The Basic Edge in Ice Skating

Part of the Video Series Advanced Figure Skating Moves

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Ice skating competition tips. Learn how to become a better skater in this free online video lesson, including the basic edge exercise in figure skating.

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Mr.Olympiev's clips are extremely informative, he simply answered many questions I had about doing these techniques and moves by watching his videos. His english is perfectly understandable and I would also like to thank Mr.Olympiev for making these videos. I benifited greatly from them. And who cares about the looser who called him a clown, really we should all feel sad for him, we are all here seeking information to better ourselfs and our lives and he obviously has no life If he dedicates time just to criticize random help videos on the web. Get a life Looser

Video Transcript

The Basic Edge in Ice Skating
Hello my name is Dmitri Olympiev and I teach advanced ice arena in Florida, you can reach as on the web www.finearena.com. Now have you notice often skaters go around in a circle in different directions. For this they use edges, edges are called the side of the blade on each blade I have 2 sides, outside and the inside. Now I'm going to show you the basic edge, edging is very important and as you can see I'm able to turn on the ice by leaning towards the direction I want to turn. The more I lean the deeper my turn is, I can do the same thing using my inside part of my skates, this way I lean to the inside we'll be right back.

About the Expert

Expert: Dmitri Olympiev was born in Moscow, Russia, and has been skating since he was 4 years old. During his 26 years of skating, he has had an extensive professional competitive career under the supervision Read More