Can I practice ice skating with rollerblades?

Yeah, it's not perfect, but it should help. I had the same dilemma and it worked out pretty well. You should keep an eye on how the wheels on your rollerblades wear out to practice keeping balanced...one of the biggest adjustments going from wheels to blades is getting used to the thinness of the blades and feeling out the edges. If you're looking to eventually play hockey, a great way to learn to skate on rollerblades is trial by fire. If you can get into any kind of roller hockey game, don't worry about looking stupid or falling at first. As long as you feel safe, just going out there and doing it without overthinking everything will help you out immensely in terms of getting comfortable. You also need to make sure you wear padding and old/thick clothes when you're rollerblading, because unlike ice skating, if you fall you don't do too much sliding. You should also look for some kind of book to give you help. I have Laura Stamm's Power Skating, but I know there are several others--even a few focused on rollerblading. In terms of blades, I'd say get something comfortable and make sure you get wheels that suit the surface you're playing on. They range from really hard material for asphalt to very soft material for grip on indoor rinks. I think in general you might be a little better off if you can still at least go to a public skate once in a while just to get a feel for what the differences are. It's very different in terms of feel (edges) and technique (stopping, turning around, etc.), but learning the skating mechanics is also key. Good luck!

Nuh uh. You'll create bad habits on the ice this way. It works the same muscles, the only thing rollerblading is good for is for an off ice workout. Rollerblading works in a completely different way than ice skating. It would, in fact, be counter productive. I'm sorry it's so hard to skate though :/ can you afford group lessons? And whatever you do don't go on a weekend public skate, I went once and the ice was so rutted and it was so crowded, I couldn't even practice my figure skating stuff because my blades just went bump bump bump..

Can you practice roller blading with ice skates?

It's about the closest thing, but you cant beat just going out there and trying it for real