hey guys I'm Mary and welcome back to my channel today we are going to review ice
skating for beginners some basic skills you need hope you guys are ready for
this well this seems silly but the first thing we have to learn is how to fall
fall over and lean to the side get on all fours place your foot in the middle
both times on one knee and slowly push yourself up goofy face definitely
necessary practice off ice so it is easier on ice because the ice is quite
slippery next we are going to practice marching off the ice watch your posture
stand nice and tall arms slightly in front below the shoulders not too high
not too low bend the knees and keep your core tight
woohoo we are ready for the ice now let me tell you the best part of skating is
watching Falls in slow motion again the puppy-dog position on all fours one foot
between your hands rise up chest up both palms on the knee to slowly stand up for
marching step out on the ice carefully we're going to march right by the
boards until we get more uncomfortable notice I am standing nice and tall feel
free to use two hands or one and take little baby steps avoid leaning into the
wall this is an easy way for the feet to slide out under you and to wipe out once
you feel comfortable we're going to take it a few feet away from the wall
practice stepping in place stand nice and tall I'm slightly in front and
slightly below the shoulders let's kick it up a notch try to get moving
try to move as fast as you can keep picking up the feet and looking forward
to try not to look down a common mistake is forgetting to lift
our feet and shuffling instead don't be afraid to fall you will slip and slide
it'll be fun also don't look down don't bend at the
waist and don't step with your feet too wide
next up two foot glides take ten big marches feet together and let's see how
far you can take off notice my feet are adjacent when gliding be careful not to
have the feet too wide apart this will make life very difficult
time to graduate to one foot glide start off on the two foot glide stabilize
yourself and slowly pick up your foot notice my feet my thighs are glued
together my toes are glued to the heel of my other foot keep the core tight and
look in the direction you would like to go
try not to lift your foot up too high because you will lose your balance and
don't let those arms go crazy also try not to drop or tilt the shoulders or
hips because that will make you go off of your straight line next we have to
learn how to stop on skates no crashing into the wall for us we are going to
glide bend and make an upside-down V while we push out with our skates a nice
exercise is to hold on to the wall or do it in the middle of the ice and just
practice scraping our foot side to side making snow remembering to bend and just
getting used to gripping the ice and our edges whoo-hoo we're ready to learn
swizzles this is going to set us up for stroking and crossovers we are going to
make a V with our feet bends creating the glide and slowly rising up as our
toes tap start off with little baby swizzles and as you get better gradually
make them larger remember not to look down at your feet
keep looking forwards
we can also do this backwards start off with an upside-down V same thing but
backwards bends push and glide back and as our heels tap slowly rise up we're
ready for scooter pushes now our frozen leg the knee is slightly bent our
pushing leg start off in a T position slowly extend back to the 45-degree
angle return to a gliding position and keep repeating remember to practice on
both sides last but not least time to learn board stroking here is that T
position I was talking about earlier when you're stroking we're advanced now
try not to hit the toe pick pushing off the middle of your blade at all times
slowly pointing your toes thanks so much for watching I've be sure to LIKE
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