Skating coaches: match lessons to rink ice time
How ice skating coaches can match lessons to rink ice time with online booking: slots only in your ice sessions, private and semi-private lessons, groups.
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A skating lesson only happens when you have ice. Freestyle sessions, public sessions and club ice are fixed by the rink, and lessons have to fit inside them. With Book, you open lesson slots only within the ice sessions you can use, so every booking comes with ice, and families book on your own booking page instead of messaging you at the boards.
Lesson services
On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description, all shown on your public page. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.
| Service | Example slot | Places | Example price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private lesson | 20 min | 1 | €25 |
| Private lesson – long | 30 min | 1 | €35 |
| Semi-private lesson (2 skaters) | 30 min | 2 | €20 |
| Learn to skate group | 45 min | 8 | €12 |
| Adult beginner group | 45 min | 8 | €12 |
Durations, places and prices are examples. Say in the description whether rink entry or ice fees are included.
Slots inside your ice time
You create every slot. If you have freestyle ice on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, open lessons back to back within those sessions only. Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date, which matches a season's ice schedule.
Groups during public sessions
Learn-to-skate groups can run during public or club sessions. Set places to what you can supervise safely, according to the rules that apply to you. Each online booking takes one place, and a full group leaves your page.
What the description should say
- which session the lesson is in and where to meet you at the rink;
- whether skates can be hired and what to wear;
- helmets and gloves for children, as you require;
- the level the lesson or group is for.
Parents booking
The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email. A parent books in their own name with the child's first name, age and level in the note. Each online booking takes one place, so siblings mean separate bookings.
Regular skaters
Book weekly lessons for regular skaters yourself from your bookings list, within your ice time. With the parent's email, they get a confirmation with a calendar file for each lesson. See the guide on planning the competition season.
When the rink moves sessions
Move affected lessons from your list and tell families yourself, since Book doesn't email clients about changes.
What Book doesn't do
Book doesn't book ice time with the rink, take payments, sell lesson packs or send reminders. One booking page per business, no staff field: with other coaches, create services per coach. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.
How do I make sure every lesson has ice?
Can I run learn-to-skate groups?
How do parents book for a child?
Does Book book ice time?
- Ice skating coach booking software — €5/month
- Skating coaches: plan the competition season
- Swimming teachers: organising lessons by term and level