Sam and Amy's Ice-Dancing Training

The New Torvill & Dean?

The popular TV show 'Dancing on Ice' is coming to Nottingham's National Ice Centre this year, and Heart Breakfast's Sam and Amy will be ice-dancing for the judges!

Every week they have a lesson with qualified coaches, who each set them a skill to learn, which they perform against each other in a weekly 'skate-off'.

To watch these videos, simply click on the 'launch video icon, and then scroll down in the video player to the week you would like to see.

Week 1

In their first lesson, the coaches set them the task of learning forward and backward skating, as well as the 'snow-plow' stopping technique.

Week 2 

In week two they were practising their forward runs with chassis.

Week 3

Week three's training session involved one foot, out-side edge curves.

Week 4

This week's lesson was about mastering dancing in a circle with a partner, in the Kilian hold position.

Week 5

In week five Sam and Amy were tought how to do a three-turn with backward skating.

Week 6

It was in week six when the coaches taught Sam and Amy how to do toe jumps known as 'bunny-hops'.

Week 7

Week seven's training session was a tough one, Sam and Amy had to learn 'spirals' which requires you to skate on one foot with the other raised behind you!

Week 8

For this week's challenge, the coaches trained Sam and Amy in two-foot-spinning.

Week 9

In this week's Skate-Off Sam and Amy had to learn how to do forward 'three-jumps', which involves backward skating on one leg!

Week 10

In week ten it was time for Sam and Amy to begin their routine, there's nmot long left now!