Whats the difference between figure and ice skating?

Ugh. I am so confused :D ! Whats the difference between figure and ice skating? Figure skating is more of a work out right? Could you please explain to me both forms of skating???





THANK YOU SO MUCH :D!!!|||Ice skating is just the general term for many ice sports (hockey, figure skating, speed skating, or even recreational skating). Figure skating is the competitive stuff that you watch on tv with all the triple jumps and all that good stuff. It was originally called that because back in the day, competition was making precise figures on the ice. You wouldn't go out and do a program to music, but you would try to make a perfect figure while skating, hence figure skating. But, as I said earlier, nowadays Figure skating describes the competitive spinning and jumping stuff that you see on tv.


Hope I cleared things up for you :)|||I'm not an ice skater/figure skater, but i do know the difference. Ice skating is generally racing around the. . . ice plain. lol. it involves speed and dynamics. Figure skating involves balance, and dancing on ice.





Hope i helped! have a great day (or night depending on where you are) :D|||ok iam a figure skater and the difference is that a figure skater does jumps spins etc but ice skaters can be anything, like speed hockey or figure skating. or ice skating could mean just skating for fun|||figure skating and ice skating are basically the same. some people have different meanings but figure skating is usually people doing jumps, spins, spiral sequences ( holding your leg up in a split position with variations) and footwork. ice skating is usually just recreational|||I'd say ice skater was some one who just skates around maybe forwards backwards and a few tricks. A figure skater can do more and will be able to do jumps and spins from the proper entrance.|||Ice Skating is usually just a term used to describe -recreational- figure skating, and just a hobby. You could say 'Oh yeah, i went ice skating the other day with my friends" if you were just someone looking for fun.


But if you were a competitive figure skater, you would say "I went to figure skating practice earlier today".


Its kind of confusing because some people just call hockey/figure/speed skating "ice skating", so yeaaa.