How Do You Begin To Glide Backwards On Figure Skates?
How to Begin to Glide Backwards on Figure Skates Monday September 7, 2009 This exercise will help beginning ice skaters become comfortable with the feeling of gliding backward on figure skates. • Go to the rail. With your feet parallel, gently push yourself backward so that you glide backwards for a short distance. • Bend your knees a bit. • Don’t allow your arms to fly around. • Don’t lean back! • Practice this exercise again and again until you feel comfortable with the feeling of gliding backwards on ice skates. More About Beginning Backward Skating: • A Lesson on Backward Swizzles • How to Do Back Swizzles Video A Beginning Ice Skater Glides Backwards on Figure Skates – Photo by JO ANN Schneider Farris Comments (
