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- Mar 17, 2019
Boots and lessons questions
First of all, sorry for creating so many threads!
I have some questions to ask about lessons and choosing skates.
Here are my statistics and environment description:
- I am 18 years old
- I'm female
- 47-48kg and 5'3"
- I can skate but that's about it
- I live in Guangzhou, China
- I want to learn up to the level of crossovers and simple spins
- My budget is low ($60-80), but if a certain brand/model of boots are worth it, I'll save up for it
Lessons:
- How do I know if a lesson is not good?
- How do I know if the coach isn't experienced enough?
- Are group lessons bad?
- Are 2 students 1 coach type lessons bad?
- How much practice time would I probably need?
Boots:
- I've been recommended the artistes and elles here. What do you recommend?
- How do I know if a fitter knows what they're doing?
- Is it possible to only buy one boot throughout all my lessons? Or two? I don't want to overboot but also don't have the budget to always upgrade
- Does blade matter at my level?
- Is it necessary that I get recreational ones first before actual figure skates?
- When should I buy my own skates? Is it wiser to just use rentals first?
- I have somewhat thin ankles (6 inches), will this be a problem when choosing skates?
I think these are all of my questions! ♡
First of all, sorry for creating so many threads!
I have some questions to ask about lessons and choosing skates.
Here are my statistics and environment description:
- I am 18 years old
- I'm female
- 47-48kg and 5'3"
- I can skate but that's about it
- I live in Guangzhou, China
- I want to learn up to the level of crossovers and simple spins
- My budget is low ($60-80), but if a certain brand/model of boots are worth it, I'll save up for it
Lessons:
- How do I know if a lesson is not good?
- How do I know if the coach isn't experienced enough?
- Are group lessons bad?
- Are 2 students 1 coach type lessons bad?
- How much practice time would I probably need?
Boots:
- I've been recommended the artistes and elles here. What do you recommend?
- How do I know if a fitter knows what they're doing?
- Is it possible to only buy one boot throughout all my lessons? Or two? I don't want to overboot but also don't have the budget to always upgrade
- Does blade matter at my level?
- Is it necessary that I get recreational ones first before actual figure skates?
- When should I buy my own skates? Is it wiser to just use rentals first?
- I have somewhat thin ankles (6 inches), will this be a problem when choosing skates?
I think these are all of my questions! ♡