How to Choose A Figure Skating Coach - Top 5 Things to Consider

[@Scooby2U2]

Thanks!

[@lolskater4318]

Coach Julia is my coach! I am so lucky for it! ❤️❤️

[@CoachJulia]

Awe yay!!

[@CoachJulia]

(is this Kailey?)

[@lolskater4318]

Yeah :)

[@CoachJulia]

Awesome! I hope you liked your spots in my video today.

[@hillerychan9483]

Thank you so much! This was super helpful! I’m a beginner and will have my first private coaching soon! 💓💓

[@CoachJulia]

Good luck!!

[@charlesliu8299]

my learn-to-skate coach had a master's degree in Engineering, jeez she's gorgeously explained the mechanics and physics behind the moves lol

[@CoachJulia]

Oh my gosh, that sounds amazing.

[@saria1715]

I’m getting private coaching soon, so this was helpful! I’ve had coaches in the past who weren’t very motivating and I lost interest very quickly because of it. So I hope it works out this time :)

[@CoachJulia]

Good luck! I hope you have a better experience this time!

[@sianhowells6584]

Thank you Julia, very helpful advice as always. Our rink in Wales has been closed for 8 months now due to the pandemic and won't be opening until some point next year😔. As a beginner, being off ice for that long is tough, so I've been saving up to get private coaching for the first time. Hopefully by next spring/summer we'll be re opened 🤞and I can begin my search for a coach! What an amazing journey you have had with your lovely coach xxx

[@CoachJulia]

Oh my word, that is such a long time for your rink to be closed! I am sorry to hear that. Hopefully you can practice your skills off ice and keep up some strength training so you don’t have as much of a mountain to climb when the ice opens back up.

[@emmabennett6399]

Ok so I’m 14 years old almost 15 and I really want to get into figure skating. I already know the basics like how to skate forwards and backwards but I’m afraid that I’m to old. So should I try and get a coach or would it be a waste of time. And would someone be ok with teaching someone as old as me?

[@CoachJulia]

That is a great question. It is never to late to learn, I have taught people who began in their teens and they are doing double rotation jumps now. But it really just depends on what your goals are. If you are trying to go to the Olympics, then it is definitely to late for that. But there are still lots of opportunities for you to compete, even internationally. There are also ice shows that you can be a part of performing in, collegiate competition teams, etc. I’d say go for it if it is something you want to do!

[@MozillaTurtleFox]

Ayyyye we’re in the same boat

[@pinkelephant5684]

@@MozillaTurtleFox it’s not too late for you to do the olympics btw if that’s what you want to do

[@cindytong173]

so well said!

[@CoachJulia]

Thank you!

[@leospina6517]

This was so helpful. Thank you!

[@noname-vz5wx]

super helpful, thank you!

[@CoachJulia]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nadashley]

Coach Julia, can you tell us where do you coach?

[@CoachJulia]

I coach at Skatetown in Roseville California. but I am going to start offering virtual lessons, beginning November 2nd!

[@nadashley]

@@CoachJulia that's perfect, I've always wanted to have you as my coach! Are you going to announce all the details about the virtual lessons here?

[@jasminduncanson2520]

I want to be a beginner and this will help on my journey

[@rachelma1196]

What if your parents won’t get you private lessons what should I do

[@CoachJulia]

Well, they you have just got to make the most of whatever instruction you can get. Pay close attention if you are in group classes, study online tutorials, etc. Believe it or not though, I paid for all of my ice skating from the time I was 12. Every session, lesson, competition, skating dress, pair of skates, Every Single Thing, I paid for myself. Even my transportation to and from the rink. When we went to competitions, I had to save up to get a hotel. If skating is something you really want to do, you just have to find your own way sometime.

[@callanc7854]

@@CoachJulia How did you earn the money to pay for all of those? I am too young to get a job and I don't know what job to do, especially durin covid. Also, how do I find a coach? Should I ask someone at my local rink?

[@shan8510]

First time wanting to get coached for skating, should I get my own skates or use rental skates first?

[@CoachJulia]

You can certainly get started with rentals, and then get your own skates as soon as you are able.

[@Francescadean]

I really love watching your videos! Could you do a tutorial on a flip jump? Thank you ❤️

[@CoachJulia]

Sure thing!

[@newfoundcarla2]

That part where she talks about her own coach! OMG, so beautiful. Almost brought tears in my eyes. I wonder if her coach seen this!

[@mohaameed3609]

Good luck dear Julia God blessed you at your gym

[@johntousseau9380]

My coach is awesome! If I'm stuck on something he has a way to break it down or make me think about in a completely different way. Then everything just clicks. It's like a Jedi mind-trick.

[@CoachJulia]

That is wonderful!!

[@wenjinhan4118]

I've been learning figure skate for a whole year and the things I could do are basic moves and two feet spins and waltz jump? Maybe I'm too slow

[@CoachJulia]

No, that is not too slow. Everyone learns at their own pace, but that does not sound like an unusual set of skills to have after a year.

[@BirdWithaPieceofToast]

Your my coach Mrs. Julia!!!

[@CoachJulia]

Yay!!

[@BirdWithaPieceofToast]

@@CoachJulia Wednesday 5:15 I take classes with you

[@foreversingle1975]

Julia please could you do a video if you haven't on the history of skates and give your opinion on the colour of skates worn by who!?

[@CoachJulia]

Hey! I actually made a video about skate history last year! You should be able to find it in the 'History' playlist. I hope you like it!

[@cassandraklassen8959]

I love watching your videos and I love figure skating ⛸

[@CoachJulia]

Glad you like them!

[@nimaamode]

Thank! Your vdo are helpful

[@CoachJulia]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Whoaheswims]

What are signs that a coach isnt good for u? My boyfriend has a Russian coach who was on the National Team a few years ago. He has been coaching him for the past couple of months but from time to time, he would be a no show at their free style sessions and would alert him after the fact. To me, its a sign that he might not be the best fit as this is becoming increasingly frequent. He is also quite younger than us. I believe he is 21. What should we do?

[@carrieli9163]

Coach Julia, I’m a beginner adult skater looking to find a personal coach. There’s this Russian coach at my rink who was the 1988 Olympic silver medalist. But I just had my second ever private lesson with this other coach. I’m not sure if I want to switch coaches. How should I take that step? I don’t want to offend any coaches :(

[@vandycrab]

Thank you Julia, I am so stuck I hope you can help and advice. I am in UK and my little one has been skating since she was 4 and has finished her skate excellence levels (group lessons provided by arena). Her coach was same throughout and progressed with the team from level to 12. they made the groups moved up with same trainer. He is good but as you said a good skater may not be good trainer, but throughout the years I felt that they are trying to get their private bussiness from their group students (which I appreciate) but they have left us with no other choice. Other trainers decline being the tutor in the ice ring as they know you are so and so's student and in fact have said it on my face they cant take other persons clients. please go to him. and if you want female trainer you will have to go to his wife My little one has so much potential that I want to find her a trainer who is passionate at teaching rather than just focused on money and not able to give her all. The next ice ring is miles away from home and difficult to go so far to find a trainer. Please help me find a trainer for her who is not threatened to take up another trainers student.

[@CoachJulia]

You really only need this skill on one side. If you can do both, that is just a bonus. Honestly, I really only do them with my right leg back.

[@petsitter78]

My daughter has just changed her coach after 4 years, the worst of it is that she is going to the competition tomorrow, and her ex coach does not even want to talk to me. Tough situation, choose carefully ...:(

[@CoachJulia]

That is so tough! It's hard to make the change, but often can be for the better.

[@JustANoobAnimator]

I wanna mabye have my own coach soon as both me and my mum want to do skating i wanna do figure skating and she wants to do ice hockey. We have coaches already but they coach in big groups not one on one and it doesn't work for me and my mum and not to mention how horrible the coaches are! One time the main coach came into my class while we were busy skating she started saying horrible things about me and some other students who didn't get things immediately she was so rude to the point the youngest boy in our class(he is around 7-9) started to cry he even went and hid behind me i wanted to hit that coach so hard for making him cry he is the sweetest kid there!!

[@fatimah3463]

Around how much did you pay for private lessons? My rink is pretty cheap for example public skate is only $7.50 and LTS lessons only $80!

[@CoachJulia]

When I first began taking lessons, back in the mid 90s. Private lessons with my coach were $40 per hour. Plus the session was $5. Now, at my home rink, freestyle sessions are $16 (public sessions are not currently open -COVID) and private lessons range from $75 - $108 per hour. We also have LTS lessons which last 13 weeks and I think are around $200, but I don’t know the exact price.

[@fatimah3463]

@@CoachJulia so my rink has freestyle sessions what exactly is that?

[@CoachJulia]

Freestyle sessions are for people to practice figure skating on. They are not open to hockey players or Soren skaters or general recreational skaters.

[@fatimah3463]

@@CoachJulia so if im in LTS class could i go or is it for more advanced figure skaters?

[@benlego8273]

@@fatimah3463 it depends which rink you go to and which rules they have. Sometimes they let anyone in, but sometimes you have to be a certain level in LTS or actively be training with a coach. I think the minimum LTS level to go to freestyle sessions at my local rink is basic 6

[@xxpurplerabbit_896]

Is 13 too late? I wanted to skate when I was 12 but I didn't tell my mom. I watched skating performances in secret and now I feel like I badly want to be in an Olympic. And this is the day that I told my mom if I could go ice skating I'm still waiting for her reply tho cuz she not here rn.😐

[@xiomara1760]

I think 13 is too late to get to the olympics I’m sorry, but if you work hard enough you could get to nationals or worlds depending on your level!

[@xxpurplerabbit_896]

@@xiomara1760 I haven't started and my mom didn't say yes or even a no but for me it was a no because she didn't know what to reply so I'm not gonna talk about it again it'll probably annoy her hehe... maybe in the future I can get to experience ice skating.

[@yusufmahomed7331]

Hi coach Julia I talked in your last video I meant spins and I have already watched the other videos but I’m still not getting it

[@CoachJulia]

I am so sorry you are having a hard time. Without seeing you skate, it is hard for me to know how to help you. If you would like to send me a video for me to critique, or set up a virtual private lesson, you can do so here... skatingcoachjulia.simplybook.me/v2/#book

[@juliedugtig6016]

Gosh I wish I had seen this video months ago. Would have made a much more informed choice. Please keep up the awesome work 🌹

[@CoachJulia]

Thank you! Will do!

[@johnathanllewellyn531]

I am a man and I want to know how to find a pair figure skating coatch

[@casuallymika]

You could talk to one of the coaches at your rink and ask if they know someone that teaches pairs :)

[@slipperyhardandcold7740]

I guess Ice Sports Industry is what used to be the Ice Skating Institute. The names have been changed to confuse the innocent (paraphrased from 'Dragnet' - before your time).

[@CoachJulia]

Yeah, they just changed it in the last year or so. I like the old name better, but they are doing so much with rink operations and rink management systems now that I think they wanted their name to reflect that.

[@slipperyhardandcold7740]

@@CoachJulia Thanks for the info.