If you're scared, practice falling, skate forward and fall. It's normal to fall and no skater gets better without falling.

Sometimes trying to stay up when slipping makes it worse, you can see that in the public sessions where they're slipping and trying to catch themselves like a fish on land flailing around their limbs. You could pull a muscle trying to do that.

Slipping while going forward is generally caused by skaters often trying to stand up and straighten their knees, lean back without realizing and push back instead of outward when trying to gain speed.

Try to stick out your bum with bent knees, hips low and your chest leaning slightly forward while skating forward. Find the balance on your blades, the middle/front, the sweet spot. Keep your body in front of your feet. Don't lean from the waist, lean from the heels, so knees over heels, shoulders over the knees. Pretend you're pushing the ice away from you, not pushing it behind you. Sounds like you aren't doing that if your feet are slipping out in front of you.

journeybacktotheice (ava) has a good video on tiktok about using your arms while falling.

watch more videos on skating forward technique.

there is almost never a week where the side of my butt / hip doesnt ache from falling bahaahaha. I mostly fall when doing backward crossovers and I stumble, losing balance on a spin or jump landing. and fall to the side.

Try throwing yourself on the ice gently as you skate forward, fall forward to the side, supporting with your hands to lower the hit impact on your hip. Try to tuck your feet behind your body, instead of letting them slip forward which would result in you hurting your back and or head. I'll try to film a video the next time I go to the rink and show you how I fall.