I dabbled a bit, a little bit, in ice skating when I was 18. Didn't even really learn the basics then. I could do simple forward skating, something sort of like a forward crossover, and T-stops. That was it. When I was in England (overseas tour in the USAF) I would occasionally go down to London to skate at Queens Ice Club. Again, that was it. After returning from England, I never really had an opportunity to skate for many years.
When my daughter expressed an interest in skating, I decided to take her a couple of times and see if she was serious before getting her signed up for actual lessons. I found out that it wasn't like riding a bike. As little as I had originally achieved I had lost all of it in the intervening years and was starting again from the very beginning. And since I didn't bounce like I did when I was 18--falls hurt a lot more, it's easier to get injured, and injuries take longer to heal--it was actually harder to re-learn than it had been to learn in the first place.
So my daughter and I ended up taking lessons together.
I started my Goth on Ice posts over on Youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC19DNNO-2-2A_7_KQ2lrQ6A ) to record my progress and illustrate my difficulties as an older skater partly in hopes that it might be of use to other people who might like to try.
As I write this I am nearing the end of the standard "adult" basic skills progression and preparing to move forward into actual figure skating. There are competitions available for older skaters which I hope to pursue.
If this sounds like it's something of interest to you, then please subscribe. I'll be adding special content here not available on the YouTube channel.
Happy skating.
When my daughter expressed an interest in skating, I decided to take her a couple of times and see if she was serious before getting her signed up for actual lessons. I found out that it wasn't like riding a bike. As little as I had originally achieved I had lost all of it in the intervening years and was starting again from the very beginning. And since I didn't bounce like I did when I was 18--falls hurt a lot more, it's easier to get injured, and injuries take longer to heal--it was actually harder to re-learn than it had been to learn in the first place.
So my daughter and I ended up taking lessons together.
I started my Goth on Ice posts over on Youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC19DNNO-2-2A_7_KQ2lrQ6A ) to record my progress and illustrate my difficulties as an older skater partly in hopes that it might be of use to other people who might like to try.
As I write this I am nearing the end of the standard "adult" basic skills progression and preparing to move forward into actual figure skating. There are competitions available for older skaters which I hope to pursue.
If this sounds like it's something of interest to you, then please subscribe. I'll be adding special content here not available on the YouTube channel.
Happy skating.