Leafsrule16 5 Report post Posted April 2, 2009 our orginization uses figure skating coaches for power skating. Think about it, who has the best edge control; figure skaters. They will teach him propper stride, outside edges, inside edges, forwards, backwards, etc. And with the little kids if the coach is a woman it will sometimes help since they can get intimidated by men. As for skates, it doesn't matter what type of skate it is as long as it fits well. They will only be teaching him strides and how to stay up on skates, not spins and toe picks.As embarrassing as it is, i learned in figure skates myself. We had a skating club but it was all figure skaters and my dad knew the coach, he taught me private hour lessons $20 for each, he also taught some junior teams but once i got into hockey i made the transition and it was nothing big, the guy who taught me wore hockey skates when he taught, but no there's not really much of a transition besides the picks. A week or two in hockey skates and you will be fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
