However, you must select boots of adequate quality and correct fit so that the boots help your ankles stay erect as you condition your ankles and balance to control the skates. At various times throughout these pages, you will notice references to the skating foot, skating leg, free foot, etc. When you are skating on one foot, this is your skating foot. The foot which is off the ice is your free foot. The entire side of the body on the side of the free foot is the free side, hence the terms, free leg, free arm, etc.
Similar terms apply to the skating side.
You will also note references to inside and outside edges. The bottom of a skate blade has two edges, with a concave space between them. The edge closest to the other skate is your inside edge. It's most probably just a matter of confidence. When you're on an inside edge, you've got your other foot to catch you.