Starting ice skating as an adult

[DrillingSkills]

I had to gather enough courage to do compulsory ice dance. For years I said I cannot "skate with people".

In my case, the preliminary-level dances were fine, but then somewhere along the way I realized I get confused when there's someone that near me - dance coach once said my Fourteenstep is fine on my own, and then he'd partner me and suddenly the angles were all wrong and the pattern was off, but as soon as I was alone again everything fell back into place! Thinking back, the prelim dances are done with the same steps and in Kilian (or reverse Kilian) position for both dancers, as opposed to the senior bronze ones

[iomoon]

Pairs? Never.

I had to gather enough courage to do compulsory ice dance. For years I said I cannot "skate with people".

I know. The dance teacher here is dreamy, but ice skating with someone is scary! No thanks.