How long did it take you to learn how to ice-skate?

Question

How long did it take you to learn how to ice-skate?

Answer 1

Like 10 min, until I got used to it. I never learned how to stop though, luckily the walls are high so you can run into them to stop easily.

Answer 2

Hiii

The first time i went ice skating was probally a year ago and i can skate quite confidently now. If you can roller-blade that helps alot because you will already have your balence. I have had lessons and can do spins and crossovers. Everyone if different when learning something new because you take your own time to learn it.

Answer 3

about 1 week

Answer 4

idk

Answer 5

I'm form Minenesota and we learn how to skate when we are really young.  I think it took about a day.

Answer 6

well i can't skate all that well, but it took me like a week or two to get the feel for it, and not hold onto the edge of the rink.

Answer 7

about 30 min i could go up and down the rink really fast ..on my first try just like rollerblading!

Answer 8

few days

Answer 9

When I first got on the icce, just a couple of minutes.

Answer 10

like a day

Answer 11

I don't know how.

Answer 12

a few hours?

im not like a pro or anything tho...

i can just skate around at a reasonable pace.

Answer 13

Well, I think about 4 to 5 days. It was fun and I fell down a lot but I  didn't quit and I actually started loving ice-skating ever since then and I learned all the tricks on the ice and everything and I have been an ice-skater for 5 years and when to State Championship and got 1st place and in Nationals won 3rd place.

Answer 14

im guessing, about 6 months in getting to know the ice, 2 years of spinning and small tricks such as single toe-loops jumps and camel spins, and depending on how old you are double and triple jumps take about 3 years as a child, and about 5 years as a teenager, it takes time, but its worth the wait, but i never did figure skating, but id love to learn though!!!

Answer 15

not long....i just had to get 'adjusted' to the ice and then after that i was fine....but before i have rollerbladed quiet a bit so they are similiar

Answer 16

It kind of depends on what you're asking.  I skated for the first time when I was 3.  I think I picked it up after a few laps around the pond.  I didn't do too bad then, but I didn't start lessons til I was 12.  After about a year and a half, I had my single jumps and did a few competitions.....and I'm still doing it many years later.  :)

Answer 17

i just went on one day and knew how

Answer 18

only a day or two.

Answer 19

I actually knew how to do it from the moment I put them on. It was freaky. It was the first day for 5 of us and I was the only one who never fell. I also learned how to go really fast, brake and make pretty good turns on the first day. I love Ice skating! :-) After that I took up hockey and love that too. But skating by itself is probably my favorate thing in the world.

Answer 20

well, i started ice skating when i was twenty and now at the age of twenty one , i am a world champion

Answer 21

one whole day of hard work and just doing it the nest day

Answer 22

A few hours, plus a few extra days for reinforcement.

Answer 23

i was a quick learner it didnt take long at all.

Answer 24

i didnt really learn coz wen the first time i stepped on ice i jst thought of my rollerblades and skated.. i didnt even fall down once ^^

so good practice is start off with rollerblades..

or

it depends on the person.. a quick "brave" learner could probably get the hang of it in an hour whereas someone hu is scared of falling may never learn ...

Answer 25

To learn actual stroking - one session

To just be able to move on the ice -2 days

Answer 26

i dont remember

suppose it just came naturally

if you inline roller skate before its no different really to begin with

although some people can do it easily, i know a lot of people who cant do it at all no matter how hard they try :S

Answer 27

A couple of hours. It was hard when I first got on the ice, but then I got used to it and it became very easy. I looove it!

And don't worry if you take long to learn, everyone has their own pace.

Answer 28

i went for my birthday  i learned in like 2 hours. i kept goin back for the straight next 2 days and i learned a bunch of tricks its not as hard as it seems.

Answer 29

about 15 minutes but i had been roller skating for years.

Answer 30

I first started on the small pond in my backyard at the age of 10. I eventually went to a rink a few times during the winter. I am now at the age of 12 and I am starting private lessons tomorrow and Basic Lessons May 17. My skills are as high as Basic 6, but I don't know how to spin and do some stops and things like that. Which is the reason I am taking lessons. I can do crossovers, a small half jump. It all depends on how hard you try.