No I hadn't skated skated before, and I didn't realise until I came on the forum that it was quite quick progression.
Am slowing down now though that I'm on passport and my coach is quite tough and wants everything right.
I think what did help me a lot is that I was a dancer, mainly ballet ( not professional I have to say as had to have an operation on my foot at 17) until my late twenties and I definitely think it must help a lot with my balance and posture.
I now though, like so many others on the forum really regret not having taken it up as a youngster, but it's expensive now, it would have seemed even more so then to my family and not possible I don't think.
Nonetheless I feel like I have a second go at things now, and I can't tell you how much pleasure it is giving me.
I skate at Blackburn and they are fantastic with me and definitely don't treat me as an older person to be humoured, I have to work as hard as everyone and that's great.
Val x