Should I start off with private tuition or group sessions for figure skating?

I am hoping to start figure skating, i already know how to ice skate. The private tuition is more expensive but the thing is one girl who bullied me severely in my last school goes to the group sessions and I'm scared if I go to them she will turn everyone against me and make me feel uncomfortable. But I really wanna figure skate. The nearest ice rink where she goes is quite far enough and I can't go any further so I'm stuck at her ice rink. What should I do?|||if your parents can afford the private lessons?|||Don't let one stupid, ignorant girl stop you from skating there! Normally, skaters are too busy skating to talk, so it can't be that big of a deal.





If you get placed in her group for lessons and she is rude to you, just quietly tell the coach that you know her from school and she is not the nicest person, and request to be switched to a different group if possible.





You can do both private and group lessons, private lessons will help you advance faster in the levels for group lessons.





Also, don't think of it as HER ice rink, its anyone's rink, she just happens to skate there.|||Don't choose because of her. tell someone if she is creating issues. If you are just starting off, I recommend group lessons. Most of the beginner moves are simple, and you work with other people the same level as you. how advanced is this other girl? if she has been skating for a long time, I highly doubt that she will be in the same class- again, they sort groups by level. private is also a choice, it's just more expensive.


good luck :)|||You've already answered your own question just in the way you talk about it. What on earth has this girl got anything to do with YOUR skating? You're going to let one stupid girl interfere with YOUR life. Good grief.





The way you write this question shows you've ALREADY given up and let her win! "her rink" It's NOBODY'S rink.





Are you going to roll over and let her win? Or are you going to show her you don't give a damn about her immaturity?





You could go private. But let's face it. Sooner or later you're going to meet this girl again if you go to the same rink. It could be on freestyle ice, it could be at a test, it could be at a competition. But the chances are extremely high that you WILL bump into her again. Are you going to let her scare you off from something you enjoy?





This is going to sound harsh, but: GROW A SPINE. DON'T let her win! Don't ruin something you enjoy by being paranoid about "people turning against you". You shouldn't give a damn about ANY of the other skaters at the rink anyway, except to be aware of where they are in practice. The only person you should care about when you're at the rink is YOU. (Just make sure you always give way and follow all rink ettiquete and rules.)





And at the end of the day, if this girl is really making trouble for you, tell the coaches.