Yup, I skated Friday night and Sunday afternoon, actually. I rollerbladed a lot when I was a teenager and I played street hockey, and I played limited ice hockey on frozen ponds. Barely played street hockey again after I was 18 other than shooting around on my own, and the last time I did it I was 24 or 25, so it’s been a while. Just decided a month ago that I’m going to give hockey a serious go before I’m too old, I start lessons in two weeks, and I’ve been skating on my own 2-3 times a week since around Thanksgiving. I’m loving it so far, and I’m really excited to be coached on it and eventually join an adult league when I’m ready.
I taught myself to rollerblade in my cellar when I was 10, I did that before ever ice skating. As far as propelling myself forward and having balance, it translated very well from the rollerblading. Turning and stopping are different on ice, it seems, so I’m learning how to stop, first and foremost. I just want to be serviceable for the first day of training. I’d rather spend most of the time learning hockey fundamentals, not skating basics like simply being able to stand and skate forward. Friday night I had youth hockey players coming up and giving me tips on stopping, and then two other kids just learning asked me to show them how to skate, so my skills are in the middle somewhere, haha. I’ve taken a few falls since I’ve been back at it but it’s more when I try new things or experiment. I could just skate laps all day without falling, I can skate backwards too. So I’m pretty good for a newbie, but I have a long way to go by hockey player standards. But I’d say I’m naturally pretty good at it, by average everyday standards. I’ll know more in three months haha.
I’m Dutch. You kinda are forced to ice-skate at school (depends where you lives tho).
Anyway, I had to ice-skate a lot. Fell over a lot. I was incapable of moving at a speed of over a nautical mile per hour, but recently learned how to not fall over constantly when I was peer-pressured into ice-skating at my friend’s birthday
Note that I still fall over A LOT, but far less than I used to. I do use the walls on the side of whatever place I am to bury my ass into as a way of stopping
Do you guys have roller skating rinks? You should roller skate if it's possible. I found the feeling and sense of balance are very similar. You can also learn how to stop on roller skates. It's the same for ice skates...
I've roller skated before and I'm rubbish lol, I have terrible balance and I'm quite clumsy unfortunately, but I just do it for fun, I don't take it too seriously.
Yeah, but less. Ice-skating is everywhere in the winter. I hate roller skating more because it gives me the constant feeling of falling, which is terrifying. Smacking my face in the ice doesn’t usually yield injuries, but the regular street is not so forgiving
I'm only talking about skating in a rink, not on the street. Yeah, I still have scars from my childhood meetings with pavement. The wooden floors are rather slippery and forgiving to knees and butts.
Wow, well that's unforgiving. All the rinks over here have wooden floors... Only skate boarders outdoors are on the pavement, unless you like to street skate.
If you're a good roller skater, most likely you can ice skate. I've done it. It IS hard on the ankles, so if you've got weak ones, it'll burn 'em out. But I LOVED it and I'm in the deep, deep South. I'd do it again any day. And yes you fall. As much as you'd fall in roller skating if it were the first time you do it. You just get up and start over... It's exhilarating!
Well wear some weights on them and work them out. Can you roller skate? If you can do that, you can ice skate. You have to work on your stamina over time. That's all there is to it. Do it. You won't regret it.
Nah. Just roll with it. See how it goes. I remember my ankles were tired after doing it the first time. Just keep skating. They'll limber up. Stretch a lot. That's all you can do in one day.
Yes, I used to ice skate as a kid! I was okay at it, learned to do a few tricks. I did fall a few times, but nothing major, and I enjoyed it back then!
Now, as an adult, falling actually hurts (one of the reasons I stopped riding horses, too; what once was no big deal now leaves me feeling sore all over the next day). So, I'm now scared to do it again.
@Screenwriter Lol! I feel much older than that! I just feel pretty stiff the day after slipping and falling on ice while taking trash out and such! But, I guess there's probably a difference between falling in an ice rink and falling on a concrete driveway!
Yes. As I child I went to figure skating lessons and I fell and hit my nose once and there was blood everywhere so I got traumatized. Then I tried it again as a teen and it was alright haha
I've done it and I never fell but got close SEVERAL times. It's so much fun honestly I had a blast. It gives you the sense of not being in control and you glide it's so much fun. 😊
When I was young I loved to figure scate and I was good. We had a big pond and I would scate nearly every day until some one told me figure skating was gay and after that I never wanted to skate again.
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