Stretch and warm up before practicing. The turtle uses upper body strength, so concentrate on your arms, back and abdominal muscles.
Get down on your knees, plant both elbows into your stomach between the rib cage and the hip bone with the elbows pointing towards each other and place your hands on the ground with the fingers pointing outward. Keep your abs pulled in tight and continue to breathe.
Balance over your arms and bring the legs off the ground. Keep the legs bent at the knees and spread wide. Practice this freeze move until you can hold the turtle freeze for a very long time before continuing on through the steps below.
Shift all of your weight on one arm, move the other arm slightly in the direction you're turning and then shift your weight to the other arm. Continue shifting your weight from side to side making small turns on each weight shift until you've turned 360-degrees.
Practice slowly and progressively build speed as you gain upper body strength and stamina.
Warm down and stretch again after you've finished practicing.