Registration for 10-week course closed
If you want to learn to skate (even) better and exercise outside every week, don't wait any longer and sign up for lessons at your favorite hour. The enthusiastic instructors of The Jaap Eden Skating School will help you skate a little better every week!
Adult Lessons:
For those who still want to take lessons this winter, we are offering skating lessons over spring break. During this series you will learn to skate (better) for 5 days, 2 hours a day! Click here for more info on the spring course for adults and youth.
- Take classes, safe and worry-free!
- Classes every week on your prefered day and timeslot
- With our enthusiastic instructors
- After registering adult classes discount on Sports at Gym and Ice-multi-entry pass
If you want to learn to skate (even) better and exercise outside every week, don't wait any longer and sign up for lessons on your favorite day and time. The enthusiastic instructors of De Jaap Eden Schaatsschool will help you skate better during the 10 weekly lessons of 60 minutes!
The Jaap Eden IJsbaan is the place to be if you are a lover of outdoor sports in winter. With us you can safely and actively exercise in the fresh outdoor air from October to March.
What do you learn during the 10 week course?
What you learn depends on your starting level and age. For the youth we playfully work in a group with peers, so you learn to skate better with a lot of fun.
Adults are assigned to a group by skating level. After this division, we focus each lesson on a different aspect of skating. Posture, fitness, the turn and equipment are some of the components that will receive attention during the 10 weeks of skating lessons.
Rates
10-week classes from January through March cost €167.30 for adults and €144.60 for youth.
Class dates
The first classes of the mid-season course will be held the week of Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 through Jan. 14, 2024.
During Christmas holiday , there will be no classes from Monday, December 25 through Sunday, January 7. During spring break, there will be no classes from Saturday, Feb. 17 through Friday, Feb. 23.
The last classes of season 2023 - 2024 will be held from Monday, March 18 through Sunday, March 24.
Wearing a helmet
Wearing a helmet is mandatory during youth lessons starting this winter. Adults we recommend wearing a helmet on the ice. Wearing a helmet significantly reduces the number of unpleasant accidents. Ice is hard and falls are in a small corner, no matter how much skating experience you have. Be wise, use a helmet on the ice.
If you enroll in the adult course you will receive a 50% discount on sports at the Jaap Eden Sports School and 10% discount on an ice-multi-entry pass.
The Jaap Eden Sports School
Starting this season at Jaap Eden it is also possible to train off the ice. During the three different trainings we focus on the parts that you desperately need on the ice, but in some cases are much easier to train off the ice. Strength, technique and balance!
After you register for the 10-week course, you will receive a discount code that will give you 50% off a 5-multi-entry pass for the Jaap Eden Gym.
The Icemulti-entry pass
With the special multi-entry pass for students of the Jaap Eden Skating School, you get 10 credits with which you can come and train freely on the ice. In addition, this multi-entry pass contains a warm-up schedule. Follow this schedule with varying exercises and always step onto the ice well warmed up!
After registering for the course, you will receive a discount code which gives a 10% discount on the purchase of this multi-entry pass.
Wearing a helmet is mandatory during youth lessons.
Don't have your own helmet yet? No problem! After your registration you will receive an e-mail with a discount code, which allows you to buy a youth helmet already from €28.
4 to 6 years old
The first steps on the ice!
- Introduction to skating
- Learning to skate while playing
- Cozy with friends
- The very first base
Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to register for the course.
Keep an eye on the website for next season's class offerings.
7 to 12 years old
Educational skating fun
- In a group with peers
- Accessible to all
- Enthusiastic instructors
- Theme-based learning to skate
Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to register for the course.
Keep an eye on the website for next season's class offerings.
13 to 15 years old
Really learning to skate better
- Learning to skate better
- Every week class with your friends
- Exercising together in a group
- Technical tips that really help you
Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to register for the course.
Keep an eye on the website for next season's class offerings.
Beginners
Getting sure on the ice
- Introduction to skating
- Starting with the basics
- Learning to skate independently
- 10 weeks one hour per week of lessons
Registration for adults is closed.
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Average level
Working on posture and technique
- Groups with skater at same level
- Working on posture and technique
- Enthusiastic instructors
- 10 weeks one hour per week of lessons
Registration for adults is closed.
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Advanced
Connecting the dots and lots of skating
- Lots of technique and lots of skating
- Train riding at pace
- Exercising together in a group
- 10 weeks one hour per week of lessons
Registration for adults is closed.
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Beginners:
1. Absolute beginner: Can stand on skates but need an aid like boarding or rack
2. Can stand independently on skates and can maintain balance, but still has great difficulty in gaining momentum through successive push-offs.
Click here for a list of classes for beginning skaters
Average level
3. In the skating position, can dismount left and right continuously for at least 20 meters and can pass through the turn using a step movement with the right leg.
4. Can "paw over" several separate times in the skating position in the turn.
Click here for a list of lessons for intermediate level skaters
Advanced
5. Staying in the skating position for an entire lap and "pawing over" in the turn at least four times in a row.
6. Being able to skate for an extended period of time (at least 5 rounds), skating completely "leg over" the turn.
7. Being able to skate at a higher speed for a longer period of time, attuned not only to one's own rhythm but also to others.