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Beginning Ice Skating Lesson

By Jo Ann Schneider Farris, About.com

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Step Five - Getting Back Up

Getting Up

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The ice skating instructor will now teach the new figure skaters how to get up.

Skaters will get themselves on "all fours" first. Then, they will put their hands between their skates and will push themselves up.

Some skaters will find that their blades will slip and slide as they try to get up. Figure skating coaches will recommend using the toe picks of the blades to keep the skates in one place as the skaters try to pull themselves up.

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