PEOPLE The Best of Olympic Figure Skating

PEOPLE The Best of Olympic Figure Skating
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Publisher : Time Home Entertainment
Total Pages : 96
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781547841370
ISBN-13 : 1547841370
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis PEOPLE The Best of Olympic Figure Skating by : The Editors of PEOPLE

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, these figure skaters and other top competitors will show off their amazing jumps and spins-and perhaps join the ranks of America's medal winners from winters past.

Figure Skating Now

Figure Skating Now
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Publisher : Firefly Publishing
Total Pages : 142
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ISBN-10 : PSU:000049368079
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Figure Skating Now by : Gérard Châtaigneau

A tribute to over 70 of today's Olympic and World Stars.

Figure Skating

Figure Skating
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Publisher : Sports Illustrated
Total Pages : 287
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781461664406
ISBN-13 : 1461664403
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Figure Skating by : John Misha Petkevich

As a sport, an art, a fitness activity, nothing quite beats figure skating for excitement, grace, beauty, or fun. Now former U.S. Champion figure skater John Misha Petkevich shows how you can find your full potential as a figure skater no matter what your age or ability. The lavishly illustrated volume includes: Detailed instructional-photo sequences What to look for in skates, clothing, rinks, and instruction Getting started 6 basic turns that every figure skater should know 15 spins that you can master The keys to preforming 19 clasic figure skating jumps and splits

Ice Skating

Ice Skating
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Publisher : Human Kinetics
Total Pages : 176
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0873226690
ISBN-13 : 9780873226691
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Ice Skating by : Karin Künzle-Watson

Now there's a masterfully written guide that shows beginning and recreational skaters the fundamental skills of ice skating. In Ice Skating: Steps to Success, Karin K "nzle-Watson--nine-time Swiss National Champion, former Professional World Champion, and one of skating's best instructors--shares with readers the steps that she and many of her students learned on their way to becoming elite competitive skaters. Most instruction books available on ice skating tend to focus on advanced jumps or spins, assuming the reader will learn the basics through professional instruction. Ice Skating: Steps to Success, however, covers fundamental skills in a way that's easy to understand and apply. Part of the highly popular Steps to Success Series, this book includes 11 steps (chapters) that progress from basic to intermediate skills. It features over 300 illustrations that make it possible to learn proper form and technique. Readers will learn how to: - attain the posture and control required for basic skills; - use standard methods of gaining forward and backward speed; - execute four different methods of stopping; - fall properly and get up easily; - change direction without loss of control; and - control the skate edges in order to prepare for advanced maneuvers, including jumps, spins, and footwork. With Ice Skating: Steps to Success, beginning and recreational skaters will develop a solid foundation of skills to help them gain confidence in their abilities and enjoy the sport more.

Magic on Ice

Magic on Ice
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 52
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1550744550
ISBN-13 : 9781550744552
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Magic on Ice by : Patty Cranston

Profiles the sport of figure skating and discusses how to find the right equipment, what coaches look for, how spins and jumps are done, and who the best skaters in the world are.

Inside Edge: A Revealing Journey Into the Secret World of Figure Skating

Inside Edge: A Revealing Journey Into the Secret World of Figure Skating
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Publisher : Japanime Co. Ltd.
Total Pages : 264
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9784910659107
ISBN-13 : 4910659102
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Inside Edge: A Revealing Journey Into the Secret World of Figure Skating by : Christine Brennan

Figure skating is the most beautiful and mysterious of all sports. When the skaters are on the ice, every twitch of a muscle and every slip of a skate blade is visible for the world to see. In Inside Edge, Christine Brennan chronicles—for the first time—a season on the skating circuit, intimately portraying the lives, on and off the ice, of the sport's current and upcoming stars. Woven into the narrative are stories of figure skating luminaries—including Peggy Fleming, Janet Lynn, Katarina Witt, Brian Boitano, Scott Hamilton, Kristi Yamaguchi, Nancy Kerrigan, Oksana Baiul, Michelle Kwan, Rudy Galindo, and Tara Lipinski. Revealing the backstage conflicts high-profile figure skaters face, and the ambition that drives them, Brennan also tells the stories of their families, of improbable rises to the top, and of wasted talents. If skaters are perfect, they can become international heroes. But if they fall, if they miss a three-revolution jump on a quarter-inch blade of steel, the despair is theirs alone. This is their life on the edge, where decades of training culminate in little more than four crucial minutes on the ice. There is no other sport like it. There is no other story like theirs.

Lake Placid Figure Skating

Lake Placid Figure Skating
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 160
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781614236160
ISBN-13 : 161423616X
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Lake Placid Figure Skating by : Christie Sausa

Figure skating has always had an important home in Lake Placid. Early on, the Sno Birds popularized this summer retreat, and Melville and Godfrey Dewey won the campaign for the 1932 Winter Olympics. The Skating Club of Lake Placid was formed, and after 1932, famous skaters trained here with legendary coach Gus Lussi. When Lake Placid again hosted the Olympics in 1980, skating dominated, with state-of-the-art facilities that have continued to be used by stars like Dorothy Hamill and Sarah Hughes, and helped give rise to Scott Hamilton's Stars on Ice. For more than one hundred years, the Lake Placid community has worked together to support figure skating and skaters in this quiet Adirondack village. Local expert Christie Sausa tells this exciting story.

The Essential Figure Skater

The Essential Figure Skater
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 212
Release :
ISBN-10 : PSU:000043982103
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis The Essential Figure Skater by : Patti Tashman

Two former competitive skaters-turned-teachers team up with a mental training coach to provide friendly, klutz-proof instruction for the beginning skater, including sections on how to stop and fall, beginning freestyle, clothing and equipment, finding a coach, and mental preparation for all levels. Illustrations throughout.

The Official Book of Figure Skating

The Official Book of Figure Skating
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Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Total Pages : 280
Release :
ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106014220807
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The Official Book of Figure Skating by : United States Figure Skating Association

This official, comprehensive, and fully illustrated guide to the second most popular sport in North America, its stars, and its greatest moments includes profiles of Dorothy Hamill, Kristi Yamaguchi, Michelle Kwan, Elvis Stojko, and many others. 235 photos & illustrations, 125 in color. Online feature.

Figure Skating School

Figure Skating School
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Publisher : Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
Total Pages : 136
Release :
ISBN-10 : PSU:000032481747
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Figure Skating School by : Peter Morrissey

Text and illustrations demonstrate basic skating steps--skating forwards, skating backwards--through such advanced techniques as the double flip and the triple Salchow.