Having “tiger moms” helps succeed in figure skating. It requires huge amounts of time, discipline, and focus. As an individual sport, its a similar focus as with academic success.
Its also expensive! the best figure skates cost $2000/pair, but that is nothing compared to ice rental, coaches fees, and travel.
I was in a restaurant the other night where they had the Olympics on the tv.
“Men’s single figure skating was on.
I swear, these kids couldn’t skate. They were great and doing gay arm waving, but they skated like they had bricks in their pantlegs.
I couldn’t believe it was the “Olympics”.