Ice skating

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Ice Skating
Ice skating is a lifestyle activity which most people are familiar with but therefore cannot participate in, ice skating can be viewed as one of the most difficult fun activities which one may consider, but then again it is still considered as fun and social.

"Ice skating is moving on ice by skates. It can be done for a variety of reasons, including exercise, leisure, travelling, and various sports. Ice skating occurs both on specially prepared indoor and outdoor tracks, as well as on naturally occurring bodies of frozen water such as lakes and rivers". (infoplease.com)

Many people seem to have difficulties with learning how to ice skate, so there are several ways in which one can learn how to ice skate:
Wear appropriate clothes for movement in a cold environment
Find good skates
Try walking
Get on the ice
Learn to maintain balance
Once you maintain balance, try skating a little faster
Do squats
Practice falling
Practice standing up
Move forward
Take longer strokes and try to glide
Learn to stop
Practice frequently
(wikihow, 2014)


Bibliography
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