basic 8 and free style. Then choose private lesson. That's what we are doing.Practice time is $2.5-$5/2 hours in Michigan based on her age. group lesson is $15/45 minutes at Michigan's top skating club. We bought skates from skatebuys.com. around $40/pair.It is good for competion too. I saw some local and state skating competion, they are using this kind of skates.