What To Wear While Figure Skating! 

Great feedback! Thank you!

Wear female leggings, what does it matter!?

​@@foreversingle1975 ..........size? curve? I feel like women's leggings don't have the same proportions as men's leggings..

@@ariellegreenstone6165 I'm just under 6ft tall and I wear a medium over the boot leggings, I am slim. The fit just right.

​@day dreamer The only thing I could see maybe being an issue is crotch space

Noted! Thanks for your feedback!

Love that!

Good to know! Thanks for the feedback!

I’m right under 5’ and have the same problem!! So hard to find leggings the right length. Also yes to fleece lined year round :)

Yes! Gloves are such a sneaky little safety device! Thanks for watching!

You're so welcome!

Thank you! Will do!

I love it! It makes things so convenient. Here is a link to my current favorite style... amzn.to/35MXR6l

So glad it helped you!

That is great advice!

Awesome! Hopefully I can make that happen soon!

Thanks for your input! Padding can be key to a longer, safer training session!

Working on it!

Glad it helped

@@CoachJulia thank you so much for creating this channel it has helped me some much since I can’t afford a coach

Oh my gosh. Awful. I've done similar, but was able to avoid the stitches!

Yay! Hopefully I can start on that project soon!

I am glad you enjoyed my choreo video! I plan to make more this fall!

Welcome

Great idea! I will see what I can come up with for you.

I would also love this information! Figure skating clothing is not available in my size, and I sew my own clothes anyway.

I understand. But my advice is to wear what makes you happy, and what gives you a comfortable skating session. 😊

Wear joggers

Sure! I am happy to make a tutorial about that!

I like to French or Dutch braid my hair in two braids and then wrap the length of my hair into a bun. It keeps the flyaways out of my face and my long hair off of my neck!

I usually end up tucking it into some kind of a bun. I do wear ponytails sometimes, but my hair is really fine and it breaks if I wear it in a pony to much. So any kind of bun is my go-to.

You are so kind

Thanks so much for the suggestions!

I am not a coach, but you haven't had an answer, so I will try to answer you. Most of the better skaters I see on the rinks have some type of padding when they are working on new skills, but many of them don't. No one makes fun of the skaters who are padded. Their choice. A bad injury is a lot of time lost, though, as well as a lot of pain. One older man came back after a hip fracture. He was telling people that he wished figure skaters had more encouragement to wear protective padding, now that he'd had a bad fall and months of recovery. Beginners in the LTS programs are required to wear helmets. Hockey players wear pads & helmets for a reason, though there's a hard puck flying around and everyone is whacking things with sticks. They can still get bad injuries from collisions and high speed falls, so padding and head protection are a must. I'm old, past menopause, so I'm as padded as I can get when I'm on the ice. After breaking a wrist while practicing 3-turns, I do not want another fracture ever again. I always wear wrist braces under my gloves. Currently they are braces designed for rollerblading. Although there are wrist sleeves padded in the lower palm/wrist for figure skaters, the lack of a rigid brace makes me think that those wouldn't prevent a fracture. I like to use glove-mitten hybrids because the mitten part is warmer than a glove, and the fingerless glove part allows me to adjust my laces without taking off the gloves. I've used both gloves and mittens. The hybrid works best for me. I bought skating shorts with Poron XRD pads to wear under my pants, but the pads weren't quite in the right place for protecting my hips. I now have the hip pads & sacral pad in skating shorts that I sewed to fit me. I wear them when skating outdoors in the summer, too. I have hockey pants that I wear in addition to my skating pads when I'm on the ice, but that's because I really don't want a hip fracture. When I'm learning new skills, I look very strange with those on, but I haven't broken anything since I bought them, and I've landed pretty hard a couple of times. My elbow sleeves with D3O padding (the ones designed for soccer players) are comfortable while skating. I don't even notice them and they've saved me from an elbow fracture a time or two. I've got knee pads, though that's a work in progress. Rollerblading knee protectors are great outdoors, but they are like a bowling ball on the ice if you fall on your knees. I don't like the sleeve type knee protectors because all of them seem to bunch up and pinch the backs of my knees. I'm converting some wrestling knee pads to attach with velcro outside my pants. A woman at the rink ordered custom crash pants from a company in Australia that have both hip/sacrum and knee pads. She waited months for them to arrive. They look great, not too bulky. I didn't ask how much she paid. Other skaters have knee sleeves with padding that are sold for figure skaters. Many of the better skaters don't use head protection, but some wear the headbands designed for soccer players. I wear a helmet with a D3O liner. I tried the soccer band that others wear at the rink, but the band loosens up as it warms up while wearing it, so the correct size feels uncomfortably tight at first. It gave me headaches. A snowsport helmet with D3O liner works better for me. HTH

If you are going out for fun with friends, you don't have to wear practice wear. Just have fun!

@@CoachJulia thanks! unfortunately the friend that I was going to meet up with had to quarantine. but thanks so much!! enjoy the snowy weather!

Glad you like them!

Hey! Just seeing this comment in my 'members' section! Thanks for joining! I hope you sorted out some leggings. You want to keep those knees from getting skinned on your falls. Do you still go gloveless? I have always worn gloves so it surprises me when I learn of people who chose not to. Maybe I am just wimpy in that area. 😆

@@CoachJulia Worth every penny just to thank you for all your free coaching! I did get some leggings which is definitely a good thing. Am now considering upgrading to padded knees since I started trying one of the lunge variations and got some fantastic bruises! :-) (I bruise easily so the odd bruise is a non-event but if I want to keep practicing something it's probably not a good idea to bruise the bruises.) Am still going gloveless which hasn't been an issue yet, but will keep seeing how it goes.

hey! I'm a preteen-aged skater with a budget, and i got some wide leg yoga pants from old navy for about 10 bucks and they looked great and worked fine!! it's great, just like the actual skating pants!! skating clothes are REALLY expensive, so i got a zip up turtleneck from amazon for about 8 bucks, and the pants i was telling you about for 10 bucks!! and they work great!! hope this helped!1

@@izzyrooo___. that's amazing news! Thanks for sharing😀

@@yuliache5136 no problem!! here to help fellow skaters!!

Stretching before skating is so important!!

Hi! I definitely recommend going to your figure skating pro shop or a place like target where they sell clothes, I got my socks from there. As for the type you should wear I recommend light, kind of tight tan skating socks. They sell them at skating pro shops and like I said places like Target just tan light skating socks

Have a seamstress or tailor make skating pants out of a suitable 4-way stretch fabric. Alternatively, leggings with shorts on top can work, as long as the shorts do not restrict the movement in any way.

@@GOLDCOASTROLLOUT Thank you so much!! :)

Good to know! Thanks so much for the feedback!

@@CoachJulia I second the request for sizes that will fit average and larger adults. The most popular brands stop at sizes that might fit older teens and slender people. Not everyone starts skating with a ballerina body! Women develop wider hips as we age, and the brands I've seen online just don't have the sizes for taller or older people. I am not plus size, but those specialized skating pants aren't available in a size to fit me. The max hip measurement for one brand (just checked) is smaller than the average American woman's hip size. One other request: Post sizes by hip measurements and inseam or inseam + 3" for over the heel. I have no idea what size I am in retail because it might be anything from S to XXL, depending on the brand. If there's a size chart, I can order by my hip size and inseam. As for pants for men, I haven't seen any! What have the men been using for skating gear? Most people don't have a person to sew custom clothing for them.

Yeah when I am coaching I wear full fleece lined pants, and in the winter I also have fleece tights under the pants. We do get sooooo cold. Because we tend to be out there for hours and hours, and we aren't usually moving around as much as the athletes we are coaching. The cold really creeps in.

@@CoachJulia At figure skating sessions, the ones wearing parkas are usually coaches.

Do not wear 100% cotton! It absorbs sweat and doesn't dry out. You will get chilled! Look for clothing that is a 'wicking " fabric, it keeps you warm, without getting chilled from sweat. Look in the hiking section of a sporting goods store, either in person or online. This sounds weird, bear me out, try equestrian clothing, it moves freely, wicks moisture and is resilient for riding falls. I no longer skate but still do ride.

@@christinemeleg4535 thx! Looking into equestrian clothing sounds interesting, great tip!

Thanks! Hopefully I will get some leggings out soon!

Yay! Glad you enjoyed the video!

You haven't had an answer, so if you still want to know, here's my learning-to-skate, I-am-not-a-coach answer: You shouldn't try jumps with hockey skates. That's dangerous, but the rest of the basic skating skills are the same for figure skating and hockey skating. Posture is little different, and emphasis on what skills are more important is different, but the basic movements of gliding forward and backward, stopping, turning directions, crossovers, and edge awareness are the same. All of these basic skills are required for both types of skating. So you can learn with hockey skates, absolutely. However, if it's possible to get a used pair of skates that fit you, your feet would probably be much happier than in any rental skates, hockey or figure skates. Rentals are sharpened irregularly, often have broken boot support, and typically are uncomfortable to wear unless you have 2 pairs of socks (just my experience). The big differences between hockey skates and figure skates are the shape of the blade - pick at front & long, flat heel for figure, rounded curve for hockey - and the boot's heel shape - higher for figure, flatter for hockey. People who start with hockey skates often trip on the pick when they switch to figure skates. Also, figure skates have 2 heel factors. The heel of the blade is longer and flat instead of rounded. (It's an ongoing issue for figure skaters to find a good skate tech who won't round off the heel!) The long, flat back of the freestyle figure skate blade stabilizes and supports landings. A dance blade will have a shorter blade at the heel, but the heel is still needed for dance moves than involve landing. Hockey skates have rounded heels, allowing quicker turns, less blade on the ice at any moment to increase speed, and easier stops. The boot of a figure skate has a high heel compared to hockey skates. This provides better balance on the knife edges while the skater is upright. Hockey players tend to bend low with shoulders forward and knees bent, a stance which is easier without a heeled boot, but they also skate with a stick in front of them that they use to manipulate the puck. Figure skaters stand with shoulders and back straight, using their upper extremities to create force during movements and to control balance. No sticks or pucks, but sometimes there's a partner in hand. HTH

@@sncnjcsmom6451 wow, thank you so much!!! Really!!

@@alexdiangelo2108 You're welcome! It was so long since you posted your question that I wasn't sure if you still wanted an answer. I'm glad my comment was helpful.

People are all so different aren't they. I freeze out there so I am one of those wearing a jacket!

What a great idea. Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks so much for the feedback!!

Yay! Glad to know you would be interested!

Awesome!

Good to know!

SO funny!!! There is actually a secret reason! I have a microphone that picks up my audio, and for every video I have to synch the audio with the video recording during editing. At the beginning of each shot I clap my hands together really loud which creates an audio spike - this makes it easy to find the audio markers and synch them together. 😁

@@CoachJulia oh that makes more sense. I was going to ask if you used a microphone since we could hear your voice and the scraping of ice really well instead of more distant.

I am working on it!

Awesome! Hopefully Soon!

Awesome!

Awe, thank you!

Yes, hair up is great!

Sometimes that's all I need! Just depends on the weather and what I am doing out on the ice.

Hah! Well to each their own.