weird is…I love it! OK, maybe not love, but I really, really like going ice skating. I bet if I learn I’ll have much more fun. Can it be possible?

Hopefully I’ll be taking advantages of the open rink hours a lot this winter. Marrow wants to learn to skate too, so I’ll make him encourage me to go.

Now I have to find my mom’s skates in the garage and clean them up a bit. They’re barely used, but mice ate the laces.