i have so much respect for ice skaters, and athletes in general. i mean all we, the public, see, are the pretty costumes and the amazingly performed routines but behind the scenes there are hours -no, scratch that, years of training that go into those skills. also it must take such a huge toll on them, not only physically ofc, but mentally as well. how many times have athletes wanted to quit bc they couldn't take the hard training, the sprained ankles and the feeling of not feeling enough/not getting any better? or when they fell way behind the classment in a championship? honestly, huge props to them. not only to the pro ones, but the beginners as well. i feel like i'm too old to start ice skating to be actually be any good at it, but i saw some comments abt teenagers wanting to start the sport and i think you totally should give yourself that chance. don't give up when things get hard! at the end, when you manage to pull that triple axel, i'm sure you'll feel accomplished and proud of yourself for keeping going at it. i believe in you, young skaters/athletes! 💪
I know the feeling, i am 14 and i have only just started skating, i suggest do it because i can't even explain the amazing feeling you get when you skate. Even if people tell you it's too late to start something. It never is because who knows, you may have a hidden talent. Btw if you do start when you fall just get right back up and brush it off. xx
@Alyssa TWD I know the feeling, i am 14 and i have only just started skating, i suggest do it because i can't even explain the amazing feeling you get when you skate. Even if people tell you it's too late to start something. It never is because who knows, you may have a hidden talent. Btw if you do start when you fall just get right back up and brush it off. xx
@@amazonadireitistaearmada7722 Me too! I was about 12 when it happened, but didn’t convince my parents I was serious enough (it’s crazy expensive) until 3 years later when I was 15, so I’m 17 now and just starting double jumps
@@itsgreat1475 if you don't have area for ice skating maybe you can start with roller skate you can learn it on RU-vid and in the future you move to a place where you can ice skate
I'm going to start taking lessons soon and I'll be 25 this summer! I know I'll never be an olympian but I'm aiming for the top of the Adult Nationals circuit one day. Wish me luck~
i'm 15 and i started figure skating about 3 months ago. i know i won't be as good as the professionals and i propably won't be able to compete because i started at "old" age(I quess because i know many people start at 3 or 4 year olds), but i still love figure skating so much❤
Anniina Luukkanen you can be as good as professional or even better,just work hard and practice a lot,age doesn't matter as long you work harder than anyone :)
I totally get you. But it's never too late. I started late too! I am a very close friend of someone who got his triples in two years. Nothing is ever too late and nothing is ever too impossible :) You and I still have a chance.
Anniina Luukkanen same here actually. I'll be 15 next month and I really wish I started skating earlier. I love it so much but I've been training to be a tennis player since I was four. I love the sport but it's so hard because want to do both but that's not going to happen now
As they said never too late. I'm 20 and just starting lessons now. Though I probably won't be able to do anything professional, there are adult competitions anyone can get into. They don't go past any doubles, but I'm sure they'd be just as fun. Apparently it's difficult for people who start learning after puberty to land or even make triples. Unfortunate, but I'm sure if you're a natural and/or just put in more work than others you might get there.
I’m a figure skater and this video is to relatable I skate 5-6 days a week and it’s so much hard work to get enough muscle strength so that if you fall on your doubles or triples you don’t damage yourself or working up enough strength to jump the hight and distance needed
I've fallen in love with figure skating thanks to Yuzuru Hanyu. In the past year I've learned myself how to skate, do spins, jump (not high xd), skate on one leg and skate backwards (kinda, I'm still learning xd). But I know if I want to become better I'll need professional help. But everyone around me tells me I'm to old to do it. I'm 15 (in few months 16) and I'm starting to believe theme. I've always been a shy one and now that no one is supporting me in my dream I'm even more scared to do another step.
to think about the amount of training, tears and sweat going in these practices. i'm just amazed by the determination. I was so inspired that I decided to sit on my sofa and eat potato chips.
I'm 14 and I started skating about 3 months ago. I've wanted to skate ever since I watched Yulia Lipnitskaya and Gracie Gold at the Sochi Olympics, but my family never had enough money to put me through lessons or even take me skating. But even without having ever gone skating, I still knew I'd love the sport. Even though I started 'late' I'm still gonna keep skating to be the best I can be. I won't be any of my idols, but I can still be a great skater. I hope every else who feels too old can push through that fear and do what they love cause I've learned that it is worth every hour on the ice and every almost broken tailbone
I skate 12 hours per week and we do training off ice 3 hours per week. I could live in the ice rink, because it is a feeling of freedom in the ice, I love the competitions as well, I want to reach as high as it is possible for me😀
I love this video I've literally watched it so many times, mostly when I'm feeling down about skating (I've been skating since I was 4 and I'm in pre-juvenile) and it always motivates me and makes me want to try again and again so that's for being so amazing and creating this video. ❤❤much love😍😍
Thank you so much! Best of luck in your skating, and never give up! Your challenges are not meant to defeat you, but instead increase you. Much love, Summertime Sadness.
I started dancing around three years ago and I have loved it for so long. I think it’s time for something new because my passion for dance is fading and I hate that it’s not that I dint love dance it’s just the team I’m on isn’t fun anymore I will always love dance but I’m starting ice skating soon and I couldn’t be more excited. I think I’ve finally found something for me it’s dancing on ice and that’s amazing plus I like the idea of it being cold because I’m always really hot 😂 I’m 14 and I’m staying pretty late but I started dance late too so what’s stopping me. Edit- do whatever makes you happy it doesn’t matter if people tell you you won’t be successful because you are starting to “old” work hard and you can catch up to the people who have been doing it for longer it doesn’t matter if you start at 3 or 14 you can still be successful
I started skating when I was 9 now 14 and it is intense it’s a real athlete sport you need muscle and a lot of it a lot of people think it’s easy and do t realise all the energy and effort it takes
awesome, feeloing like im losing a bit of motivation on doing 3 turns but this video gives me motivation to keep going. TY for making this video, I will come back to this everytime I need to keep going!
I started with figure skating in the age of 37 and that was the best I have done! I have done both swimming and tennis and gymnastics but figure skating is something extra! I love it! And my progress is very fast as well as my daughters. I have my daughter to thank because it was her idea to start with figure skating. She, in the age of 4 years told me that she would like to be as they on tv, it was championship on TV.. we booked our first classes in figure skating and I have been skating ever since.. I love it!!! Lost 20 kg and am stronger than ever before.
I love this vid! Makes you fall in love with the sport just again. I noticed though that nobody's falling on the ice or getting bruises on the vid, which is a real part of figure skating training. :-) but it's a really awesome feel good video. two thumbs up.
I started almost a year ago now and im on my single jumps. Its not easy physically and mentally to get there. I struggle with weight and school right now but now that im going into summer, i promised myself i will be better than who i am today. If you teenagers wanna start, do it now or else you'll regret it like I did when I was 14. I could've been doing doubles..
+zeldaria Actually, ask anyone. Everyone in my skating rink can watch a skating competition and point out which skaters take ballet. Technique,Grace, and flexibility are all mandatory. I've taken ballet for over 10 years and judges always comment how graceful I am. If you want that gold medal, I do believe that all skaters that want to be successful have to do ballet. My coach will not coach anyone unless they take ballet three times a week. Think of Gracie Gold, Katelyn Osmond, Dorothy Hamill, all of the Olympic skaters! Do you really think that they got where they were by just doing on ice training!?
One thing that I have to say about skating is that Ah- ha moment. I have been skating since i was eight. I realize that that is not the youngest age to start, but I worked my butt off. Last year I just figured out how to land an axel, and i have been pretty consistent with that lately. When I started working on freestyle 6 I had a moment where i just realized that I had gotten so much better in the past two months than I had in four years. then I started landing things and doing footwork and spins that I have never done before, and not only that, I am doing them well. so once you reach that Ah- ha moment...you finally realize why you started.
I’m a figure skater and started when I was 6. I’m at the rink 11 hours a day 6 days a week. I personally think that this makes figure skating a fun sport with fun training but on the inside it’s harsh coach’s that make you break , drama, a lot of sweat and tears and I mean that. I’ve scacraficed my child hood for this sport and spent tons of thousands of dollars a year. This represents the pretty side of figure skating the the real one. The real one is pushing you self until; you can’t anymore push and pushing until you break.
Feel sorry to hear it… figure skate is really hard sport , is sayin one of the difficult sport in the world, and expensive sport …a lot sacrifice on it cause i have my kids that pursue the dream like u… but im not push them to spend 11 hours a day 6 days a week , they only spend 9-10 hours a week so they can do other thing like in art, music , school , horse riding anything they want to try … cause when they feel enough in one thing they still have backups and not wasting time for just one thing …and 1 thing peoples have to realize this sport is one of expensive one, even u have to pay when u want go to championship , so yes peoples with limited money have to reconsider it carefully before getting serious to this sport cause is not only u paying for coach on ice, u have to pay coach of ice, fitness training, dance training , costume, shoes, blade . If u only have average income , if ur kids not that much for it i think u should reconsider it carefully for get serious on this sport ..
I love figure skating but sometimes I wonder whats the point? I think I started at a late age and really wish I couldve started young. I just wonder like what if Im wasting my time going out on the ice to the same rink over and over and over investing so much money into something that I may not get anything out of? What does someone who begins figure skating at the age of 28 have to look forward to considering the majority of skaters start at around 6 years old and quit at around 21? Can I still go far or have something to look forward to considering my age?
Then stop, why continue skating when you are expecting to get something out of it? Why go through all the trouble of the relentless training and pain if its not for the passion of learning something you love. Life is always unfair and its filled with what ifs. What are you expecting to get from skating?
Bryan Voo Im expecting to become good and compete in competitions. I just feel like I missed out on doing that since most skaters stop skating professionally once they get into their 20s.
Fease Yough well if you are planning on competing in competitions whats stopping you? there are many older skaters that are still competing and heck they are still competiting in the olympics, i.e Brian Jourbet age 29 in the 2014 winter olympics. Being good only comes with hardwork and repetition. Being mentally strong as well as fear becomes a baricade to excel at something
Bryan Voo Ok thanks, thats what I needed, the reassurance that I dont have unrealistic goals and expectations from what Im doing. I was never planning on quitting anytime soon because I love it to much, I sometimes just need the extra motivation and hearing about other people for extra inspiration.
i can't take actual figure skating classes thanks to where i live and how "supportive" my parents are. but i was wondering if i could at least get down the basics if i started learning once a week when they open up the rink for public skating. it sucks and it's crowded as hell but i really want to learn
Kaname Itaru of course you can learn the basics there :) just go for it! ☺️ if you realize later on that it's too crowded to learn or whatever, you can still stop. But you'll never know if you don't at least try
Levesca oh gOOD i was scared i wouldn´t be able to do anything at all. for now i´m just walking around in my skates at home to loosen them up a little and get used to the feeling. they´re already too big and they didn´t cost much so i don´t really care if i stretch them out a little more. once i get down some basics i can buy ones that fit me properly. i will try to go to the rink this sunday since some people at my school said it´s fine for like 20 minutes right at the start. i´m only scared because i´m dead if i come home with a painful leg/arm from a bad fall. gotta hope a classmate will agree to come with me the first time :D thanks!
Poland is a great country and as for a young Polish woman, your English is good :) Też jestem z Polski. Jestem rolkarzem figurowym i freestyle'owym i podziwiam łyżwiarzy
Hello! Great editing - I am a professional and I can see you have talent. Who are the skaters at the beginning of this section? I would love to see the whole clip of them. If you could let me know where I can see this film I would be very grateful. Thanks !
Sofia Haap I once had rf3s. I dont think you need to change skates because of your level, however you should change them if they are not a proper fit. My feet have only hurt in skates that weren't right for my feet
I'm moving and I wanted to start figure skating where we will I've (I won't tell you where, but Somewhere cold.) and I wanted to start getting my body reading for like-cardio, and balancing and I thought this was a tutorial LOL
Deseo poder aser sueño realidad grasias otravez me desaogo viendolos y se que lo lograre el que busca encuentra tengo ya la luna entera coronada por algo se empieza.
i need advice, im 15 this year and have been thinking for a while now about starting figure skating classes. Im quite concerned that im considered older, i would be the only one in the group classes to be older but yet only starting on basics. I would have to attend classes alone since i dont have friends with the same passion as me and classes are pretty pricey too. Should i just do it to try?
If you think you would enjoy it, you should definitely try it! There are a lot of skaters who start learning at an older age, so don't let that stop you. 15 is not too old to start learning especially if you love it. I came back to skating at age 22 after taking a 14 year break (which is like starting over completely). There is nothing quite like the feeling you get when you are on the ice, no matter what level you are. I encourage you to start with the group classes, even if you are older. Also, don't worry about not having friends with the same passion as you since figure skating is really an individual sport/hobby at heart. It's just about you and the ice and that's the beauty of it! Good luck and I hope you get to do what you are passionate about. Love - SummertimeSadness
BasementRuthie actually me I convinced my parents to buy skates so I'm planning to use my winter break and learn. YURI ON ICE TRASH NOT READY FOR THE LAST EPISODE
I think that "your too old to start" is a load of rubbish I think that people dont even attempt to try it couse they are told itll never work but you can do anything you want and can succeed in anything you put your mind to. I haven't been skating even a full 2 years and in working on doubles and my axel just because they started so young doesn't mean you cant be just as good😉 go try your hardest and keep getting up and you'll be there before you know it
I'm 13 years old. I have never felt such a passion for anything else but figure skating. I'm ready to feel the pain of constant training and perfection. Are you?
amante spagnolo of course you can start at that age! Who cares if you make it to the olympics or not! Just remember this, it's not the outcome, it's the experience!
I can agree with Ocean Child, I am also 13 and my life revolves around figure skating, for me it doesn't matter if I'll make to the Olympics, it would be cool but as long as I can skate forever I'm fine.
Don't rush, Find your center, feel it!!, really enjoy the moment, love the edges your are spinning on, make it feel like eating chocolate. When you spin Say to yourself. "I am in control here". Let it come from your heart :-)
Myly Lu spread your toes in your skate to create a more stable base over your blade. Don't curl your toes - it pitches you forward. If you draw a circle, and cut into 4, then imagine you start your spiralling edge entry from the top of the circle, don't hook (3turn) until you get to the 3/4 mark (the last quarter), this will help you centre the spin. Keep everything tense (except those toes!!), and wait a revolution or two until you pull in. This will help you find your centre.
One thing in this video is not mention how expensive this sport are if u getting serious on it😂😂 is not just cost to training on ice but off ice, dancing class, fitness training , shoes, blade, costume so people can consider not just hard work they do but also money that they have to spend … and u will not get rich became figure skate athlete like tennis , golf, badminton, soccer, football , or basketball …so they should mention it so parents with average income dont do this sport seriously unless ur kids love it so much more than anythingor u see talent on ur kids… cause u can planning more good future for ur kids with that money u have to spend in this sport
Dedication, discipline, perseverance, persistence, belief, passion, hard work, no fear of failures...these are all part of success within any type of purpose and mission. But the joy of true success comes with high cost and ultimate sacrifices. And I’m not talking about money...though that is also necessary, it’s only the commodity. And the purpose for which we do things is far more important than money and whatever it is we do in life. If God is not The Core of our passions and purposes, then we are losers even if we achieve success and gold medals! Do you really think order, discipline, dedication, perseverance, belief, passion, courage, and all good character attributes come from ourselves??? There’s an emptiness that follows success without serving God’s purposes. Something many come to realize and accept and many come to reject and deny.
take your time, dont rush before going into it. Be confident. Practice lots of back spins and jumps with back spins. bike riding up hill is great training.
Maki_Hercules_Trissa_Benji make sure you are in a checked position with your skating side leading into the jump. Focus your balance to centre front of your blade then rock forward as the free leg comes through. Don't start to jump up until the free leg is past the front of the hip. NEVER jump with your shoulders squared off over your knee (unchecked). For me, my left shoulder stays forward, until I'm rotating in the air. My right shoulder should never be facing the direction I'm jumping (it's the caboose, my left shoulder and hip are the engine). You'll hit a sideways karate kick position if you follow through with the free leg (think about jumping sideways over a wall). Once in the air, lock up your legs, force your landing leg down, and bring everything over to the landing side (weight transfer). This should, with practice, translate into a beautiful, controlled axle.
If you work really hard and ice skate everyday. Also if you take ballet classes it really helps on the ice and it also make you look more graceful I started ice skating when I was 12 and I'm currently in preliminary, I'm 16 now, I only ice skate 2 hours a week though.
I started skating when I was 12 and self taught for 6 yrs before I got lessons and competed. There are many levels of competition. I love skating and its the greatest sport of all. There is something for everyone and you never stop learning. Do skating because you truly love it.
I started when I was 7 and I'm a junior champ! I'm 11 right now, and btw you don't have to take ballet. By the way it's a very expensive sport. You have to practice very often too
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