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- Nov 24, 2019
Hi all!
So I've posted on here recently about my backstory as doing competitive figure skating as a child, and when I was 12/13, I had terrible boots and awful pain that eventually lead me to quitting skating. I have always missed it so much, and long to skate again. I'm looking into getting new skates now that I know the problem with mine (too narrow for my feet), but I have no idea what stiffness I should get at this point.
When I quit, I had my singles (lutz was a bit questionable but my coach figured I 'had it' enough to learn new skills), and was just beginning to start the axel and some doubles (toe loop and salchow were in the works). It's been 5 years since I quit and did anything other than public skating, and I have yet to try any jumps or spins as my local rink is very strict about not allowing any spins/jumps during public free skate, and also, I can't be on the ice more than 10 minutes with my old boots. That being said, I feel very comfortable and balanced when I do skate, and my edges still feel pretty solid to me.
For context I'm 17 and around 5'5"/5'6", and I am not longer very 'athletic.' I haven't done any serious sports since skating, although I do lift weights at the gym. This, however, doesn't exactly give me the classic lithe figure skater body, and I'm around 130/140lbs and curvier than I am lean. I'd say I'm in relatively good shape, but definitely not in the position to land any major jumps after this long of a break.
My problem is mainly that I'm not sure what sort of boots to get. I would love to get back all of my spins, and I do intend to do multiple group lessons/private lessons a week, and eventually if it's possible, I'd even like to compete. I don't want to overboot, but at this point, since I doubt I can land much at all, what would be considered overbooting? Does anyone have any idea how long it might take to regain my jumps? I don't want to buy a super soft boot and regain my jumps in a month, but I also am wary of having my expectations of bouncing back super high and thus end up overbooting with my new skates.
Any help here would be great. Thank you
So I've posted on here recently about my backstory as doing competitive figure skating as a child, and when I was 12/13, I had terrible boots and awful pain that eventually lead me to quitting skating. I have always missed it so much, and long to skate again. I'm looking into getting new skates now that I know the problem with mine (too narrow for my feet), but I have no idea what stiffness I should get at this point.
When I quit, I had my singles (lutz was a bit questionable but my coach figured I 'had it' enough to learn new skills), and was just beginning to start the axel and some doubles (toe loop and salchow were in the works). It's been 5 years since I quit and did anything other than public skating, and I have yet to try any jumps or spins as my local rink is very strict about not allowing any spins/jumps during public free skate, and also, I can't be on the ice more than 10 minutes with my old boots. That being said, I feel very comfortable and balanced when I do skate, and my edges still feel pretty solid to me.
For context I'm 17 and around 5'5"/5'6", and I am not longer very 'athletic.' I haven't done any serious sports since skating, although I do lift weights at the gym. This, however, doesn't exactly give me the classic lithe figure skater body, and I'm around 130/140lbs and curvier than I am lean. I'd say I'm in relatively good shape, but definitely not in the position to land any major jumps after this long of a break.
My problem is mainly that I'm not sure what sort of boots to get. I would love to get back all of my spins, and I do intend to do multiple group lessons/private lessons a week, and eventually if it's possible, I'd even like to compete. I don't want to overboot, but at this point, since I doubt I can land much at all, what would be considered overbooting? Does anyone have any idea how long it might take to regain my jumps? I don't want to buy a super soft boot and regain my jumps in a month, but I also am wary of having my expectations of bouncing back super high and thus end up overbooting with my new skates.
Any help here would be great. Thank you