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Ice Skating

Ice skating is the foundation and recreation context for gliding on skates. This entry covers edges, balance, stops, turns, backward skating and entry into specialisations such as figure skating, ice hockey, speed skating or ice dance.

LevelVariant FamilyIce Sports CategoryWinter sport

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Classification

Category Winter sport

Family Ice Sports

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Foundation form of skating on ice with balance, glide, stops, edges, turns and backward skating.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who want an affordable entry into ice movement or later try hockey, figure, speed or dance.

Cost Rental skates and public session or Learn to Skate class; helmet/gloves by age and comfort. Ice time, rental/own skates, lesson fee, warm clothing and possible protection. Ice rink, Learn to Skate program, skating club, hockey or figure-skating club. Marked as broad foundation context; do not overstate as one global competition discipline.

First progress First glide in session one; controlled stops and edges need several visits.

Fitness level low to medium

Was du brauchst

skates/rental skates
ice rink
gloves
warm clothing
possible helmet/protectors
beginner zone or coach

First steps

lace skates properly
practise falling and getting up
march and glide
learn snowplow stop
then add turns/backward

Public rink, Learn to Skate class, skating club, beginner session or winter-sport hall.

Start slowly, bend knees, wear gloves/helmet if useful, follow rink flow and learn stopping early.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Ice skating, Eislaufen

Tags individual, ice-skating, winter-sport, ice-skating-foundation, eis-sportarten, wintersport, eislauf-grundsport, eislaufen

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Glide, stop, turn and progress safely on skates.

Teilnehmer

individual skaters or class groups.

Teamgröße

individual/group by class.

Spielfeld

ice rink or skating surface.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

learning progress rather than point scoring.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

skates
ice rink
gloves
possible helmet

Wichtige Regelpunkte

ignoring rink rules
unsafe speed
ignoring flow direction
cutting off others

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

U.S. Figure Skating / Learn to Skate USA (Learn to Skate USA)

Learn to Skate U.S. Figure Skating · official-beginner-guide · high
Get Started U.S. Figure Skating · official-beginner-guide · high
Learn to Skate Basic Skills Ice Vault · club-beginner-guide · medium
10 Things to Know Before You Go Ice Skating Adults Skate Too · beginner-blog-guide · medium