I learned it ice skate without even doing anything...I just went on the ice and I went...maybe you'll be the same...You can ice skate in a lot of places in the winter. My cousin and I walk though the woods and ice skate on ponds...probaly not the safest thing but we do it anyways...then durring ice storms we play ice hockey in my yard...on shoes again....you can have a lot of fun when you know how to iceskate.