Figure Skating
Title: Figure skating
General Purpose: To inform my audience about figure skating.
Specific Purpose: To teach audience the fundamental parts of figure skating
Central Idea: In order to do all fantastic figure skating perform, you have to learn the most basic parts of figure skating: to lace skates, fall and get up on skates, skate forward on ice.
Introduction
I. Attention step: Everyone may has seen on TV the classic "scratch spin" in figure skating, where the skater draws her arms and a leg in and speeds up tremendously. II. Introduce topic: I am really excited about watching that and I wish I could spin freely on ice as well. III. Credibility statement: According to website Olympic.org, figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. However, in order to perform all those fantastic techniques, you have to learn the most basic parts of figure skating. IV. Preview main points/state central idea: Today, I would like to tell you about how to lace your skates, how to fall and get up on skates, and how to skate forward on ice.
(Transition: First, let me tell you how to lace figure skates correctly because it will make the ice skating experience more enjoyable.)
Body
I. Correct lacing of figure skates is very important and must be done a certain way. a. Loosen up the skates and stuff the feet inside the boots b. Tighten up the laces in the first half of the boot. c. Tighten the laces the most where the foot and the ankle bends. This is the most important part of lacing figure skates. Give the laces a good tug at this point and pull hard. d. Next lace around the hooks. Make a criss-cross pattern with the laces and pull with both hands around each hook e. Finish with a double knot on the lace.
(Transition: Now we have put on the skates. Next, the important thing we
General Purpose: To inform my audience about figure skating.
Specific Purpose: To teach audience the fundamental parts of figure skating
Central Idea: In order to do all fantastic figure skating perform, you have to learn the most basic parts of figure skating: to lace skates, fall and get up on skates, skate forward on ice.
Introduction
I. Attention step: Everyone may has seen on TV the classic "scratch spin" in figure skating, where the skater draws her arms and a leg in and speeds up tremendously. II. Introduce topic: I am really excited about watching that and I wish I could spin freely on ice as well. III. Credibility statement: According to website Olympic.org, figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. However, in order to perform all those fantastic techniques, you have to learn the most basic parts of figure skating. IV. Preview main points/state central idea: Today, I would like to tell you about how to lace your skates, how to fall and get up on skates, and how to skate forward on ice.
(Transition: First, let me tell you how to lace figure skates correctly because it will make the ice skating experience more enjoyable.)
Body
I. Correct lacing of figure skates is very important and must be done a certain way. a. Loosen up the skates and stuff the feet inside the boots b. Tighten up the laces in the first half of the boot. c. Tighten the laces the most where the foot and the ankle bends. This is the most important part of lacing figure skates. Give the laces a good tug at this point and pull hard. d. Next lace around the hooks. Make a criss-cross pattern with the laces and pull with both hands around each hook e. Finish with a double knot on the lace.
(Transition: Now we have put on the skates. Next, the important thing we
Cited: “Figure skating”. Olympic. N.d. Web. 4 September 2006. Visual Aids: Figure skates.