Download or read book Choreography and Style for Ice Skaters written by Ricky Harris and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to create a unique, personal skating style and foster creativity, charisma, and excellence on the ice, and covers topics from choosing the right music to off-ice exercise, warmups, and nutrition
Download or read book Coach s Manual written by Ricky Harris and published by Focus. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise text on dance techniques for Ice Skaters by one of the foremost authorities in the world. The work specifically provides direction for those who would coach young skaters in the essential aspects of choreography on the ice.
Download or read book Sequins Scandals Salchows Figure Skating in the 1980s written by Ryan Stevens and published by Ryan Stevens. This book was released on 2024-08-10 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sequins, Scandals and Salchows: Figure Skating in the 1980s is an extraordinary history of a decade when figure skating was the talk of the town and its stars were household names. This one-of-a-kind book expands far beyond iconic moments like Torvill and Dean's Bolero and The Battle of The Brians, exploring intriguing connections between figure skating and real-world events that shaped the decade, including The AIDS Pandemic, The Cold War and The Fall of The Berlin Wall. Brimming with fascinating facts and eye-opening insights, the book chronologically highlights the competitions, shows and skaters that made figure skating everyone's favourite winter sport. A must-have collector's edition for any knowledgeable fan of the sport who came of age in the 80s - or wishes they did.
Download or read book Culture on Ice written by Ellyn Kestnbaum and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2003-05-21 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in-depth, critical look at figure skating.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Alignment Classical Movement for Figure Skaters written by Annette T. Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Second Mark written by Joy Goodwin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was billed as the greatest event in the history of pair skating: three of the best teams of all time battling for Olympic gold on one night in Salt Lake City. Technical ability was approximately equal. It was the artistic merit score that would decide the gold medal -- the second mark. Representing Canada, China, and Russia, the three pairs illuminated their distinct cultures. On the second mark, whose culture would triumph? Would it be the beauty of the Russians' ballet on ice, the thrill of the Chinese pair's heart-stopping acrobatics, or the Canadians' passionate connection with the audience? In a down-to-the-wire nail-biter, the difference between gold and silver came down to the vote of a single judge. Hours later, a bombshell: the confession of a French judge unleashed a worldwide debate -- and ultimately produced an unprecedented duplicate gold medal. The Second Mark reveals what an athlete really goes through to become the best in the world, through the riveting stories of unforgettable people. We meet Yelena Berezhnaya of Russia, who survives emergency brain surgery after a near-fatal training accident and makes it back to the Olympics in less than two years. We meet Zhao Hongbo, a young boy skating in subzero weather in remotest China, who will fulfill his coach's twenty-year dream of catching up to the West. And we meet two Canadians, a barista and a concession stand worker, who had almost quit the sport before deciding to give it one last try -- and becoming world champions. Exhaustively researched by a skating insider, The Second Mark takes readers deep into the world of the Olympic athlete, illuminating the fascinating differences between East and West. From the frozen fields of China to the secret corridors of the old Soviet sports system, from a tiny farm village in remotest Quebec to the judges' backstage world, The Second Mark tells the compelling human stories behind one of the most controversial nights in Olympic history.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating written by James R. Hines and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-04-22 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Figure skating is the most popular televised sport at the Olympic Winter Games and is the oldest of the winter sports, having first been contested at the Games of the fourth Olympiad in London in 1908. No other sport creates such a perfect balance between athleticism and artistry, and the athletes—many of them household names like Oksana Baiul, Brian Boitano, Nancy Kerrigan, Evan Lysacek, Katarina Witt, and Kristi Yamaguchi—spend years in training to make it look effortless. The Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating relates the history of the sport through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, appendixes, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on hundreds of skaters, past and present, but also on skating countries, governing bodies, skating disciplines, technical elements, skating styles, and many other subjects. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the history of figure skating.
Download or read book Figure Skating written by John Misha Petkevich and published by Sports Illustrated. This book was released on 1988-11-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book Figure Skating Now written by Gérard Châtaigneau and published by Firefly Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to over 70 of today's Olympic and World Stars.
Download or read book Artistic Impressions written by Mary Louise Adams and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contemporary North America, figure skating ranks among the most 'feminine' of sports and few boys take it up for fear of being labelled effeminate or gay. Yet figure skating was once an exclusively male pastime - women did not skate in significant numbers until the late 1800s, at least a century after the founding of the first skating club. Only in the 1930s did figure skating begin to acquire its feminine image. Artistic Impressions is the first history to trace figure skating's striking transformation from gentlemen's art to 'girls' sport.' With a focus on masculinity, Mary Louise Adams examines how skating's evolving gender identity has been reflected on the ice and in the media, looking at rules, technique, and style and at ongoing debates about the place of 'art' in sport. Uncovering the little known history of skating, Artistic Impressions shows how ideas about sport, gender, and sexuality have combined to limit the forms of physical expression available to men.
Download or read book The Complete Book of Figure Skating written by Carole Shulman and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The executive director of the Professional Skaters Association (PSA) provides proven technique instruction for more than 100 skills, presenting them progressively from beginning to advanced levels of expertise. 170 photos.
Download or read book Modern Figure Skating written by T. D. Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Becoming a Figure Skater written by Nancy Ellison and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores what it takes to become of champion figure skater and contains color photographs that describes the skills and development of performance and competition.
Download or read book Ballet Secrets for Skaters written by Barbara Denise Files and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you command an audience's attention using graceful arm and head positions? Learn how...in the first ballet book designed for skaters! Ballet Secrets for Skaters unlocks the secrets of ballet technique in a fun and friendly style. Discover many tools and tips for proper placement of the upper body--the first place an audience looks.This book includes these essential features:..Photos of real figure skaters show common pitfalls and how to avoid them...BALLET SECRETS and QUICK CHECKS help you remember these points on the ice...Emphasis on making a winning impression--even when you stand still.Bonus! Olympic Gold Medallist Viktor Petrenko and World Ladies Champion Yuka Sato--famous for their artistic expression--offer advice and inspiration for today's competitive skaters.Russian-trained dancer, teacher and choreographer Barbara Denise Files designed this essential guide for skaters, coaches, dance teachers and skating enthusiasts of all ages and abilities.
Download or read book My Sergei written by Ekaterina Gordeeva and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Olympic gold medalist offers a poignant, loving account of her life with her long-time partner and beloved husband, Sergei Grinkov, from their first introduction and successive world pairs skating championships, to their storybook romance and marriage, to the fatal heart attack that took Sergei's life.
Download or read book Competitive Figure Skating written by Robert S. Ogilvie and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes directory of figure skating organizations and "over 150 photos and diagrams."
Download or read book The Official Book of Figure Skating written by United States Figure Skating Association and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
