The action or sport of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.(noun)
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Use "skating" in a sentence
""Look, competition in skating is a tough scene," says Dick Button, two-time Olympic champion and ABC analyst."
"Doesn't have dynamic physical tools and his skating is average."
""I remember after we drafted Nash, people said his skating is a touch off and (director of amateur scouting) Don Boyd said, 'I don't know if his skating is off, but I've never seen him lose a race for the puck,'" MacLean says."