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- Apr 2, 2024
Hi all,
I'll move to Vancouver for graduate school in the fall, and I'm trying to find a private figure skating coach. I currently live in the US and I just take weekly private lessons from my coach (without joining the club, I guess?). I have no idea how the private lessons thing works here in Vancouver, and it is just super confusing to me after checking some skating clubs' websites. It seems they only have introductory-level group lessons for adults? I'm not interested in taking those (or group lessons at any level), and I'm not interested in competitions, tests, or anything.
I have the experience of taking group lessons in Van and I will just say it was horrible and a complete waste of time. Each time they had a different instructor and you just didn't have the consistency or attention. In general, I don't think the coaches cared about the students (adult students who didn't want to compete). My major goal is to take lessons and make progress with the same coach, and I don't want to worry about the bureaucracy. Right now I pay for the ice time and my coach and that's the only thing I need to do. My current coach is super nice and we are very extremely efficient.Do you think it is possible to continue this mode in Vancouver? I will go to the UBC, so I'd prefer rinks and coaches near that area. I emailed some clubs in February but none of them replied, so I guess those are silent rejections, LOL. I do very much want to take private lessons and I am more used to this. TIA!
I'll move to Vancouver for graduate school in the fall, and I'm trying to find a private figure skating coach. I currently live in the US and I just take weekly private lessons from my coach (without joining the club, I guess?). I have no idea how the private lessons thing works here in Vancouver, and it is just super confusing to me after checking some skating clubs' websites. It seems they only have introductory-level group lessons for adults? I'm not interested in taking those (or group lessons at any level), and I'm not interested in competitions, tests, or anything.
I have the experience of taking group lessons in Van and I will just say it was horrible and a complete waste of time. Each time they had a different instructor and you just didn't have the consistency or attention. In general, I don't think the coaches cared about the students (adult students who didn't want to compete). My major goal is to take lessons and make progress with the same coach, and I don't want to worry about the bureaucracy. Right now I pay for the ice time and my coach and that's the only thing I need to do. My current coach is super nice and we are very extremely efficient.Do you think it is possible to continue this mode in Vancouver? I will go to the UBC, so I'd prefer rinks and coaches near that area. I emailed some clubs in February but none of them replied, so I guess those are silent rejections, LOL. I do very much want to take private lessons and I am more used to this. TIA!