Best Beginner Moves ❄️ How To Figure Skate

[@KP-zd3hc]

I love stretching out my arms while working on my basic edge drills. Here’s the thing: I use public sessions because I don’t have any official coach teaching me, meaning it would be too awkward to go in figure skating sessions. I get funny looks because I probably appear as a ballerina wannabe. 😂

[@Sofabar]

Don't pay attention to the people, usually they are looking because they are fascinated!! 😊😊😊

[@kidzfromthebloc]

Keep on keeping on

[@zairaciprian3744]

literally same ;3

[@meteorcube]

Thanks so much! Any possibility for (1)before ice warm up and stretch, (2) after ice stretch, and (3) off ice training, just for beginners?

[@allaroundzora3341]

Yes!! I’ve been searching for videos like this!!

[@Sofabar]

Yessss! I'm on it!!!

[@juanpablovp0]

Totes, would be great!

[@noorallawati5390]

@@Sofabar yes please!

[@bunnyblue3082]

Thank you for sharing these exercises. Please share more videos for beginners or intermediate skaters. ❤️

[@Sofabar]

Will do ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@cecilia78065]

These videos are great! I've never taken a single skating lesson but today I went to the rink after watching your videos and after a couple hours some girls asked me to teach them the "two foot spin" (?) from your other video (they were very young, I'm by no means good now, but I'm happy and proud) Thank you! I've always wanted to skate, now I have a goal during ever session so I'm motivated to do more than aimlessly pace in a circle :)))

[@Sofabar]

Aww thank you for this sweet message! I'm so happy to read this! 😊😊😊

[@PipsqueakArt12]

I love how she still replies to the comments after a year. Also this was pretty helpful, even though ive been skating for years.

[@Sofabar]

Just doing my best haha 😆

[@cloudflores9838]

Awesome tutorial and i couldn't help but to worry about the other ppl around. Since one of them got too close to you 😅

[@Sofabar]

Haha it happens! But we're all pretty aware of each other, accidents rarely happen surprisingly! :D

[@bingusluvr2280]

Your videos are really helping me since i just started a few months ago!

[@Sofabar]

Really? I'm so happy to hear that!!!

[@heathertazarmehr9707]

Your instructions are nice and clear. I am coming back to skating after years, and starting over at the beginning for safety and to make sure I am practicing good posture. Can you do a video about front and back two foot turns on the circle. I can do it frontwards, but am struggling with turning from backwards to frontwards. Thank you.

[@Sofabar]

Yes, I will definitely do a video once we have ice again! 💕💕

[@ihabmohamed2277]

Thanks i hope when i get rollerskates then i can learn this and then second step and then ice skating!!

[@Sofabar]

Wishing you all the best with that 😊

[@ft7037]

Thanks for sharing! I started skating a couple months ago and I've been trying to do these exercises but I'm still having such a hard time going on my outside edges, every time I try pushing my supporting leg just goes back to a flat or inside edge so I can never do a circle. Any suggestions?

[@Sofabar]

So this is hard to correct, because it's just something that comes with practice. Try to hold your opposite arm in front and same arm as the food doing the outside edge to the back for the moment to make you more stable. Also leaning a bit in your skate towards the outside edge might help!

[@ariane51000]

Awesome video, thank you so much. Love all your videos, you look so graceful every time :)

[@Sofabar]

Thank you so much!!!

[@JJ-nj3be]

I love your videos! ❤

[@Sofabar]

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@stefaniaponitz5738]

Great tips. You have such beautiful presentation, really something to strive for!

[@Sofabar]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@lichen938]

wow so elegant. How do you make a turn? It looks so nice!!!!

[@annabel1751]

Hi. Do you have a video of teaching how to do that first move with the one foot driving forward

[@Sofabar]

Do you mean the hydro-blade or the slide? :)

[@megstephens5952]

Hi, I’ve loved your videos. I just started ice skating last month and have been trying lots of new tricks and things. Just to get in more practice and balance, are there are poses that you can hold and practice off ice at home? Like certain poses that you may hold on the ice, can you give an example of some that we can practice off ice? Thanks :)

[@Sofabar]

Aww thank you so much! ❤❤❤ Yoga is really great for balance, or you can just practice the positions that give you trouble on the ice like your landing position, spiral, dancer's pose, standing on one leg, etc. I will try to make a video on this topic, so stay tuned! ❤❤❤

[@megstephens5952]

@@Sofabar Great, thank you so much:)

[@Petra.L]

Hi Dear! What skates would you recommend for recreational skating? I’m wondering which are good. Thank you 😊

[@egoist5134]

I know I'm not the youtuber but I'd recommend graf (if you are a bit more than a beginner and doing jumps and need more support on your ankle) but if your just starting out I'd recommend SFR for beginners and if your more advanced I'd get graf, some ice rink is sell graf a lot cheaper than the actual graf shop, but that's what I recommend.

[@Sofabar]

So I have Graf! I love them, but everyone is different, I can't recommend any skates to you, because what I like, you might not like! So the best thing is to go to a shop and try on some skates that feel the best for you! Wish you the best of luck!!!

[@foreverlovingeverything6150]

Amazing 💜 I am so inspired to go skating now - right after your vid... Thank you!

[@Sofabar]

That makes me incredibly happy to hear ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@pastelae154]

When I was a starter skater 7 years ago, I thought I could NEVER do a crossover lol

[@Sofabar]

Me too!! Or a waltz jump! 😁

[@ronishastroud8891]

Thank you for making this video bc these are the moves that my coach said i need to work on. So looking at this video will help me alot when i am practicing by myself.

[@Sofabar]

I'm so happy to hear that!!!

[@mikaelaluna3353]

Hello When we are on one leg gliding What edge are we on Outside edge? Or just the in between Thank you!!

[@Sofabar]

Hi! When the leg is bent it's a straight edge, but when the leg is stretched is can be on a bit of an inside edge! 😊😊😊

[@beliss7642]

Hi, do you have any recommendations for first time ice skates? I really like going ice skating when i can and i’d like to get a little bit better, but the skates they give at the facility are often too wide and chipped etc. what skates do you recommend i should buy or if i should buy at all?

[@romainelettuce6383]

How to you get started on going backwards? I have a lot of trouble with that

[@Sofabar]

Try holding the wall and make sure your balance is not too backwards.

[@mrs.firewater5714]

Can you do that on online skates...? I can’t figure skate over here 😔

[@Sofabar]

Yes, you can do all these exercises on inline skates! 💕💕💕

[@nichegarcia5392]

Wow you earned a new sub jesus

[@Sofabar]

Thank you!!!

[@nicholaspang9566]

thanks, it was helpful!

[@Sofabar]

So happy to hear that 💕💕💕

[@shadyftft5054]

Thanks

[@Sofabar]

😊😊😊😊

[@zofiagrubecka400]

I saw new rink In my citi and I............ ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😁😁😁😁💞💞💞

[@Sofabar]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@roslyngreavette8932]

I've been skateing scinc I was really young and just a few years ago I really wanted to learn tricks witch is hard scinc the public rank is only open for winter obviously XD

[@Sofabar]

Wishing you all the best 💕💕💕

[@roslyngreavette8932]

@@Sofabar thank you ^^

[@saintessa]

Gosh you'd want to look back!

[@Sofabar]

Sorry, I don't get the exact context of your comment? What do you mean exactly? 😁😅

[@saintessa]

@@Sofabar oh, when you are skating backwards 😂

[@musicpoetryandmore6793]

Most of us came from Yuri on ice didn't we

[@tyshelltyler6391]

umm...✨YESSSS✨😭🤚🏼

[@chris_chris_dav]

Yea. I already know how to roller skate and do skills and stuff and wanted to ice skate cause of yuri on ice

[@Sofabar]

YES 😁 And I'm so glad 😊😊😊

[@gachajoy553]

I don't understand this?

[@Sofabar]

Sorry to hear that! What exactly or where exactly do you not understand? 😊