Figure Skating Lessons & Practice: Are YOU Practicing Enough?
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- Ice skating is a challenging sport, requiring discipline to master complex elements. I'm often asked, how often should I skate? Serious competitive figure skaters spend 10 to 20 hours on the ice, every week. But how much time you spend on the ice will depend on your goals. In this video, I give you a formula that I use to simplify it for beginning skaters.
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00:00 Introduction to How Often Should I Practice Figure Skating
00:44 Beginner Skater Practice Formula | Figure Skating Basic Skills
02:10 How Much Figure Skating Practice Do I Need to Compete?
03:58 Is Skating Once a Week Enough?
04:28 Figure Skating and Muscle Memory
04:46 Practice Formula for Figure Skaters Doing Jumps & Spins
05:20 How Often Should I Take Figure Skating Lessons?
05:54 Can You Teach Yourself to Figure Skate?
07:16 Can My Child Practice Figure Skating On Their Own?
07:26 Can I Coach My Own Kid in Figure Skating
07:51 Should I Take the Summer Off From Figure Skating?
08:18 How Do I Practice Figure Skating? Figure Skating Practice Plan & Tips
09:04 Off-Ice Warm-Up & Cooldown for Figure Skating
09:21 What If I Can't Figure Skate Often?
09:48 Do Off Ice Training Coaches Help Figure Skaters?
09:58 Nutrition for Figure Skaters
10:09 Should a Figure Skater Do Ballet, Pilates, or Gymnastics?
10:29 Figure Skating Goal Setting
My name is Aimée Ricca, and I’m an ISSA Certified Elite Personal Trainer (E-CPT), Nutritionist (CN), and Youth Fitness Coach (CYFC). I'm also a PSA Ranked and Rated Skating Coach/Choreographer. My passion is to inspire and empower you to achieve your healthy living goals - because I believe everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive!
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My child had to take off a month due to a broken arm. When she finally got the ok to ice skate again she had a hard time doing simple moves that she had no problem with 4 weeks prior. She declared that she hated ice skating, wanted to stop attending lessons, and only focus on ballet. On the 3rd week back, she found her groove again and reclaimed her love for ice skating.
I'm happy to hear that she powered through! I know how tough it can be to come back after an injury! Thanks for watching and commenting!
A former competitive skater, I used to skate 32 hours a week…. Year round. 2 hours before school, 4 hours after school, 2 hours on Saturday, plus 2 hours dance/ballet. Of course this all included figures in addition to freestyle.
Ahhh, figures! Yes, things have changed since then! Today, it's more typical for a competitive skater to split their training time between on and off-ice. So, they may be on the ice only 2-3 hours a day with one day each week off.
Yeah, we were glued to the ice back then. An hour of figures in the morning, and an hour of freestyle. Then off to school. After school, right back to the rink. It’s been 45 years so I can’t remember if there were figures at all again after school… but I think, all freestyle. I competed against Brian Boitano at Pacific Coast in Intermediate Men. He won the final gold, but I won Silver and won the Figures portion.
I remember those days! That’s why I was not allowed to skate competitively as a child - my parents couldn’t afford it! Now many skaters do an hour to 90 minutes before school and the same after school + off-ice.
I have a 3 year old who (out of the blue ) decided she wanted to ice skate. She was just 3 when we took her the first time. I’m pretty amazed that she lasts for a 90 minute public session. (She’s bored with play dough in 10 mins). She’s got a weekly half hour private, we do a parent and me class and I try to get her to 2 public skate sessions a week. I don’t want to force her but she’s always asking. Can we go ice skating? I want to encourage it because it’s such a positive thing. I’ve seen an improvement in her. She’s determined. I hope she sticks with it.
That's wonderful! There are a few skaters at one of my rinks that are similar in age and eager to skate. They perform much higher-level elements just by watching the older skaters. They don't know that what they are doing is difficult - they just try it! One of the parents says that it helps her skater focus on the days that she doesn't have pre-school. You're doing great just by supporting her!
Lol "try again with better posture". I feel this has been my couch since we started last week. 😅 I've never heard "tuck your tailbone" so much in my life
So true!
id love to skate 6 days a week. but inorder to do that for me, i would have to spend over way over 300 to book out 3 hours a week.
but, i do skate around 4:30 minutes a week starting september, and summer normally 1:30 a week almost every week
Thank you, that was so helpful!
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful!
I totally agree with you. Personally, I started skating one year ago and I want to progress fast, but by budget and ice rink won’t allow that… It closes after my weekly lesson, and as I work, I can’t skate regularly… in my country private coaches are inexistant for beginners, and group lessons are very expensive… so I can’t progress fast just because I want it, even with off ice training on my own. How long do you think it would take for someone like me to master doubles ? (I’m doing singles), what is the price for private lessons in USA approximately ?
I always had the feeling that if you can’t progress fast as an adult, it’s not because of your physique but because we don’t have as much opportunities as young kids in term of coaching and ice time, maybe because most ice skating clubs think that we will never reach the international level haha! (I’m 21 so I still consider myself young personally 🤣) it’s just frustrating to not feel you’re progressing while you put so much money in something 🥲
In my area, group lessons break down to an average of about $25 per lesson. Each lesson is 30 minutes, with 30 minutes of practice time. But, you have to register for the entire session, which varies from 6-12 weeks (depending on the rink). Private lessons with a coach average around $50 for 30-minutes, excluding the ice session. This chart breaks down the average timing of skill acquisition into hours: www.skatingaheadofthecurve.com/TimingOfSkillAcquisition.html Each skater progresses at their own pace, and it can vary!
Thank you, Aimee, just the info I needed to share with a family I know who wants to get their daughters to the professional level of skating. Awesome advice and true facts about time required to acheive goals. Shared!
I’m so glad that you found it helpful! Thanks for sharing it!
@ My pleasure. You're very welcome. Enjoying more of your videos now. Sending my best.
Happy thanksgiving!
@ 💜 thank you. Happy Thanksgiving from Ontario, Canada !
@@pennybeeflower Oh no! Your Thanksgiving was last month! Happy belated Thanksgiving!
Excellent advice!! I'm having 1 hour of private lessons with my coach either once or twice a week (she's busy and with school spring break, she's even busier), plus 45 minutes of group lessons once a week. I arrive earlier to practice on my own for about 1 hour prior to my lessons and schedule allowing, I stay and practice for 1 hour after my lessons. I also try to go for an extra day and stay during the rink's whole business hours (1 pm to 4:30 pm this month) practicing for 30 mins, 5-10 min break and repeat. It's not cheap, as we have to pay extra to use the rink on top of paying for the lessons (which are not cheap either), but having experience with other sports, repetition and practice are crucial to see any improvement. I'm just a "baby" 36 y/o beginner skater, but hoping to change this rookie status soon, so I'm willing to invest time and $ on it. Can't develop any skill without patience & dedication.
Yes, it's the norm to pay for admission to the ice session as well as lessons.
@ Thank you!! I don't really mind paying, it's an investment towards a personal goal, something that I feel amazing doing, take it very seriously and want to really progress in :)
Thanks so much this helped me as a beginner skater
You're welcome! Thank you for watching and commenting. I'm glad that I could help you!
Whenever I go to a session my coach never really tells me what to do even when I do something really well it’s like she never cares and she mostly helps more with the others and I do practice a lot but even when I do something right she never changes my level or does anything different and I’m pretty much on level 5 and there not much room for me to actually do something and whenever she’s me to do half backwards swizzles someone is always taking it
It sound like you are in group lessons with multiple levels. Is that correct? If so, it may be time to move on to private lessons.
@ yes I am in a group but I don’t like how the people in that group are not my age at all and are mostly working on different stuff and my coach tells me to practice more but not really explaining what I need to do on and I have a problem at my ice rink that sometimes you get a coach you regularly get and sometimes a random coach
That's how group lessons are sometimes and one of the reasons why you can only go so far in groups. Most skaters get to a point where they benefit more from private instruction.
Hi Aimee! I am a 28yo skater that started skating recently. It seems I progressed quite well, we got taught salchow and toeloop and my coach announced we will also start on loop as soon as winter training starts. I used to skate just once a week but now got offered by the coach to train 2-3 days a week (it's a very small club so only a recreational and then upper level classes exist). Now, since I am a working adult, I struggle a bit with getting a lot of practice in on my own and also need to drive a bit to practice. Do you have any recommendations how much to train to progress accordingly? I fell in love with it and even my competitive spirits awoke 😁
What would you recommend a skater with my schedule that asks for advice on how often to practice on ice on their own (excluding off ice, can do this from home)? Thanks a lot in advance if you find the time to answer! 😊
In the video, I explain 2 different ways to figure out your ideal practice time using either the amount of time in your lessons and practicing at least the same amount 2-3 days per week. Or, for those that are jumping, using the revolutions to figure how much time you should practice and be in lessons with a 1:1 or 2:1 ratio. However, you can do more or less depending on your budget or schedule. Do what you can, but manage your expectations if you are not able to do as much as recommended or that you would like. It typically takes adult skaters more time than youth skaters.
@ ah thanks for the fast reply! I appreciate it 😊 I just was a bit unsure if, when I have the opportunity to take lessons 3 times a week, one additional session by myself would be "sufficient" (for whatever I may want to do in the future, don't know that yet :D) or if I should rather only do 2 lessons and use the additional time to practice on myself. I'll see how it goes!
If you can, do half of the session in a lesson and half on your own either before or after.
@ thanks! We have group lessons anyway, so it is basically sometimes under coach supervision, sometimes not.
Can you do a video where you explain the official figure skating levels? My rink has different levels so I don't really know what official level I am.
This video goes over the U.S. Figure Skating official test levels: ua-cam.com/video/t7f-RMvIREc/v-deo.html
I hope we could see you in actual. It is much more better for the bloggers to enthusiast us doing it in action. We can follow everything and keeps it into our mind forever.
If you mean a skating tutorial, as I explained in the the video, it's best to work with your coach than to try and learn skating from a video. Skating requires professional supervision.
I just wanna skate for fun (I think that’s what recreational skater means) but I’m not ready to spend two hours thirty minutes plus my thirty minute lessons every week on the ice, I just have a schedule that doesn’t leave room for that and it’s just to overwhelming. Will I still be able to keep up with basic 1 standards?
Yes, recreational skating is skating for fun! As long as you practice at least as much as your lesson time (30 min lesson + 30 practice) you will be fine with Basic 1!
Very good advice here. I have a question regarding the rotation calculation at 5:10. Do you mean 5 hours total ice time per week for jumps, spins and steps.... Or do you mean 5 hours jump practice on ice? And then more time to work on spins and steps?
That's a way to calculate the minimum total practice that includes all the things. However, that is only a way to help skaters and parents figure the minimum practice time required. Many skaters can benefit from more time. Always check with your own coach.
Hi, Amee, and thank you for this good video and advice. Now I really had to concentrate to watch it. Okay, I'm an adult figure skater from Finland, skating by my own. nearest coach is in the Net or 150 km from here . I just must use you tube. I liked to try online skating coaching, but timing is difficult. I 've used video analysis service from one nice coach and that helped a little. My goal is to skate 3times a week and last season I made it :) What you say? I try to film my skating every time. Happy skatings to you :)
There are not any coaches where you skate?
@ , no, there are not. I live in a little place , Posio, in Lapland, Finland. There's a hockey team here but no figure skating. Town of Kuusamo has a nice ice rink but no coaching. Nearest figure skating club is in the town of Rovaniemi, 150km from here. But: I can go skating at public session, every day if I want and can. :) Here a teaser from my skating in Kuusamo - watch if you want, I had fun there. ua-cam.com/video/b8cWYF73k2A/v-deo.html
That's unfortunate! But you do live in a beautiful place!
@ , oh yes, and our ice rink is very good. here our Midsommer: ua-cam.com/video/bQ0r7OlDpY4/v-deo.html
It's so rough trying to get in practice time when my rink is almost two hours away 😭 especially when fuel is so expensive along with lessons and boots. My parents don't even want to take me once a week and I can't drive there even once I get a provisional license because of the motorway. Just feeling pretty sad about my skating prospects. I've been trying to do off-ice training daily for at least an hour. Will that compensate at all for lost ice time???
Some skaters find that inline or roller skating helps them when they can't skate. Others have found artificial ice that they like.
Hi Aimee, im 25 y/o starting figure skating. I trained with coach for off ice training for 2 times a week and 1 week on ice. Is this a correct pattern? I had dbm 1, which sometimes limits my training session is there a way to combat this? Thanks ❤
There is no "correct" pattern as everyone is unique and different. However, you should be on the ice more than once a week as it takes a minimum of two sessions a week to train a muscle group sufficiently. Off-ice should support your on-ice work not replace it. I suggest that you incorporate off-ice warm-ups and cooldowns for every on-ice session. Work with your on-ice coach and strength and conditioning professional to create a periodized training plan that will help you meet your goals.
Do you have any advice for skaters starting as teenagers or coming back to skating after quitting?
The best advice that I can give anyone is to take lessons!
@ i skated for a long time as a child but quit and have recently started again, I'm taking 2 private lessons a week and practising on my own as well.
@@gracealexandra4626 Good for you! Follow your coach's plan :)
So, could I start learning to skate at 50?
Absolutely!
@ Went to public session with my daughter (16) who can’t really skate trying to teach her. I can skate forwards with no issue, I self taught cross overs even before I knew what cross overs were and I can skate a little bit backwards. I thought it best for her to have lessons rather than me try to teach her, as I don’t really know what I’m doing either 😏
Then thought why don’t I do the lessons as well. I’ve realised it’s going to be expensive to learn and buying some boots in the U.K. seems like a minefield as well. Going to take yours and other UA-camr skates advice and buy them for a decent shop. There seems like only a couple of good skating shops in the U.K. so it looks like a drive to Blackpool (1.5hrs) to try out some boots.
Watching you vlogs to learn some tips.
It's great that you enrolled your daughter in lessons! I love that you want to take lessons as well! I've heard good things about the shop in Blackpool!
Hey Amy! I watched the junior competition championships in figure skating. I noticed that our American skater whom knew that program but faltered in the technical skills component score that hinders one's performance. Two American skaters placed third place in the short program but faltered in the free program and lower one's placement, and I noticed that one's confidence level is in jeopardy. Do you think 🤔 that these American skaters should ascertain counselling for mental health? I believe that if one prays to the good LORD, and bless one's effort, I believe that one's confidence would be stable like some of the sprinters competing on the track and field, just saying. Clare Seo could have medalled if her confidence was shaken. She placed in the top six contenders of the junior competition championships in figure skating. K.M. should have medalled in third place whom had done two completed quads, but fallen in both triples that caused her component skills score hindered her to maintain the third place, but why does an eight place skater whom skated a clean free program beaten the American who skated cleanly after she had fallen. In the technical skills score in the audience box was over 70, but when the judges finally revealed the American skater's score, the judges deducted almost a -3 points from her to cause her to fall into fourth place instead maintaining the third place, could you explain what have happening when I felt that she should receive 🥉 medal in spite of your mistake of the triple jumps. Thank you again. I thought 🤔 that American skaters need to practice more until their practice becomes permanent! But one of our female skaters medalled in second 🥈 place though, she realized that if she could not 🚭 obtain the speed and timing of the triple jump as a combination, she changed it and added it later and caused her to skate ⛸️⛸️ a clean program and maintained second 🥈 place, good for her! Thumbs up!! I was happy 😊! It was go USA!!!
The Junior Grand Prix final will not take place until December. Did you watch an older final? I cannot comment on specific skaters. However, in general, I feel athletes could always benefit for mental training. There is a lot of pressure on athletes in every sport! It's very common for nerves to interfere with competition.
@ I watched them this year and was broadcasted on U Tube of the ISU hosted by an Canadian. I'm bad with names: It's a podcast. I started watching it last year for the Juniors Internationally until now. You-Tube Junior Competition Championships of seven total for the juniors of this year 2022. And the score system is complicated. It's only two colors: green 💚 or 🍒 red... the no point is gray to determine if the skater established full revolution of jumps, spins, lay back combinations, have to be 4 different types of that skills, dead drop, flying butterfly combination, sliding with combination or a jump, etc, etc and etc. Hard work to me, but the Asian skaters seem like they mastered the technical skills components that boosted their composition skills score. American skaters are right behind them in the competition events at times. Now Russian junior skaters are in the midst skating under different countries' federations- one is Hungary and the other one is Georgia, and some don't understand why they were not winning. It's quite simple. What a skater performed, that skater had to tell a story through his/her performance, good interpretation of the music 🎵🎶🎶, good transition of the technical skills to the composition of the story telling with expression and effortless and effectiveness: how original is your performance relating to the music 🎵🎶🎵, etc, etc and etc. And sometimes the scores do not affect the performance because it's one's interpretation and how that skater presented to the judges a performance that resonated to them... that's what I observed. Thanks Amy for your input, anyway for trying to respond and answer my question. The American skater whom performed the quads was Mia K. she is really good 👍☺️!!!
It sounds like you may have watched one of the Junior Grand Prix series competitions. But, not the finals. Yes, IJS is complicated and can be confusing. But, I have videos on it that can help you here: ua-cam.com/play/PLhIvo-BmGcaXP6YDKqAo6vsApbl9N2JSH.html The videos explain the green and red (spoiler: that's only for TV).