Nervous About Learning to Ice Skate?
I'm 13, and on June 28th, I'm having my first lesson for ice skating. I'm SUPER nervous about falling, or embarrassing myself (because it's a group class). Are there any tips on what I can do to calm down (I have GAD, so I'm naturally nervous about a lot of things), or things I can do to help myself skate better? Thanks for all answers! :)
What is the best advice you would give a 22-year-old guy?
I like #2, #3, #4, #5. As for #1.... what? come on man? WTF? Fill at least 50% of your free time staying in shape and improving yourself, then, the other 50% soaking in pleasure [all the good things in life]. In your 20s, a big part of that 2nd 50% has to be the best sex and love you'll ever have in your life. Perfect the art of living. Here's my advice to artists: Why do you want to earn a living as an artist? Money? Babes? Fame? Party thrills? Esteem? Power? It's great to fill your life with all the good things but personal advantage has to be no more than 5% of your motive to earn your living imparting the art you've conceived. The other 95% of your motive has to be your utter desperation to escape the pounding agony of imprisoning your artistic conception within you. Your conception has to have gestated into a snarling, shrieking monster in your gut that's fiercely slashing your organs into offal every moment you prohibit its escape. You live as an artist dispelling the monster or the conception monster shreds your guts and kills you. Escaping death has to be your primary motive for being an artist. Irrespective of the marketability of your creativity, you're a success if you've rescued yourself from your vicious monster. Sustaining [living] an honest, passionate dynamic of self-rescue necessitates an ever-increasing improvement of the quality of your skills. The ferocity of your monster grows in exact proportion to your mastery of your art. You'll allow yourself the proper measure of pride, confidence and general happiness once you're certain you've become an increasingly competent, consistent self-rescuer. With enough money [from wherever] to buy away external pressures you can become a happy artist successfully defeating your internal monster. Don't believe the myth of the 'poverty-stricken, struggling artist' being the most productive. Successful at monster-killing, 'happy' artists are the best artists. Happiness is your tool you must use to launch yourself into exultant eagerness to bestow the most lasting, profound benefit to others. If you successfully direct your art to achieving the greatest benefit to humanity you're a great artist!
What advice would you give a 26 year old?
[*] If someone wants to go faster, let them pass.[*] Never correct someone’s pronunciation of a word with the more appropriate ethnic accentuation. Only small people care that much about grammar or pronunciations.[*] Unless it’s an atrocity, take responsibility for it. You’re probably more at fault than you know.[*] Get a dog, not a cat. One will make you a better person, the other is just an animal that lives in your house.[*] Be in the middle of a book at all times. Better still, carry one with you at all times–a physical one. You’ll be amazed at how impressed people are by this.[*] Most people are lying when they describe what their life is like. Don’t listen, don’t use what they say as a baseline, don’t get jealous, just nod and then forget it.[*] Traveling for the sake of traveling is stupid.[*] The best way to flirt is to ask provocative questions. And provocative is anything people aren’t expecting to be asked–it doesn’t have to be sexual.[*] Talking about what you’re going to do makes you a lot less likely to actually do it. Keep your plans to yourself.[*] If it’s less than 2 floors, never take the elevator. Take the stairs. Nassim Talebtalks about this too: Carry your own bags. Take the stairs. Walk instead of taking a cab. You were already planning to go to the gym later, don’t be an idiot. Exercise is exercise.
What is the best ice skate for a 9-10 year old girl?
For 9–10 years old girl, you can go for the cheap ice skate shoes. Ice skates are the most important part of any ice skaters equipment. Ice Skates come in different stiffnesses and quality.The stiffness and quality can vary between different ice skates for example the beginner ice skaters have very little stiffness and less support than those for intermediate or advanced skaters.So, the best will be to buy the beginners girls ice skates.
How old is too old to start ice skating?
Whether or not you’re “too hold” depends entirely on you personal goals as a skater.Do you want to go to the Olympics? Then I advise you to reconsider. You’ll have to outperform people who have been skating, taking ballet, fencing, and gymnastics for most of their lives. The competition is very fierce. You will have an almost insurmountably late start.If you want to skate because you like it, and you want to get good enough at it to do spins and jumps, you can definitely do that. It will take a few years of hard, hard work, but it’s possible.I started at 22, when I was in law school. I knew I’d never make the Olympics, but that didn’t enter into my choice.When I started competing at the age of 24, the people in my division were between 10 and 13 and had been skating for 6–7 years. I liked having to work so hard to keep up with them. They accepted me as one of them, just another skater.I skated and competed until my late 40s. I was never a great skater, but I certainly became a better skater. I met hundreds of wonderful people I would never have met anywhere else. I stayed really, really, REALLY fit. I went with one of my teachers when he auditioned for an ice show, and spent a few days hanging out with the rest of the cast. I got to skate at the Portland, OR Auditorium all by myself at 4 am. I got a hug from Big Bird during a show.I don’t know if any of that sounds good to you, but I wouldn’t trade those experiences for anything. I learned so much about other people, about myself, about how bodies work and heal. I achieved things I never would have thought possible. I’d do all of it, all over again, given the choice.
Is 15/16 too old to start figure skating?
Sorry girl, I think it is too late :( If you're just skating because you want to be in the Olympics, don't do it. You might just be disappointed :( Most figure skaters started at a young age to develop muscle memory. I know someone who started skating at 11 who still got in to the 2014 Olympics, his name is Michael Martinez, only figure skater from the Philippines. If you're from USA or a country who is usually representing figure skating in the Olympics, you're most likely not qualify. Sorry girl if I'm not agreeing with you. Why not change your plans instead? Since you're a FROZEN fan (I am too, hhihihi) My goal is to skate at "Let It Go" instrumental version (Idina Menzel's version) during a competition when I'm in Freestyle 4 xD