Backward crossovers are a key skill in ice skating that help improve speed, control, and smooth movement on the ice. With the right technique and practice, skaters can learn this move and gain ...

Both disciplines feature pairs of skaters performing together on the ice, but they are definitely not the same.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The figure skaters at the Winter Olympics make it look easy; sheer elegance on hard ice. But ...