Which is harder- hockey or figure skating?

Question

Hockey players are beating up the other team and fighting over a piece of rubber. Figure skaters actually have some skill on their blades.

Answer 1

They both require different sets of skills so its hard to make a comparison. In a sense I agree with you because to be a great figure skater you need to be a better pure skater than most hockey players are.

Answer 2

Figure skating. With hockey you can use your stick to help balance you, of course that can sometimes be a problem too. However, if I were going strictly on just skates, figure skates are much harder to skate on than hockey skates. Just my personal opinion though. Also, with hockey, you do not need to be graceful or even skate completely well where as figure skating you need to be.

Answer 3

Generally speaking, having a hockey player go to some figure skating lessons helps them some (not that they like it.)
Having a serious or ex-serious figure skater on a hockey team would be more of a liability though, since the way figure skaters skate makes them vulnerable to getting injured in hockey.

Answer 4

They both require lots of skill and strength, but figure skating is harder because you need to be graceful. It also takes a lot of skill to do jumps and spins. You are correct; hockey players don't need that much skill. They just need to push people around the ice. Some of the people who say hockey is harder probably have never figure skated before. It is a sport that requires strength and balance. If it were so easy, no one would watch the winter Olympics - they'd all be competing!

Answer 5

Figure skating is technically the expansion of basics needed to do hockey or figure skating. Skating is the key to either of these sports and unfortunately hockey players do not continue (generally - I'm not talking NHL here) to master the skill of utilizing the blade before they advance to slapping a puck around and a few teammates too. Figure skaters continue to hone the skills of the blade and therefore are considered to be the more refined art of the ice.

Answer 6

figure skating is MUCH harder. in hockey, your team helps you , and if you mess up, sombody can still save the day in figure skating you are all alone out there.

Figure skating is a total body sport. you need tight ads, strong legs and arms, great stamina. Not to mentioin the abilty to lift one leg high overhead while balancing on a peice of metal a eith of ainch wide and making iit look lovely at the same time.

Answer 7

Well, figure skating has more of a mental aspect to it, so I would say figure skating. You work the whole year for something, and it all comes down to a four minute program. Just you are out there on the ice, with everybody looking. In hockey, it is a lot longer, and there is a whole team, not just the focus on you. Sure, you need to play well for the team, but if a single hockey player tried to a leg-burning program with 6 jumps and 3 spins, footwork and a spiral sequence, with everybody looking at them (including the intimidating judges).. they would have a lot more respect for us.

Skaters also need to be fit, we make it look easy on TV.. but if you watched us practice.. you'd think differently.

Answer 8

I would say figure skating because you never see hockey players doing three turns, brakets, and twizzels on the ice they just skate around after a puck with a stick and push people out of their way. Plus figure skaters have to look like their doing the easiest thing in the world while they're doing everything and hockey players...sweat...a lot...so it looks hard
You don't see jumps or spins either in hockey games lol

Answer 9

I figure skate and it takes more practice than you could imagine. Even with my 5 hours a week, it is not enough. in figure skating you have to think, and really concentrate. In hockey, it has more of a game feel to it, making it more fun and enjoyable. also you are on a team when you play hockey. in figure skating, you are by yourself and dependent on only you.
it goes both ways...

Answer 10

I think they are totally different. You have different types of skates, you skate differently, do completely different things on ice, and one is a team sport, and one isn't. I think that figure skating can be a little harder because learning the jumps can take years, but they both can be hard.