If ice-skating is the latest sporting interest in your household, plenty of history, technical terms, world records and sporting facts can entertain your budding skater when she's not on the ice.

The sharpness of your skates can affect both speed and agility, so you'll need properly sharpened skates for top performance on the ice. You can manually sharpen your skates with the right tools, but doing a good job requires a precise level of skill and technique.

The position of goalie in hockey requires a significant amount of skating. Goalies have to make quick movements across the crease so they can stop the puck, recover and then stop the puck again. Goalies also have to leave the crease to retrieve the puck and make passes to teammates to start the attack.

Injuries to the foot and ankle are some of the most common injuries among skaters, who make turns and quick stops that can lead to injury. Common ankle injuries include lateral ankle sprains that injure the outer ankle portion, most frequently after landing improperly after a jump or turn.

Ice skating is an exhilarating but physically challenging sport in which ankle pain and injuries can occur.

Ice skating was first explored in the 13th century as a way for Dutch villages to communicate via frozen canals during the winter. Later, when England adopted it as a recreational activity, the first ice skating rinks were built.

Figure skaters need plenty of ankle support to perform difficult jumps and spins. To ensure the feet are properly supported, skaters use boots made from multiple layers of leather.

Rusted ice skate blades prevent you from enjoying your time on the ice and may even make it impossible to skate. Poor maintenance and skate storage causes moisture to corrode the metal coating and even the base metal underneath skates.