From Jo Ann Schneider Farris,
Your Guide to Figure Skating.
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There are many moves figure skaters must master. This article includes links to lessons on falling and getting up on skates, how to stop, how to skate forward, and how to spin and jump.

• Learn How to Fall and Get Up on Skates
  If you are going to skate, you are going to fall down, so before gliding across the ice, all new figure skaters should learn how to fall and get up.

• Learn How to Stop
  After learning how to fall and get up, a new figure skater should learn how to stop on the ice.

• How To Move Forward on Ice Skates
  The next thing most beginning ice skaters learn (after mastering falling down, getting up, and stopping), is how to move forward on the ice.

• A Lesson on Forward Swizzles
  Forward swizzles help knees bend. Swizzles should be mastered before a skater attempts to master forward stroking.

• A Lesson on Forward Crossovers
  Crossovers are the way ice skaters move around corners.

• How to Spin
  Learning to spin on skates is not easy, but is fun!

• How to Do a Spiral
  A spiral or arabesque is an ice skating move done on one foot where the free leg and back are horizontal to the ice. Most new beginning figure skaters can master this move.

• Basic Figure Skating Jumps Every Ice Skater Must Know
  There are certain jumps that all ice skaters learn.

• Footwork Sequences for All Figure Skaters
  When figure skaters put a series of turns and steps together, they are doing footwork. The possibilities are endless.