The Fun of Figure Skating

The Fun of Figure Skating
Author: Maribel Vinson Owen
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1960
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

A former North American champion and member of three United States Olympic teams gives her impressions of this art-sport.

Ice Skating

Ice Skating
Author: Karin Künzle-Watson
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1996
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780873226691

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.

Figure Skating

Figure Skating
Author: John Misha Petkevich
Publisher: Sports Illustrated
Total Pages: 287
Release: 1988-11-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1461664403

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

Figure Skating for Fun!

Figure Skating for Fun!
Author: Jen Jones
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780756516796

Discusses the sport of figure skating, the equipment used, safety issues, and competitions.

Skating on Air

Skating on Air
Author: Kelli Lawrence
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786485442

Of all winter sports, none is so widely watched and commented upon by the media as figure skating, which is often considered the Winter Olympics' centerpiece. This critical text examines the ways in which media attention has gradually altered and affected the sport, from the early appearances of Sonja Henie, to skating's gradual audience growth via television, and to the ramifications of the scandals in the 1994 and 2002 Olympics. The topic is illuminated by more than 30 interviews with commentators, skaters, producers, directors and others. In addition to numerous photos, illustrations show the compulsory figures for which "figure skating" got its name, as well as a sample of the charted-out "camera blocking" for TV directors. Appendices include collected anecdotes from early broadcasting experiences; a profile of broadcaster Jim McKay; and commentary from Carol Heiss on her 1961 musical Snow White and the Three Stooges.

Figure Skating Now

Figure Skating Now
Author: Gérard Châtaigneau
Publisher: Firefly Publishing
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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

Figure Skating Now

Figure Skating Now
Author: Gérard Châtaigneau
Publisher: Firefly Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781552978337

Today's most exciting figure skaters are spotlighted in this richly illustrated book, updated to include the 2003 Worlds competition. Photos.

Ice Cream

Ice Cream
Author: Toller Cranston
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Figure skaters
ISBN: 9780771023323

The skaters included in this book all made a strong impression on the skating world, contributing to the development of the sport through commanding athletic prowess, unusual aesthetic characteristics, or sheer force of personality. They reflected and illuminated their times and environments. Certainly none of them could be called boring, the deadliest sin in Toller’s lexicon. In many cases they are skaters who elevated figure skating to an art form, but some altered the course of the sport in a way that may have been negative. Each chapter starts with a short biography and then Toller contributes his well-honed and very personal assessment. Finally, Toller brings the book right up to date with his Epilogue: A Salt Lake City Retrospective. Readers and fans are aware of Toller Cranston’s way with a quip, his flamboyant personality, and his outspoken opinions. In Ice Cream, they will also learn more about his deep knowledge of skating, his sensitive artistic judgement, and his acute observations of fellow skaters. But make no mistake, the Toller we all know is here in spades.

The Essential Figure Skater

The Essential Figure Skater
Author: Patti Tashman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2000
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

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.

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

Inside Edge: A Revealing Journey Into the Secret World of Figure Skating
Author: Christine Brennan
Publisher: Japanime Co. Ltd.
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2022-02-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 4910659102

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.