How demanding is figure skating?

Question

like wat r age recomendations for learning?

Answer 1

extremely.

If you want to actually get somewhere in the sport,

Its demanding on your body as well as your wallet.

This sport takes dedication, skill, grace, beauty, and endurance

Best to start young.

Answer 2

start as young as possible. It's very demanding if you want ot skate competitavly. It's also crazy expensive and their are a lot of prima donas. Like any sport, it takes disapline and strength. The really good ones I've met skated everyday with a private coach and traveled frequently. Some spent money on renting the arena out afterward and warmed up for a minimal of 250 laps.

Answer 3

Best time to start figure skating at the age of 4 - 5 it needs to be a fun group sessions, if you go to your local ice rink there are programs like that called UK Star. If a child becomes serious about figure skating then it is time to get private lessons and then you just go from there.

Figure skating can be very demanding if you planning to compete or taking to the level when it is not just fun.

Figure skating is physical and artistic sport - it is demanding both for boys and girls. It looks easy and flawless but there is a lot of hard work put it behind on the daily basis from the skater and coach.

But figure skating is a fun way of keeping feet and enjoying challenge of the sport at any age. There is no other sport in the world that can make you feel you are flying and you can do and achieve anything....

Answer 4

It is pretty demanding if you want to be really good.

For age 6-8: Not Extremely Demanding for Your Average Skater

For age 9-11: Demanding for Your Average Skater

For age12-14: Very Demanding for A Pretty Good Skater

15-18: Extremely Demanding for A Pretty Good Skater

Good Luck In Everything!

Answer 5

Look, as a person of the medical field, I'm not of the type that thinks you have to start in the sport at age 2. Most kids that start skating so often all their childhood get sick of the sport by the time they become teenagers and most of the rest are forced to quit because of puberty and because the sport becomes too expensive or time consuming (I had to stop skating almost completely when I entered the university).

That said, I'm personally of the type that prefers people to enter the sport when they are over 8 and even teenagers myself can become good skaters if you body is good enough for it.

And in a certain way the sport is demanding because of the amount of time needed to learn hundreds of figures (compare that to soccer where you mostly need to learn how to run kicking the ball without looking at it and passing it and kicking the ball to move in a certain way).

It's a stressful sport because figures not only take forever to be learned AND done well, but also because you can lose figures you once had which is frustrating. There's also not that many sports where coaches can be more demanding and many skaters have known at least 1 coach famous of yelling at students all the time. Competitions can be stressful if you have stage freight and even tests can be failed is a skaters gets too nervous to move.

Unlike many other sports, you have to skate somewhat frequently in skating. If you stopped riding a bike but kept your stamina up doing something else, you could remember how to ride it instantly. While you can still remember how to skate even if years go by, you won't be able to perform the harder figures out of nowhere.

Now, how much time can pass before you lose everything? Variable with you level, age and other factors, but I've had times where I'd stop skating for 6-7 months beause of lack of time and I'd still be able to execute the easier figures (albeit sloppily) because my body still remembers how to do them.

I don't skate everyday, I actually progress faster skating on oddball days and using more time going to the gym but it varies with every skater.

Now as for demanding, I get too tired to even stay awake because of the demands of my university career, much less have always ample time to skate consistently. So yes, skating is very time and energy demanding when you're not in junior high, but if you're not, an average skating session doesn't last more than 2 hours so you still have a lot of time during the day to do other things.

Answer 6

Start as young as possible if you want to be good. The financial demand is just as big as the physical demand.

Answer 7

how demanding? i get to wake up at 4:30 every morning to practice a few hours before school starts.

oh and i'm on swim team and i've played football in the past and let me tell you, nothing beats a long program run through.

Answer 8

its one of the most demanding sports physically and mentally

you have to start out when ur really lil like at least 2 1/2-3 and as old as 9-10 at most!

Answer 9

VERY demanding!

About 2 yrs ago i was in pretty tough training i was about 12.  I was very serious about skating at the time.  I would wake up at 4:30 to skate an hour before school about 4 days a week. Then I would skate for about 1hr and a half after school 5 days a week (i also skated on saturdays), my ice time is very limited cause i skate down south.  I did ballet (45 mins) 2 days a week after skating and off ice(45 mins) 3 days a week also after skating.  I went to the gym (2hrs) 2 days a week.  To top it all off i also had to do gymnastics (3-4 hrs) 2 days a week  to make me stronger.  I hope i didnt leave anything out...

ohh yea i also made it to jr.nationals that year >.<

Answer 10

I started last year when I was 13 people said it was to late but the coaches said the opposite.

They said it was around a good age so that I would be able to comprehend stuff better.

Now for demanding It depends if you want to go to the olympics one day you would have to practice every day with a private coach.

It took me only 3 months to get to freestyle one but I also had some dance and gymnastic background.

Then I got a private coach but first I would start with lessons twice a week then private coaching.

Hope this helps:D