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- Feb 10, 2017
Hi everyone! I hope I'm posting this in the correct forum haha...
I guess I should introduce myself! I'm Kristin, I'm a 17 year old girl from good old Pennsylvania, I go to boarding school halfway across the state, and I'm a BRAND NEW figure skater! Well, sort of. I plan on starting lessons this fall when I go off to college, but for now I'm just going to stick to my occasional open skate sessions since I don't have access any rinks while I'm at school. We have an ice rink on campus which we use for occasional open skate, but no lessons. I've only skated maybe ten times or so in my entire life, so I'm still pretty bad at it. I CAN manage to get off the wall though, but it takes maybe ten minutes of so of holding onto it before I can adjust to the ice, and even then I still wobble a bit so I like to stay close to the wall. I do have my own skates but I'm actually not too sure if they fit me correctly as my feet just go all over the place when I skate anyways (I plan on getting some professionally fitted though when I go home next, hopefully, so that may help a bit!).
So, does anyone have any advice for a VERY new beginner? I don't really want to compete or anything as of yet but I do want to try and get all my singles down someday (I'm not in a hurry to do that though, first I have to learn all the basics!) so I'm definitely going to try and get lessons when I'm able. Also, what does everyone here do for their conditioning and stretches off-ice? I actually ride horses for my full-time sport, and I usually just run to stay in shape and do some cardio but I'm also trying to start actual muscle-building and getting more flexibility for skating, but I just don't know where to start. Any tips are good, I'm just trying to figure out how to get the most out of my limited skating time, so I think that some exercises off-ice might be helpful. Oh, and what ages did all of you start skating at, and were all of you stuck on the wall as well when you started? I don't want to be a lost cause! I'm not trying to be an Olympic skater (I'm trying for the Olympics with horses instead, that's more in my comfort zone!) but I do want to get pretty darn good someday!
Sorry for all of my rambling, I actually just got back from an ice skating party with my friend and I'm really excited right now, so I figured it'd be a good time to post a thread on here! Thank you all so much and I'm excited to get to know all of you!
I guess I should introduce myself! I'm Kristin, I'm a 17 year old girl from good old Pennsylvania, I go to boarding school halfway across the state, and I'm a BRAND NEW figure skater! Well, sort of. I plan on starting lessons this fall when I go off to college, but for now I'm just going to stick to my occasional open skate sessions since I don't have access any rinks while I'm at school. We have an ice rink on campus which we use for occasional open skate, but no lessons. I've only skated maybe ten times or so in my entire life, so I'm still pretty bad at it. I CAN manage to get off the wall though, but it takes maybe ten minutes of so of holding onto it before I can adjust to the ice, and even then I still wobble a bit so I like to stay close to the wall. I do have my own skates but I'm actually not too sure if they fit me correctly as my feet just go all over the place when I skate anyways (I plan on getting some professionally fitted though when I go home next, hopefully, so that may help a bit!).
So, does anyone have any advice for a VERY new beginner? I don't really want to compete or anything as of yet but I do want to try and get all my singles down someday (I'm not in a hurry to do that though, first I have to learn all the basics!) so I'm definitely going to try and get lessons when I'm able. Also, what does everyone here do for their conditioning and stretches off-ice? I actually ride horses for my full-time sport, and I usually just run to stay in shape and do some cardio but I'm also trying to start actual muscle-building and getting more flexibility for skating, but I just don't know where to start. Any tips are good, I'm just trying to figure out how to get the most out of my limited skating time, so I think that some exercises off-ice might be helpful. Oh, and what ages did all of you start skating at, and were all of you stuck on the wall as well when you started? I don't want to be a lost cause! I'm not trying to be an Olympic skater (I'm trying for the Olympics with horses instead, that's more in my comfort zone!) but I do want to get pretty darn good someday!
Sorry for all of my rambling, I actually just got back from an ice skating party with my friend and I'm really excited right now, so I figured it'd be a good time to post a thread on here! Thank you all so much and I'm excited to get to know all of you!