Figure skating??

how much will a skater spend for figure skating. this time i wan to know about how much to spend instead of getting comments on is your family willing to.yes they are willing to so just tell me how much..|||Depending on the level of the skater, and whether or not they are doing competitions that require long distance traveling can depend on the cost. Figure skates can cost anywhere from $100-$1,500+ (again depending on the level of skater and what skates they require). Dresses and tights cost on average about $100 per dress (a competition dress) along with about $15 per pair of tights, practice dresses cost anywhere from $50-$75. Private lessons cost anywhere from $10-$15 per 15 minute lesson depending on the experience of the coach (they set their own coaching rates). Ice time is usually about $5-$10 per one hour session. If you travel to competitions you also have to add this cost to the total of skating. Most skaters spend on the upwards of at least $3,000+ per year on skating alone, again this cost depends on the level of the skater.|||A lot! I was into ice skating for a while but it got too expensive.





Ice Skates- Mine were around $130


Lessons- $115 for Intro into Figure Skating(9 wks)


Accessories(clothing, covers)- $30





Total Cost= $245(over a period of 2 months)|||wow ok a lot


but when u first start skating its a pretty good price for me its


ice time=$85 a week


coach=$700 a mouth


off ice training=$620 a mouth


dresses=$400


skating boots=$650 %26lt;a year


skating blades=$350 %26lt;a year


tights=$30 a mouth


practice dresses=$60


skating pants=$50


competitions=$200+++up


traveling for u and coach=over300


skate bag=$150


skate gards=$20


blade covers=$15


hair for comps=25+up


makeup=$15+up


and theres more this just gives u an idea but 4 when u first start skating its like 200 a mouth i think


hope this helped lol|||alot.


good skaters get new boots about twice a yr i mean like dbl jumps kinda skaters. thts $4000 alrdy. i spend about $260 on myne.


thn theres lessons, coaches, airplane, hotels.....


ice time, music, dresses, tights, sharpenings, guards, soakers....


i spend about $200 min a month, thats very little....tht does not count skates.....|||as much or little as you want.





I spend less- public sessions ($4 for 1.5 hours) used skates ($125 on ebay) cut my own music (free) and help coach learn to skate for free lessons for myself. oh yeah and I only do the in town competition (about $70).





other skaters do freestyle sessions ($12 for 1.5 hours) new skates ($600) professionally cut music ($20) pay for lessons ($ 25 for 30 minutes) and travel to competitions (really really expensive).





I hope this helps!|||Iceskater already mentioned the price range that is very accurate already. However, it also depends on where you live, who is coaching you (it's totally dofferent to be coached by a superstar than the local guy at the rink that teaches Bunny hops), your level (the higher the level, the more expensive overal), the quality of your skates and how often do you compete.





And yes, skaters pay for the coach to travel with them. I've never had this probem myself because I've never competed out of town though. The price can be split if the coach is taking several students to the same competition. Unless you have a relative or buddy that can lend you a room, you have to pay for a hotel room too.





Joining a skating Federation costs some cash and you have to pay them each year (which is usually far less than 15 dollars in the US; in Mexico we only pay our dues to the Figure Skating Club and not to the Federation per se). Tests also cost money. Usually less than 10 dollars, but you will hve to pay the price for each test if you're going to do several in the same day.





Skating costumes are expensive. My mom used to make custom dresses and charged 100 dollars for them which really was a bargain considering how well made they were. Skating shops sell generic looking dresses for far less but tey won't fit you perfectly and you have the issue that they are usually very simple looking.





Tights cost about 15 dollars, but depending on the fabric they can be useful for over 2 years. I always have a spare pair that I never ever use except for competition or tests.





Skates can be cheap or insanely expensive. My custom skates cost over 1000 US dollars (not counting the blades). The higher quality the skate, the less probable they will break down in a year. I've only ever needed 4 pairs of skates in over 7 years of skating and one of my old pairs is still in near perfect condition (I had to switch because they were painful to use when doing back sit spins) and another pair was only used like once or twice before I noticed how crappy they were and threw them away. You will have to replace blades a lot depending how often you skate which cost around 150 dollars.





I really don't know how much I spend on skating since I don't have a coach. I just go to public sessions which cost between 5-7 dollars for unlimited time. Freestyle sessions are expensive, but you get freebees if you pay in bulk ahead (like 100 dollars for 10 sessions and 2 are free). Going to a skating school usually enables you to have free public session ice time for a certain amount of hours. The local rink near my house gives you 10 hours for free each month which isn't that bad. Schools cost differently depending on the rink and your level.





I spend far more money on office training though a lot of people will think I'm just being a cheapskate. The gym I go to charges 5 dollars per day with unlimited time and my private coach 10 per class twice a week. I'm thinking of paying for 6 months for unlimited time while their XMAS discount is still available to save a lot of money. Then you have water bottles expenses. I also take creatinine after a heavy workout. The stuff is kinda expensive (like 20 dollars for a large can of it), but it grows your muscles real fast which is what I need the most right now. The rest of my offtraining is just to go to the park for free haha.





A lot of skaters can spend over 20,000 dollars a year.|||If you are a beginner you need a simple pair of skates. When you fist begin you really need to rent skates 4-10$ and go take class lessons 50-110$ for around 10-17 classes. Once you really get into skating you need to upgrade to beginner skates which cost from 50-90$ depending on quality and product. Then you need to take off ice ballet classes for flexibility which cost about 21-36$ also depending on coach and studio.





Then you become more interested in compeating. for a beginner competition you need a costume. Dresses for beginners cost from 40-140. chose carefully. Dresses with gems and sparkles will always cost much more. Then simple gloves, 3-10$. You need an extra pair of skate laces which are 12-20$. Now the enterance fee. Depending on quality and level of competition it could range from 70-190$ for joining. You also need a coach and private lessons 2-5 times a week. From 20-40$ a lesson.





when you become expert you need expert skates ranging from 500-2000 dollars. They MUST be costum made to fit. Now you need more private coaching and practice sessions. Coach- 40-57 dollars a lesson. Practice- 10-20 dollars from 1-3 hour sessions. Practice up to 5 times a week.





Expert compeating. wow. you need to rake in the cash for this. practice and coaching above. skates above. enterance fee- 100-400$. dresses plain- 140-600$. with diamonds- 700-2000$. skate bags range from 15-200$. choose wisely. make sure it's durable. traveling fee can come from 10-2000$ depending on distance and way of transportation. hotel costs from 50-200$. If you place 1st-5th you move on and all the costs come back again!





Good Luck and Skate Safely!