how to learn to iceskate?
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When you first learn a chair that you can push and lean against can help you keep your balance while you learn.  At some rinks they have special metal bars that do this as well.
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I taught ballroom dancing.\nI truly believe anyone can learn to dance.\nIt is very fun once you catch on. \nSome moves may be awkward at first, simply because you have never done them before , but a teacher will show you how to do the move correctly.\nYou then need to practice at home even if it is simply going over the moves you learned by yourself. \nFind an entertainment section of your newspaper, most larger cities have events occasionally open to the public for a fee to the dance some with partners some bring a partner , but it would be great practice. Ballroom is also many different ages. If you take lessons you may ask the instructor if they currently have anyone your age taking lessons who may need a partner to practice with. \nGood luck and have fun !
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waltz jump:\nmake sure you jump straight, & bend your knee when you take off & land.... make sure  you dont let your shoulders turn\n\n1 foot spin: 1st., find your sweet spot,  (between the balge & 2nd toe pick.... um make sure you are pushing into it..... & bring your foot & arms in together -- :D
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Ok you have to LEAN darling and make sure your arms are in the right place. If you're going anti-clockwise around a circle put your right hand infront of you at 12 o'clock and your left hand at 6 o'clock. \nPush with your right foot from the ball of your foot while concentrating your weight on the left foot. Then when you come to cross your right over your left, bring that right foot infront to place on the inside (of your circle) push slightly out with your left foot to make room for the right. And place the right down where the left was.\nThen start again. Your posture during the cross overs is gonna make or break it. Practice in a small circle (About 1.6 yards) and consciously lean your body toward the centre of your circle - this will make your blade 'stick'. (p.s. check if your blades are sharp enough too)\n\nYou're gonna look like a little bit of a dork the first few times till you get the hang of it, but once you get it, you're gonna look fab!\nAlso these skating skills are the most important to get right now, because they are the building blocks of all other skating elements.\n\nPractice sweety!
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Work on style.  Learn how to flex your knees more.  If you dig ramps, keep your back foot off the tail, but centered over the bolts...\n\nLearn to use your shoulders to control your board.  That's actually the big secret in skating, that using your shoulders teaches you how to steer and pivot
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Since you're only 11, I will let you slide with this question, but noone can help you over the computer unless they give you the exact instructions, and you write them down, and then you take them with you when you skate...I figure ice skate whenever I can!
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First you need to learn how to do front-side 180's and kick-flips. After you master those than just do them all at once. Its easier if you learn front side varial too because all a front side kick-flip is a varial kick-flip and you doing a 180
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practice and keep skating!work on your turns and skating technique and speed will come!
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First off, your landing is only as good as your take-off so be sure you have a good jump that you can launch from in a stable way. You always want to be centered, no leaning back, no shoulders forward. Stay centered on your board, always. \n\nIn the beginning, do not pop off the lip of the jump, that is something you'll want to work up to as you become more comfortable in the air. Pick a jump with a size you will be comfortable clearing and watch other people hitting this jump so you can better gauge the speed you'll need to clear it. When hitting a jump I've never hit before I'll often "shadow" someone who is hitting the jump so I can get a good feel for the speed required to clear it. \n\nAs you approach the lip of the jump, get in a "ready position" with your knees bent and your body loose. As you come off the lip bring your knees up a bit and try to stay small in the air. As you begin to come down, extend your legs to meet the landing and as you land absorb the impact by bending your knees. You always want to be centered on your board when doing this. Too much weight back and you'll wash out onto your butt and too much weight forward you could either tumble or catch an edge.\n\nAs you get more comfortable with this feeling, you'll want to start "popping" off the lip of the jump. This is an ollie-ing motion similar to an ollie on a skateboard. Basically, as you hit the lip you weight the tail of your board and then quickly unweight it and jump forward. This will greatly increase the height and distance you'll be jumping and is required as you hit bigger jumps. Be sure to start off small and work your way up and be sure to master the basics before trying something more advanced. And never forget that style is everything.\n\nAs far as your board being too small it could be a problem but if you practice it will actually help you in the long run. More advanced  Park Boards are generally a bit stiffer as this offers better pop off the lip and more stability on landing (think about it, a stiffer board will try and keep you centered if you do land too far back). That short board will offer less support but if you can learn to stomp your airs with that then you'll be ahead of the game when you pick up a stiffer board that is the correct size.
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Assuming that you can ollie, start with kickflips, heelflips, frontside and backside 180's, frontside 5-0's, frontside 50-50's, frontside and backside boardslides. After you get that stuff down, you can step up to varial flips, 360 flips, frontside flips, backside flips, and maybe some some switch and nollie tricks. Just watch alot of skate videos and try to emulate what you see. You can also check out Transworld Skateboarding magazine.   They have alot of trick tips. Have fun, because that is what skateboarding is all about!\nwww.skateboarding.com
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all of the following websites are where i learned to skateboard:\nhttp://www.bobstricktips.com/\nhttp://www.skateboard-city.com/skateboard-trick-tips\nand ccs.com
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it takes good ballence - just get on the skates and practice.  I live near San Francisco, CA, but don't skate because of ballence issues
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Well it's gonna take awhile to do the tricks that you see the pros like Bam Margera, Tony Hawk, Joey Brezinski, Mike V......ok all the pros, what they do so if you don't have time then I would just do it as a stress reliever.\n\nStart out with going straight. Gradually go faster and faster. Then try turns. Skateboards can turn pretty sharply and it can be surprising. \n\nAfter you get a feel for your board try a ollie. A basic trick. Just bend your knees, push on the tail of your board, and sometimes rolling your lead foot forward helps too! (helps the height of the jump)\n\nAfter you master a ollie try to manual. It's a pretty easy trick. But you will have some nasty falls trying this one. But it's all in the game.\n\nAfter you can do these two tricks, you can do anything. A ollie is the grounds for most tricks you see people do. Everyone has to start somewhere. The next tricks you learn are up to you and time. All tricks take time to learn. \n\nThen once you get better, try ramp tricks. Then you can decide what you like better Vert or Street. Personally I like both. The thrill of rocketing down the Vert ramp, olling curbs, boxes, and anything that I run into on the street. But you don’t have to pick one. But if you do, there are tons of tricks that you can learn for both. Kickflips, heelflips, melons, shoveits, acid drops, nollies....the list goes on forever.\n\nGood luck, take your time, have fun, ROCK ON!!
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FS1:  Forward  inside  pivot,  two  foot spin, forward spiral, back outside/inside edges, half flip, waltz jump.\n\nFS2:  Ballet  jump,  half  toe  Walley, half Lutz, scratch spin, 2 forward spirals, dance step sequence.\n\nFS3: Back outside or inside pivot, Salchow, change foot spin, back spiral, toe loop or toe Walley, dance step sequence\n\nFS4: Flip, loop, sitspin, half loop , two back spirals, dance step sequence.\n\nFS5:  Lutz,  Axel,  camel, camel-sit-scratch, backspin, dance step sequence.\n\nFS6:  Split  jump, split falling leaf, Axel-half loop-flip, double Salchow,  cross-foot  or  layback  or  change sit spin, spin combo (with   change  of  foot  and  position),  serpentine  dance  step sequence.\n\nFS7:  Double  toe  loop  or  double  toe Walley, 2 Walleys, flying camel,  combination  spin  including  a flying spin and at least 4 different  body positions (each held by 3 revolutions min.) and at least  one  change  of  foot; one foot Axel-1/4 flip-Axel, jump in opposite direction (flip or loop or Lutz), dance step sequence.\n\nFS8: Double loop, double flip, split Lutz , flying sit or Axel sit\nspin,   1-1/4   flip/1-1/4   flip/double   Salchow,   illusion  or camel-jump-camel, circular dance step sequence\n\nFS9:  Double  Lutz,  Axel-double  loop, opposite direction Axel or double  Axel,  rocker  or counter jump-double toeloop-double loop, flying camel or jump sit; arabesque/Bauer/spread eagle sequence in a serpentine pattern covering the full ice surface.\n\nFS10: Double  Axel-double  toeloop, triple edge jump, death drop, 4 alternating  direction  Axels  or triple toe assisted jump, double jump in both directions or triple toe assisted Jump-double Loop, 3 Arabian   cartwheels  or  butterfly  jumps;  Dance  step  sequence designed by the skater covering the entire ice surface.
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Almost every budding figure skater I’ve encountered doesn’t want to spend their time learning swivels, crossovers or turns. They want to jump! Who can blame them? Jumping makes you feel like an accomplished figure skater. The first jump learned by every figure skater is the most basic of them all, the waltz jump. Even in its simplicity, this half rotation jump can be a beautiful jump to watch and master and is often used as the cornerstone for mastering the most difficult of jumps, the axel.\nIn order for a jump to be successful, it has been said the most important aspect is the time spent on the ice two to three seconds before take-off. The waltz jump and axel are the only two jumps where the skater leaves the ice in a forward position. \n\n\nA waltz jump begins with a long glide on a right back outside edge (any edge stuff in website?). The right knee should be slightly bent, or soft, and the hips level. The left leg is pointed straight out behind the skating leg allowing the skater to keep their hips level to the ice. The skater then draws their left skate in behind the heel of the skating leg and steps forward onto a left forward outside edge. Leading with the left shoulder, the skater kicks the right leg up and through to begin the lift in the air. Because this is only a half rotation jump, the arms should be held away from the body. If the arms are held tight and close to the body, it will initiate more of a rotation in the air than necessary. In the air, the skater must transfer their weight from the left leg over to the right hip in preparation for landing. As with all jumps, the skater lands on a right back outside edge, knee soft, left leg extended, arms out, and chin high held proudly high.\nThe good news about the waltz jump is there is not much that can go wrong. If you want to ensure learning the axel is as painless as possible, it’s worth learning and executing the waltz jump correctly. There are several post jump analyses the skater can do to ensure the jump has been executed correctly. First, as with all jumps, spins and edge work, analyze the tracing made by the skating blade. Specific to the waltz jump, the right back outside edge, left forward outside edge and right back outside landing edge should form a continuous arc on the ice, interrupted only by the change in feet from back to front and the distance covered in the jump from take off to landing.\n\nAdditionally, the skater knows they are doing the jump correctly when they feel like they are floating suspended in the air, landing squarely and solidly over the right hip. Landing cleanly on a right back outside edge should allow the skater to maintain their speed and provide flow out of the jump.\n\nWhile gliding on a right back outside edge, the upper body should not be forced around by the edge. If this happens, there will be a tendency to pull your left side back and swing the right leg around the body instead of driving it up and through. Both arms need to drive forward and up, acting as a counter to the forces trying to make you pivot around the left leg.\n\nGreat jumpers are not great skaters. Conversely, sound stroking, footwork and spins all aid in a creating a great jumper. Excellent edge quality is essential for jump set ups and landings. Likewise, spinning is vital in achieving perfect vertical air position as well as tight rotations. In jumping, the skater must use their basic skills as a strong foundation for an impeccable jump. Breaking any jump down into small pieces using the skating technique they already possess will allow the skater to learn specific jumps properly and successfully.
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first try to do it on grass or carpet when u r con4table with that go to sk8 parks if u need any more help give me yo e-mail aderss i'l send u a video by tony hawk they show u how to ollie
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Joey H. answer is good.\nI have some personal tips to share with you...\n1. The best option is to start with low jumps and gain balance and 'sense' of 'air time'.\n2. When the board is 'off' the jump, make sure your balance is just in the middle (both on the length and the width). Most people crash of their side or back at the beginning... due to body freezing in the air. You should make little adjustments in order to keep the board align.\n3. The most important aspect is to think about your knees as your shock absorbers. On your first jumps, bent them more then you think you should.\n4. Try to practice on powder :)\n5. Good luck!