Adult skating lessons - any recommends?

MtX wrote: ↑ Trying to take this opportunity to learn how to skate properly and efficiently. I've got 120 days left to skate and I'm willing to invest 50-60 hours. I am so committed I went ahead and bought two pairs of skates already to see which one fits best... one pair of figure skates from Amazon and a second pair or hockey skates from Sport Chek. So far from multiple fittings at home with different pairs of socks I feel like the figure skates suit my feet better. I even went for a test skate on Sunday and while I avoided injury, I looked like a fool compared to all the effortless skaters around me . The main issue is I don't have a rollerblading base and I've probably only skated max 8-10 times in my life (in my early 30s now).... Truth be told I don't recall ever having a "great" time because a) I was never taught properly when I was younger and had no motivation to improve b) I was always wearing crappy unpleasant rentals c) went more for social reasons and apres activities lol. Things have changed now (COVID or not) and I have a stronger desire to learn.

Before I commit myself to paid City of Toronto lessons (8 weeks * 45 mins) for $80 or search on Kijiji ads, is there anywhere else one would recommend for me to learn from scratch and actually get better? I know how crappy city programs can be but choice are limited and I don't know anyone (i.e. city instructors who sometimes don't give AF about teaching or worse, adult students who are constantly late or require extra attention). Many thanks!!!

MtX wrote: ↑ Trying to take this opportunity to learn how to skate properly and efficiently. I've got 120 days left to skate and I'm willing to invest 50-60 hours. I am so committed I went ahead and bought two pairs of skates already to see which one fits best... one pair of figure skates from Amazon and a second pair or hockey skates from Sport Chek. So far from multiple fittings at home with different pairs of socks I feel like the figure skates suit my feet better. I even went for a test skate on Sunday and while I avoided injury, I looked like a fool compared to all the effortless skaters around me . The main issue is I don't have a rollerblading base and I've probably only skated max 8-10 times in my life (in my early 30s now).... Truth be told I don't recall ever having a "great" time because a) I was never taught properly when I was younger and had no motivation to improve b) I was always wearing crappy unpleasant rentals c) went more for social reasons and apres activities lol. Things have changed now (COVID or not) and I have a stronger desire to learn.

Before I commit myself to paid City of Toronto lessons (8 weeks * 45 mins) for $80 or search on Kijiji ads, is there anywhere else one would recommend for me to learn from scratch and actually get better? I know how crappy city programs can be but choice are limited and I don't know anyone (i.e. city instructors who sometimes don't give AF about teaching or worse, adult students who are constantly late or require extra attention). Many thanks!!!

toyorav4me wrote: ↑ Figure skates is more fun to learn on, just got to remember your toe pick. If you are committed, you can learn the basic on your own. Just go to any skating rink and watch better skater (or watch kids skate lesson), learn to glide a foot at a time with knees bend. Don't worry if you fall, if you don't fall you are not learning anything. Do that for a few weeks learning gliding both ways, once you have master the basic, go sign up for lessons. Good luck.

UrbanPoet wrote: ↑ I rarely ice skate. But go forward and backward easily because of roller blading.
But the only way i know how to stop is to t-stop slow down and spin in a circle. Lol.
I could never get the hang of a hockey player stop. I just gotta buy my own pair and get out more

I think this year will be the year... i hope skates are sold out /double priced due to covid.