Artistry on Ice door Mary Spencer
In this guide, 1994 Olympic silver medallist Nancy Kerrigan shares her knowledge with serious figure skaters who aspire to compete at the highest levels. From body alignment and effective routine elements, to refining footwork and artistic expression, this book offers serious skaters an in-depth guide to the sport. After a quick review of the basics, Kerrigan concentrates on more advanced techniques for jumps, spins, moves in the field, technical ice dancing, pairs and synchronized skating. Four chapters are devoted solely to competition, covering the music, choreography, costumes and other elements. Part 1 Moves in the field: finding the perfect coach; spiral; spread eagle; lunge; moves in the field tests. Part 2 Spins: scratch spin; sit spin; camel; spin variations. Part 3 Jumps: salchow; toe loop; loop; flip; lutz; axel; jump variations and combinations. Part 4 Skating with a partner: ice dancing; pairs skating; basic lifts; synchronized skating. Part 5 Off the ice: warming up; cross training; exercises. Part 6 Getting ready to compete: music; choreography; footwork; costumes; the total package.
Paperback | 224 Pagina's | Human Kinetics Publishers | USA Edition | 2002
ISBN10: 0736036970 | ISBN13: 9780736036979
Boitano's Edge door Brian Boitano & Suzanne Harper
Inside the Real World of Figure Skating. Olympic ice skating champion Brian Boitano describes the sport of figure skating and his own experiences as a skater.
Hardcover | Simon & Schuster Books | USA Edition | 1997
ISBN10: 0689819153 | ISBN13: 9780689819155
Complete book of figure skating door Carole & Carol Schulman
This work provides proven technique instruction for more than 100 skills, presented progressively from beginning to advanced levels of expertise. It contains special training tips and teaching exercises to help skaters understand and master correct technique, plus information on creating and refining programmes, including tips on music, choreography and what judges look for in a programme.
Paperback | 248 Pagina's | Human Kinetics Publishers | USA Edition | 2002
ISBN10: 0736035486 | ISBN13: 9780736035484
Figure Skating door James R. Hines
A short history
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Paperback | University of Illinois Press | USA Edition | 2006
ISBN10: 0252072863 | ISBN13: 9780252072864
Frozen in Time door Nikki Nichols
The Enduring Legacy of the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Team
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Hardcover | USA Edition | 2006
ISBN10: 1578602602 | ISBN13: 9781578602605
Inside Edge door Christine Brennan
A Revealing Journey Into the Secret World of Figure Skating. 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 past, present, and future--including Peggy Fleming, 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.
The figure skaters gathered slowly in the mahogany-paneled lobby of the majestic Mirror Lake Inn in Lake Placid, New York, flashing no smiles, barely saying a word. The collection of gregarious entertainers had been reduced to silent, wide-eyed stares. The crackling wood in the fireplace made the room's only noise. They had met in hotel lobbies in fancy street clothes hundreds of times in the past, but never for an event as devastating as this. On a cold night in lateNovember 1995, they were to travel through snowswept Adirondack mountain roads to a nearby funeral home for a private wake for Sergei Grinkov, their colleague and friend who died of a massive heart attack during a skating practice the day before.
Paperback | Anchor Books/Doubleday | USA Edition | 1997
ISBN10: 0385486073 | ISBN13: 9780385486071
Michelle Kwan door Todd Petersen
Figure Skater
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Hardcover | Facts on File Inc | USA Edition | 2005
ISBN10: 0816061041 | ISBN13: 9780816061044
Only with passion door Katarina Witt
Figure Skating's Most Winning Champion on Competition and Life.
A living legend in women's figure skating offers her thoughtful, spirited perspective on balancing life and work, femininity and athleticism In the glamorous, ultra-competitive world of figure skating, Katarina Witt is a living legend. She has won more titles than anyone else before her - including two Olympic gold medals, four world championships, and eight national championships. She is also renowned for independence and self-possession in a world where many stars are in thrall to management companies, and for her ability to stay true to skating while developing new careers in business, film and television. Witt has always done whatever she's done with all her heart - with passion, intelligence, and a love of perfection. Now, in Only with Passion, she offers to a new generation of women athletes making their way in the world on how to live full out, compete with edge, and navigate life with grace. She shares her inside perspective and frank opinions on the insular world of skating and offers her views about what it takes to be a champion, and to create a fulfilling life. Whether she's talking about life on or off the ice (or on the cover of Playboy!) , Witt is always candid, fresh and down-to-earth. Written with EM Swift, the author of My Sergei, one of the best-selling skating books of all time, Only with Passion is the perfect gift for young women, young athletes - particularly skaters - and skating fans of all ages.
Hardcover | 192 Pagina's | PublicAffairs | USA Edition | 2005
ISBN10: 1586482742 | ISBN13: 9781586482749
Scoren tussen de oren door P.P. Moerman & R. Pijpers
Alhoewel dit een boek is met als thema mentale sporttraining vind dit boek ook hier een plekje. De auteur is jarenlang als trainer betrokken geweest als trainer in de kunstschaatswereld en gebruikt dan ook veel voorbeelden uit deze boeiende tak van sport. De optimale prestatie, helaas lukt dat niet iedereen. Sommigen falen op de beslissende momenten, anderen stijgen boven zichzelf uit. In sport hebben deze facetten van presteren karikaturale vormen aangenomen. De prestatie is uitvergroot en wordt door miljoenen ogen bekeken. Het publiek geniet ervan als de atleet op vleugels gedragen in een extatische roes de eindsprint wint. Maar ook de sporter die in het heetst van de strijd mentaal dichtklapt weet de gemoederen te bewegen. In Scoren tussen de oren zijn de factoren die leiden tot deze verschillen in prestatie in theorie vervat. Deze kennis dient als basis voor de mentale technieken die aangeleerd kunnen worden om de prestatie van de sporter te optimaliseren. De lezer doorloopt het traject dat een sporter doormaakt vanaf de aanmelding tot de beëindiging van de training.
Paperback | 261 Pagina's | Harcourt Assessment B.V. | 2004
ISBN10: 9026517351 | ISBN13: 9789026517358
Skate talk door Steve Milton
Figure Skating in the Words of the Stars. SKATE TALK, takes readers on a insider's voyage to the heart of the sport. In their own words. Skaters like Elivs Stojko, Toller Cranston and Lu Chen offer their inner-most thoughts of figure skating
Paperback | Firefly Books Ltd | USA Edition | 1998
ISBN10: 1552092097 | ISBN13: 9781552092095
The Long Program door Peggy Flemming & Peter Kaminsky
Skating Toward Life's Victories. An Olympic skating champion-turned-sports broadcaster, whose triumphs on and off the ice endeared her to America, relates the highs and lows of her life--from her rise to celebrity status to her diagnosis of breast cancer in 1998. Two 16-page photo inserts. Author lectures.
Paperback | Pocket Books | USA Edition | 2000
ISBN10: 0671038877 | ISBN13: 9780671038878
