HOW TO START FIGURE SKATING | ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS ⛸️

Ever wanted to try figure skating after watching the olympics? Well… it is never too late! And this is how you do it.

˖⁺ F R E E R E S O U R C E S ˖⁺

With the winter olympic season and Beijing 2022 having just passed, there is always a new wave of inspiration for people from all over the world to try the sport. I wanted to make this video that contains advice from what skates/blades to buy, testing, competitions, lessons, coaching, work life balance and more from my 4 years of experience as an adult skater in the hopes that this helps provide more accessibility to information about figure skating to beginners or late starters.

If you decide to start your own skating journey, please leave a comment down below or if you have any questions that I can help answer to help kick off your journey. Always love supporting other skaters! ♡

As always personal thank you again for watching, subscribing, and coming back- means the world *internet heart*

(For international viewers, some of the information only pertains to the US Figure Skating Federation but most of the information is applicable to viewers from every country)

✩ S K A T E S + B L A D E S ✩
Jackson Ultima Mystique + Mark II Blades
Jackson Debut Fusion Firm 2450
Jackson Ultima Legacy Blades UB50
Edea Concerto Boot

˖⁺ C O N T A C T + C O N N E C T ˖⁺
IG: @cathydingg

♬ M U S I C ♬

Onion | Lukrembo
Olympic Sport Music Non-Copyright | FREE MUSIC
Foolish Thoughts | The Laidbackz

✩ L I L B I T A B O U T M E ✩
Based currently in NYC | 23
Life ~Passions~: Fashion, Fitness, Figure Skating, Food , and of course photography+digital content creation

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[lxrx]

That intro is literally word by word what happened to me HAHAHAHAHA

[serioussushii]

the intro was me and i was the intro. LITERALLY YUZURU HANYU IS THE EPITOME OF FIGURE SKATING AND I LOVE HIM.

[ktvghn]

I'm 23 just starting, have my first lesson this weekend and currently sitting at the rink during public skate lowkey panicking ... Found your video and it's saving me🙈 Thanks SO MUCH for making this. I'm motivated again. Going to get back on the ice now (and watch out for little boys going nyooOOOOM)

[_https.Kenzie.]

My childhood dream was (and still is)to become a figure skater but I’ve always been to scared but this helped me get the courage to ask my mom about it!

[gracelandaiche]

I’m in high school and wanting to start I can’t thank you enough for sharing your knowledge with everyone

[garysimkins]

You are a complete blast! I believe that so many adults deprive themselves of trying new things and your video really does inspire. I was a competitive Equestrian in my youth and on and off throughout my life. I have been thrown many times, and got back on, even after a really bad one in my fifties. I figure skated a bit as a kid and loved it, but horses stole my heart. Now I don't ride much but still want to stay fit, and have decided to return to the ice. I have signed up for the CanSkate here in Toronto, and I am really looking forward to getting to the point where I can work with a personal coach. When I watch videos of adults that have really advanced in short periods it reinforces the fact that anything is possible if you really put your heart into it. Let's face it, staying active means longevity and having fun at the same time. I am so stoked now having seen this video, and have subscribed because I know there is tons of good advice here. For anyone else out there who might be hesitating, I am 71 and I have no fear of failure, just a keen desire to Dance on Ice. So Thanks for your great channel.

[enhaworld]

i’m so happy i found this! im 20 and ice skating has always been something i wanted to do but coming from a low income family with many kids ice skating was inaccessible. i don’t necessarily want to make a career out of it but i’d love to do it for fun and if i get good enough maybe a competition. thanks for all of your information!

[daesnggg]

The intro is SO ME 😭!! I’m 13 currently and have read books about ice rink sports but nothing has ever caught my attention like figure skating. I always saw TikTok edits of random skaters but there was one edit that caught my attention, and it was Yuzuru Hanyu. I looked more into him and his performances were like serotonin to me. I watched him skate and felt butterflies from imagining how it would feel to glide against the ice, and here I am! I really hope I can be as great as him if I ever start. I wish I could’ve been older so I could experience skating with him. I’m currently asking my mom about it and she’s thinking about it, and glad I found inspiration from such an amazing/determined person as Yuzu, so I think that might be a yes!!

[Lee_Yes]

I started learning figure skating when I was 5 or 6 but I had to stop after a year, I’m now in high school and wanting to start relearning everything so this was very helpful! Thank you!! 💜

[notpennyet]

It’s coming up on my 10th year doing ice dance and this video is actually helpful for newer skaters!

[willstotallynotgay]

rn im in highschool and i never really thought about figure skating, but recently we've been to and iceskating place like every day bc we hed nothing better to do. i kept seeing this little girl who was skating BEAUTIFULLY and i was like "im gonna do that" so now idk why but ive been trying to learn a few tricks and stuff for figure skating. thANK YOU SO SO MUCH and the intro is legit what i did too lol

[sweetpotato]

I skated for the first time a few years ago and I liked it but just this week I started skated again and it is such and it’s an amazing feeling, I’m at the point where I’m looking to buy skates so I’m really grateful for this video

[puffpuffyams]

You missed another version of starting 💀 Watching Yuri On Ice and literally getting obsessed. Started at 12, now 2 and a half years into skating

[flowerss.]

I live in a tropical country but I still dream of figure skating lol

[Alejandra]

I started the learn to skate program back in April! The people at the rink got me in contact with the local guy who sells skates and he helped me chose the correct size and molded the skates to my feet! I’m currently looking into getting a private coach :)

[NoThankUBeQuiet]

As I've started in LTS for exercise and fun and not to aim for anything fancy, I'm in hockey skates, I may one day switch to ice skates but right now I lack the bravery for jumps and spins so I decided to go with hockey skates. Honestly the SOCIAL element is just as valuable to me as the actual coaching.

[imagicmaya]

you are describing how I feel on the ice right now!!! FINALLY I now understand why all the olypic skaters look as if their skates are loose! Thank you! :D

[nicolasbikic]

Thanks a lot for this video: not only is it full of rare and precious informations, but your passion for figure skating is visible and transmissible. Now I am twice as motivated as I was before watching it. Thanks ! ❄️❄️❄️

[raytheduck]

I love you for this video! I’m 14 and I thought there’s not really a point in getting started so late and that I couldn’t even do competitions but this video really got my hopes up!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[czrnarchive]

I've learnt to ice skate back in grade 1 & 2 for a school program but I know we used hockey states at the time 🙃 Now a student in high school and I want to try to ice skate again so thank you very much for this video, I know no one who figure skates in person so this guide really helped me!