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- Aug 3, 2011
Hi there,
My daughter is almost six and has been skating for about a month. She's at the pre-alpha ISI level. She loves skating and wants me to take her to the rink to practice 3 or 4 times a week, and she's begging me to get her started on private lessons, too (currently in the learn to skate program once a week). I was a competitive skater myself over 20 years ago, and I remember how much it helped me to begin private lessons with an instructor who really knew what he was doing- he was my 3rd coach and had to correct everything the 1st two coaches taught me. Do the coaches who instruct the advanced skaters ever teach young beginners, too? The rinks seem to want to refer me to the teachers who all appear to be teaching the young ones who are at the beginning level like my daughter- is that because the advanced coaches don't typically teach the young beginners, too? Do you think I should just relax and let my daughter begin private lessons with anyone that seems to have a nice personality that the rink recommends to me, and just wait to seek out the coaches with advanced skaters until my daughter is more advanced, too? I just don't want her to have to re-learn everything and be held back like I was as a kid until I got with a really good, strong coach. Just wondering your thoughts on coaches for young beginner skaters. Thanks!
My daughter is almost six and has been skating for about a month. She's at the pre-alpha ISI level. She loves skating and wants me to take her to the rink to practice 3 or 4 times a week, and she's begging me to get her started on private lessons, too (currently in the learn to skate program once a week). I was a competitive skater myself over 20 years ago, and I remember how much it helped me to begin private lessons with an instructor who really knew what he was doing- he was my 3rd coach and had to correct everything the 1st two coaches taught me. Do the coaches who instruct the advanced skaters ever teach young beginners, too? The rinks seem to want to refer me to the teachers who all appear to be teaching the young ones who are at the beginning level like my daughter- is that because the advanced coaches don't typically teach the young beginners, too? Do you think I should just relax and let my daughter begin private lessons with anyone that seems to have a nice personality that the rink recommends to me, and just wait to seek out the coaches with advanced skaters until my daughter is more advanced, too? I just don't want her to have to re-learn everything and be held back like I was as a kid until I got with a really good, strong coach. Just wondering your thoughts on coaches for young beginner skaters. Thanks!