Secondly, when you're falling, you need to be very careful how you fall. Always fall. Break your fall with your hands, but immediately tuck them in and roll on your back and always fall forwards because you don't want anybody else just ice skating and just stepping on your fingers and cutting them clean off. That's not very nice, as you can tell what else other than that. Roller blading before having experienced roller blading prior to ice skating is very helpful