Hi everyone
I've been lurking here for a while and would like to ask about your experience starting with the sport of figure skating.
Some months ago I moved to a new place and all of a sudden there are ice rinks nearby, yay! After not having put on skates for about 10 years (I am 29 now) This October I've decided to give it a go again. I enjoyed it, went there again and plan to go there on a regular basis. And as I love to watch figure skating I somehow would also like to learn a bit more than just moving forward.
I've already informed myself a bit and know that training for grown ups, the so called 'hobby group', will start from November on. Now the problem is that I am not a very sportive person. I am slightly overweight, and dont really do much more than riding the bike now and then. I would really like to change my lifestyle and be more active and more healthy but I wonder wheter trying out figure skating would be too tough for me. I would also be very satisfied with learning the basics, I would really love to learn crossovers, skating backwards....that kind of stuff. I know that jumps are not realistic for me, but if so, does it even make sense to join a club? Or would it be ridiculous to have such a basic goal? I am quite a shy person, it is a bit difficult for me to take such a big step (at least for me) and actually show up there and try it out. So I would really like to know for what I have to prepare myself or if I should rather carry on with pure leisure skating.
Maybe some of you can share their experience, perhaps there are people around, who are also not that sportive but are skating or tried it out.
I've been lurking here for a while and would like to ask about your experience starting with the sport of figure skating.
Some months ago I moved to a new place and all of a sudden there are ice rinks nearby, yay! After not having put on skates for about 10 years (I am 29 now) This October I've decided to give it a go again. I enjoyed it, went there again and plan to go there on a regular basis. And as I love to watch figure skating I somehow would also like to learn a bit more than just moving forward.
I've already informed myself a bit and know that training for grown ups, the so called 'hobby group', will start from November on. Now the problem is that I am not a very sportive person. I am slightly overweight, and dont really do much more than riding the bike now and then. I would really like to change my lifestyle and be more active and more healthy but I wonder wheter trying out figure skating would be too tough for me. I would also be very satisfied with learning the basics, I would really love to learn crossovers, skating backwards....that kind of stuff. I know that jumps are not realistic for me, but if so, does it even make sense to join a club? Or would it be ridiculous to have such a basic goal? I am quite a shy person, it is a bit difficult for me to take such a big step (at least for me) and actually show up there and try it out. So I would really like to know for what I have to prepare myself or if I should rather carry on with pure leisure skating.
Maybe some of you can share their experience, perhaps there are people around, who are also not that sportive but are skating or tried it out.