Adult (41) Figure Skating Journey - 21 Month Progress

This vlog is to document my journey learning how to figure skate at 41-years-old with no previous experience!
0:00 Intro
0:09 Backward Chasses (Clockwise)
0:32 Backward Chasses (Counterclockwise)
0:58 Backward Crossovers (Counterclockwise)
1:24 Backward Crossovers (Clockwise)
1:49 Forward Outside Three-Turn (Left)

[@jinxenosaga3]

I saw all your videos right now. I barely know how to roller skate and went ice skating only two times (we don't have many places for ice skating in Brazil since its not part of our culture), so i'm now getting some inspiration and seeing some iceskating videos. Usually people like me just want to jump to intermediate/advanced stuff, but you're focused and patient and i can learn from that too. If you loose some fear of doing spins and jumpings (like waltz jump) you will master for sure! Wish you all the best ! Keep inspiring people !

[@jenonice]

Thanks for watching! I'm trying to be less scared of everything this year, so I can improve faster😅

[@TT-ce9sm]

Keep on, Jen! Love your lunge posture. 👍

[@jenonice]

Thanks!😊

[@griselolmos5624]

Awesome. Hugs from Mexico

[@Bert-the-Pooch]

Nice!

[@rickr530]

Those backward crossovers aren't the right technique: the outside leg does not literally cross over the inside boot, it stays on the ice and slides downward in front of the other foot. You also don't seem to have the same confidence gliding backwards with your legs crossed as you do gliding forwards, you seem to be in a rush to uncross them. I don't know if you were taught this technique as part of a progression to correct backward crossovers but I think you're not going to go much farther with it so, if you can, maybe you can arrange a drop-in lesson with a coach and get some help learning the correct technique so you can practice it on your own. Keep it up, you can master this! Backward crossovers are a very unnatural and uncomfortable motion at first, but when you get past that they become one of the smoothest and best feeling elements on the ice.

[@jenonice]

Thank you for the tips! I was only taught the beginner version of the Backward Crossovers which is what I’ve been practicing. I will watch some CZcams tutorials and see what I can do about progressing them!

[@nanwijanarko1969]

You seemed to be very intentional and in control of your movement! Good luck with future training!

[@jenonice]

Thanks!

[@franklichtner5859]

Sehr schön :) .... fange jetzt erst wieder an, bin 59, das letzte Mal vor 20 Jahren auf Kuven gestanden. Was soll's? Ich möchte einfach nur Spaß ;) Alles Liebe für Dich ... Liebe Grüße Marita aus Deutschland...

[@PolinaLyseko]

Not much progress at all