my adult figure skating journey: 1 year progress
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- man, editing this video took forever. but I love seeing how far I've come since last year :D
Skating instagram: @amyleeskates
MUSIC - Barcarolle, by Chopin
played by Brian Suits (my dad!)
i have been wanting to ice skate for ages but there are no rinks anywhere in my area so I like watching others skate this was so cute
ahh yes this is such an inspiration as I am learning to figure skate as well, keep up the hard work and perseverance! :)
thanks so much:) you too!
Hi Amy!
You're a huge inspo to me, I've been doing roller skating for a year similar to you, and i've recently started ice skating! I hope I can be just as good as you!
(I am 12)
Kind regards!
@@Ambearry that's so awesome!! good luck on your journey!!
Thanks! You're skating looks great by the way! @@amyleesuits
Wooow amazing! You are truly a fast learner, amazing progress ❤
not even me after 2 years 🥲 so good
No same though. She's amazing
same! but everyone has their own pace.. and she clearly has great body tension which I don't have haha
She has experience with wheels on her feet 🙂 my sister is also a roller skater trying to ice skate and she’s learning a lot faster than other adult skaters. No need to compare yourself-
Im a competitive figure skater now, and I started exactly 4 months ago and I’m on sit spins, scratch spins, loop jumps, and camel spins. YOUR DOING GREAT!❤😊
Dang I haven’t see people learn that fast how many time do u practice ? (Per week)
Wow, that’s really impressive! I’m just getting into figure skating, about a month and a half in. I am going to start lessons soon.
@@Sofiaplayz-l9v good luck to really easy at least The first levels depends how your ice rinks do it tho
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@@Sofiaplayz-l9v ty! I bet you’re a really good skater to!
Very interesting! You are progressing so fast! I am 55 and want to try this soon. i will be terrible at it but in my mind I will imagine gliding across the ice like a pro.😂
This is so amazing and inspiring! I've been skating for 2 yrs and I'm nowhere near as good.
That's incredible! How were you learning before you had a coach -- group lessons? From friends?
thank you! I was self taught honestly, I watched youtube tutorials on skating (mostly coach julia) and then recorded myself to see what I was doing wrong to make corrections
@@amyleesuits That's really impressive, and also encouraging. I'm terrified to see myself skate because I know I feel cool and look lame, but that would also be very powerful motivation to improve any bad posture or habits I see from that vantage point. I saw a hockey player stick a gopro on the glass with a suction cup, and actually that would be a pretty good way to film myself.
@@rickr530 I can’t tell you the amount of times a kid has knocked down my phone at the rink, so gopro sounds like a smart idea! Many rinks also offer Livebarn. (A subscription where you can access the footage of the rink) its not high quality but its still super useful.
Really nice and relaxed feel, and congratulations on such nice backspins!
You progressed SO fast! I think your roller skating skills did translate as far as stability and your flexibility.
Why did you have to get new skaters after the ice flys? I was thinking of getting ice flys this year
I agree as I was able to start learning three turns and one foot glides right away and I dont think I would have been able to had I not roller skated first! And as far as flexibility Ive always been practicing that my whole life as I like being flexible, did ballet growing up too
I answered why I went from edea to risport in another comment somewhere, basically I was having foot pains but I do see myself trying out edeas again nothing against them but the shop recommended risport for my foot shape
@@amyleesuits Oh okay makes sense with you having done ballet as well.
Thanks for clarifying!
AHHH SO GOOD😍
i wanna be u when i grow up
Wow… as a figure skater of 8 years your ina bauer is crazy!!
omgggg we skate at the same place lol. I just started the beginner lessons, I hope I can get to where you are :)
How did you get so comfortable with spin entries?
Are there any tips or tricks to make it feel a bit easier to start a spin
It's funny you think I'm comfortable with them bcus I think it's one of my weak points. I just worked on drilling the edge. over and over and trying to get as deep as possible and just holding that edge even if im not doing the spin
Also find the entry that works better for you/is consistent, some people do crossovers to the spin entry, some people do inside 3 turn. I just do an outside edge and step forward into it thats whats most consistent for me because I'm bad at inside 3 turns and the crossover entry fails me every time haha
In my opinion its also a repetition thing. At the start of the season i had to relearn all of my spins on my other foot since i spinned in the wrong direction. I was so uncomfortable with the spin entries, they where so shaky and unstable, but the more i did them the better they got and today im doing them like its the most normal thing i could do on the ice. So keep doing it, it will get better!
@@vivonco that sucks that you had to relearn it but now you can probably spin both ways which is so awesome! I am learning to spin on my bad side right now and its so hard
@@vivonco Thank you smmm
Bravo! Great job being self-taught out there
Thats sooooo good!! I've been skating for 2 years and I haven't learnt the sit spin yet, how many days and hours do you spend in the ice rink per week though?
thank you so much! I average about 5 hours per week! I try to go 2-3 times a week 💃
Very inspiring. I wish i could practice more but the ice rinks in my area only have public sessions either on thr weekend or during work hours or freestyles only. Like i learn a new sensation each time on the ice. Am just hoping i can improve enough in the next 11 months to get into the freestyle sessions so that i can go in the morning before work a good four days a week. I hate the public sessions. Those hockey kids are horrible.
love it!!!!!!! 🫶🏼
Question, why did you switch out from Edeas to Risport? I ask cause like... Edeas aren't cheap, so I'm sure it wasn't a random decision, did something happen to make you switch??
Yes... well, I was naive to get ice flys so early on and so inexperienced. Definitely over booted myself😂 Long story short, I was having some pains after using them for a while. According to a pretty well known orthotics shop I visited in Houston, I needed a boot that would work better for a high instep/high volume foot. If you google "high instep" you'll see what I mean!
Since switching, I still have heel pain but the other issues I was having have gone away, so it's a process but I think I'm slowly getting closer...
@amyleesuits thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I want to buy my own pair of skates, and for a while, I was considering ordering online, but I learned of the possibility of overbooting, so I ended up deciding to actually get for them instead.
Once again, thank you, and best of luck in your journey!
@@nikivenus12yes getting fitted is totally the way to go! best of luck on your journey as well!!!
@@nikivenus12NO. Dont buy online.
For one, having a pro taking a look at you in the boots is very much needed (i had 2 boots that looked good for my skills on paper, but 3sec in one of them and he was "no, no stability".
And most good boots come with heat moulding, so you basically put them in a special oven and then it forms to your feet better. And that needs to be in store.
(And as for insoles.... there are lots of places that offer costum made ones, so you could get some lift there as well if needed
It definitely takes years to get there. Flexibility etc. I thought i sucked dooing doble combos. But apparently that's amazing 😂
What happened with the brief inline skating? Lol I hear it's good for off ice practice, but the roller skates do look cool and you looked comfortable in them. I'm brand new to all things skate, so I'm attacking from every angle to feel as if I can catch up lol.
Haha I had to give inline skating a fair chance, but I'm actually thinking of selling my inline skates because I do prefer skating in quads : ) I've decided ice skating and quad skating is enough I don't have to do all 3 xD
@@amyleesuits True it's all just skating in the end 🛼 I just didn't know if maybe it felt more difficult but I'll see soon enough for myself lol.
how many times a week have you been skating for? (u really fast learner and u skate so pretty!!!^^)
thanks so much, when I started it was at least 2-3 times a week now it's more like once a week but I'm trying to get back to twice a week : )
@@amyleesuits thank u do much for answer!!❤️i wish u success!! (Sorry for my poor english itd not my native language) have a nice day/night!❤️
Wow, you learned so many different spins in 1 year 🤯
What knee pads do you recommend?
What would you say was the biggest difference when you moved to your edeas?
There was a lot more space around the ankles, it almost felt like I didn't have support, but I got used to that and ended up liking it. Also the heels were a different height but I can't remember if they felt higher or lower than my Jacksons, I just remember it took some adjustment to be able to spin again without scratching the toe picks
That's really helpful, thank you! And yeah, I think the heels were probably higher (I've got Jackson Artiste men's and have heard that).
Amazing progress!! Did you take lessons ?
Omg you learnt so fast!
..... but whats with all the kinda beginners getting ice fly or pianos these days?? Arent these totally overbooting?
what do you mean? Does it make skating more difficult if you're beginner?
Nvm I looked them up it's just really expensive lol. They look nice and sleek though
What's wrong with Ice Fly, that forced you choose Risport?
apparently my foot "instep" is too big for edea boots. That's what a professional fitter person told me
I also was getting a lot of weird pain in my inner arch area which is why I went to the fitter in the first place. Honestly it's been so long this is all just coming back to me now that I'm thinking about it lol. Risport is also a bit cheaper I think!
😢me getting jealous of all of you guys with year round rinks
Amazing work! This is so inspiring.
What is the jump or combo at 3:49 called? It looks really cool
its a loop
it's a salchow from a mohawk entrance, but I executed it in kind of a strange way its a bit tilted. but I agree it ended up looking cool even though its not technically very correct ! haha
@@amyleesuits oh i thought it was a loop lol i’ve only been figure skating for abt a couple months
Nice progress! What's the name of the piece? Sounds like chopin to me
yes, barcarolle! I have the name of the piece at the very end but I will put it in the description too !
Thx, I should've known it ans watch it til the end! 😅
Did you do private lessons? Or group lessons? 😮
I was self taught via youtube tutorials until around september i think and ive had private lessons since!
@@amyleesuits Do you think I can have the same progress if I did UA-cam & also group lessons? I have a pair of skates and feel pretty determined...
i’m currently in ur february-march place 🥲 i took lessons as a kid for a longgg time until covid and i recently js started again, what r some of ur tips-especially for spinning bc i always end up leaning forward and the spins tops due to my toe pick
I had this same issue! I recommend practicing more backwards skating without scratching your toe picks. For the longest time I couldn't skate backwards properly because my weight was too far forward. try to find the spot more in the middle of your blade, just behind the ball of your foot. That's actually too far back since we normally spin on the rocker, but getting used to skating farther back will help us get off the toe pick when spinning.. (Coach julia on youtube made a video about this I think it's in one of her Q&A's about spinning.)
You got new skates and then immediately stepped on concrete with them??
Lmao NOO!! it's just the black foam at the rink that's safe for ice skates.
👍🏾👌🏾 🏴🇸🇪🇹🇹
super weird question but where did you get your butt pad I need one LOL
i have two, one is from etsy (you can zip it on and off which is convenient) and one is from amazon, try search "crash pad skating" haha
where.can.i.find.those.leggings.in.morocco. yk those leggings at 1:34 the ones she wore under her shorts that look like skin but arents, i NEED those
theyre cool right! I got it on amazon by searcing "over the boot tights"