What are the equipment used in speed skating?

Answer 1

for basic lessons, you will need skates, gloves, a jacket, and cloths you can move in. small children sometimes wear helmets and snowpants.

for competitive skaters, you need a practice dress [for girls] or practice outfit [for guys] good skates, a warm up jacket, thing mittens, tights, knee high tights [used as socks], water bottle, kleenex, skate guards, soakers, a washcloth to dry your skates, and the music for your program.
For figure skating you need:

1. A jacket or fleece: its important to stay warm while skating.

2. Figure skates: proper skates are needed to do jumps. NO HOCKEY SKATES.

3. long socks: not knee high socks, just socks that go above your skates. (otherwise you`ll get blisters)

4. Yoga pants or other stretchy pants: no jeans, you need room to stretch tight pants aren`t good.

5. Pony tail or bun: if you`re a girl, you`ll need to tie your hair up or your hair will fall in your face while you spin.

6. Skate guards: protect you blades or they`ll get dull.

7. A bag: to put your skates in.

8. Gloves: keep your hands warm.

9. Water bottle: figure skating is hard work so you will probably get thirsty.

10. A cloth: to dry your skates when you finish skating.

Answer 2

In short track speed skating, you have to wear a helmet, hard shin guards, knee pads, a neck guard, and skated.

Answer 3

A body suit, a pair of goggles(not nessesary), clap skates for long track, and short track skates for short track.

Answer 4

you have to have a helmet, neckguard, shin guards, gloves and skates. No skin can be showing besides your face.

Answer 5

Depends on Long track, or Short track:

Long track: skates, that's it.

Short track: helmet, knee pads, neck guard, cut-proof gloves, skates... Quebec required glasses, shin pads

Answer 6

You need

Figure Skates (with ankle support)

And suitable clothing (leggings)

Answer 7

Basically,all you will need is a pair of skates, warm clothes but make sure you can move around in them, and if you want gloves. Small children tend to wear helmets.