Falling on ice can cause some injuries and pain. If you fall properly you can prevent yourself from getting any kind of injury. There are a few techniques you can follow to prevent yourself from getting hurt. After falling you have to get back up safely without falling again.
1Wear gloves, wrist guards, knee, or elbow pads. These will protect you from getting hurt if you fall.
2Put your hands on your waist or in front of you when you are skating.
3Practice falling. Try to fall without hurting yourself. First try falling without skates and then move on to falling with skates. Try falling on different speeds with your skates on.
4Bend your knees and go into a dip position. If you know you are about to fall just go into a dip position.
5Fall to the side and lean forward as you fall on the ice. This will lower the chances of you getting injured.
6Recover from your fall. Turn over on your hands and knees.
7Take one foot and place it between your hands.
8Take the other foot and place it between your hands. Applying pressure to your toes and Using your toe picks will help you so you won't slide.
9Push yourself up and stand up on the ice.
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- Put your hands in your lap when you are on the ground. If you put your hands on the ice another skater could accidentally skate over them.
- Do the skating move you fell on. This will help you get practice and have less fear of falling on that move. Be ready to fall again though.
Further tips, for beginners: Step 4: If you are losing your balance, don't wave your arms around trying to regain it. Bend your knees, and start going into the dip position. It helps to immediately put your hands on your knees, which prevents you from waving them around and falling backwards on your head or back. It also helps prevent you from instinctively catching yourself with your hand. Often, this simple act will be enough stop you from falling.
Step 5: (A) When you fall to the side, imagine yourself landing right on the side seam of your pants, between the pockets. (Do this even if you're wearing a skirt.) The upper leg bone is the single largest bone in your body and is very strong, and the side of your leg is mostly muscle and connective tissue, which is less prone to injury.
(B) As you fall (to the side, of course), raise your arm on the side toward the ice into an 'L' position with your elbow above the shoulder, flattening your hand as you do so. Practice this several times off-ice to get the feel of it.
The 'L' shape allows you to catch your upper weight with the entire section of arm from above the elbow down to fingertips. This distributes the impact over a large area, preventing injury (particularly to the wrist). More importantly, it absolutely prevents you from hitting your head on the ice. [Again, try this several times off-ice to get the feel of it, and to understand how it prevents you from hitting your head.]
- If other skaters are around, allow them to help in case you do get injured.
- Don't use your hands to break your fall. You could cause damage to your hands.
- Don't lean back when falling or you may hit your head.
- Don't lay on the ice.
- Remember to always put your hands in your lap. Other skaters may not see your hands and they may skate over them