Figure skating is a popular and incredibly beautiful sport. But to become like Plushenko or Yagudin, you need to work long and hard with coaches, exhausting yourself with training and diets. However, on the skating rinks there are a lot of people who just want to ride and have a great time. Teaching someone to skate and making it easier for them to take their first steps on ice is easy enough.
Instructions
Step 1
At what age to skate? - the most important question that young mothers ask themselves is from what age a child should be taught to skate. There is no definite answer: some kids confidently cut across the ice at the age of three, while others only take their first steps at seven. The argument for early learning is that children have no fear. The older the child is, the more careful he is, the more he is afraid of falls. It is worth remembering that ice skating is a serious load on all muscle groups.
Step 2
It is important to choose the right skates for the child: they must be exactly in size (the option "for growth" should be discarded immediately), have teeth on the toe and sharp blades. It is important to lace up perfectly sized skates. They are laced with a cruciform overlap. It is necessary to engage not only all the hooks, but also the holes. The lacing should fix the skate on the leg, preventing it from pressing too hard or, conversely, dangling. Otherwise, injuries cannot be avoided.
Step 3
You need to prepare yourself so that learning to skate will not happen in one lesson. After the first two or three falls, children begin to be capricious or cold.
Step 4
It is worth starting training with the first steps in skating. And preferably not on ice, but on densely packed snow. Artificial ice is a good option. It is smoother and less slippery. First, tell your child how to fall correctly: it is better to sit on your side, squatting slightly and pressing your bent arms to the body. Helmets, knee pads, and elbow pads can be worn to avoid injury. If the fall cannot be avoided, teach your child to get up quickly and easily. To do this, you need to get on all fours, put your hands on the ice, put your right skate on the ice with your entire blade, that is, get on one knee. Then both hands need to be put on the right knee, rest, shift the body weight and put the left foot on the ice with the entire blade of the skate.
Step 5
The next step is to master a few simple exercises:
- a side step (ask the child to walk from one edge of the rink to the opposite side with a side step);
- spring (squats, on the spot);
- walking forward.
Step 6
Then you can try driving on ice. It is advisable that the child try to do it himself. Mom or dad should be around all the time and put their hand out when the baby starts to fall. Figure skating technique is not difficult. The left leg should be put forward, and the right leg should be placed slightly obliquely behind it. The body should be tilted forward, the legs at the knees should be slightly bent. The child should push off with the right foot and ride on the left. The second push is performed exactly the opposite. If there are traces on the ice that resemble a spruce branch, then the skating technique is correct.
Step 7
It makes no sense to learn how to brake and turn, since it will be intuitive for a novice skater.
