Download or read book The Etching written by Harold L. Schmidt and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes, a leap of faith requires three revolutions and a perfect landing. When seventeen-year-old, Shay Gerrard becomes the newest US ladies' figure-skating champion, she is one step closer to realizing her dream of winning Olympic gold. Everything goes as planned until a representative of the State Department arrives at Shay's home with stunning news: Shay's estranged father has been arrested in Beijing for attending an illegal house church. Shay insists it must be a mistake. Her father was an avowed atheist. What would he be doing at a house church in China? When the news breaks that a US Olympian's father has been imprisoned for his religious beliefs in the host city of the Olympics, Shay is swept up in a political and media firestorm that will follow her to Beijing and threaten her Olympic dream. Shay has never been a believer, but before the Games are over, Shay Gerrard will stun the world and discover that God often uses the unlikeliest people for his greatest good.

Download or read book The Winning Edge Series Out In Cold written by Lynn Kirby and published by Tommy Nelson. This book was released on 1998-04-29 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shannon didn't start skating until age twelve, but she is making up for lost time. The trouble is, her parents don't seem to realize how important skating is to her. To make matters worse, her best friends (Amy and Kristen) are preparing for a major competition for advanced skaters. Shannon's efforts to keep up with her friends land her in serious trouble! Only then does she learn to trust God with her problems.

Download or read book A Skating Life written by Dorothy Hamill and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dazzling smile, the signature haircut, the staple spin. "America's Sweetheart" Dorothy Hamill grew up on the ice, working toward the dream she was to accomplish by age nineteen: winning Olympic gold in figure skating. But life was not the picture of perfection it appeared to be. Dorothy faced a painful inner struggle from the time she was a young girl that followed her into adulthood--though she would not know about the depression that ran in her family until much later in life. Weeks and months away from home to train and compete took a difficult toll, yet little reprieve could be found in the tumultuous and fragile relationship she had with her parents. Dorothy went on to marry the man of her dreams, only to have the partnership end in heartache and a tragedy that almost pushed her to her breaking point. Then, just when a light at the end of the tunnel finally began to appear, a second failed marriage tried and tested Dorothy's trust and strength yet again--a travesty that could have led her to give up. But, she found a remarkable strength in what she did have--her greatest love, her daughter Alexandra. "Thank goodness, I had my skating. There was certainly a pattern to my life. When times were tough, I went skating. It was only while I was out on the ice, enjoying the freedom of movement and my love of music, that I was able to escape from my bottomless heartache." In her deeply moving and honest memoir, Dorothy opens up for the first time about love, family, courage, and what it means to truly win both on and off the ice.

Download or read book The Winning Edge Series A Perfect Landing written by Lynn Kirby and published by Tommy Nelson. This book was released on 1998-04-29 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Amy Pederson, nothing is more important than reaching her goal of becoming a top figure skater. But just as things are looking promising, Amy's father is disabled in an accident and her family is forced to move to Texas to be near her grandparents. What follows is a story filled with encouragement and a growing faith in God who Amy doesn't yet know. The book ends with Amy accepting Christ with the support of her new found friend, Kristen.

Download or read book The Everything Parent s Guide to Children with Executive Functioning Disorder written by Rebecca Branstetter and published by Everything. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vital skills children need to achieve their full potential! Being organized. Staying focused. Controlling impulses and emotions. These are some of the basic executive functioning (EF) skills children need to function and succeed as they grow. But what can you do if your child is struggling with one or all of these skills? With this hands-on guide, you'll learn what EF difficulties look like and how you can help your child overcome these challenges. Psychologist Rebecca Branstetter teaches you how to help improve the executive functions, including: Task initiation Response inhibition Focus Time management Working memory Flexibility Self-regulation Completing tasks Organization With checklists to help enforce skills and improve organization, The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Executive Functioning Disorder is your step-by-step handbook for helping your child concentrate, learn, and thrive!

Download or read book Let s Go Skating written by Howard Bass and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Big Lie written by Julie Mayhew and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a gripping novel set in present-day England under a Nazi regime, a sheltered teen questions what it means to be “good” — and how far she’s willing to go to break the rules. Nazi England, 2014. Jessika Keller is a good girl — a champion ice skater, model student of the Bund Deutscher Mädel, and dutiful daughter of the Greater German Reich. Her best friend, Clementine, is not so submissive. Passionately different, Clem is outspoken, dangerous, and radical. And the regime has noticed. Jess cannot keep both her perfect life and her dearest friend, her first love. But which can she live without? Haunting, intricate, and unforgettable, The Big Lie unflinchingly interrogates perceptions of revolution, feminism, sexuality, and protest. Back matter includes historical notes from the author discussing her reasons for writing an “alt-history” story and the power of speculative fiction.

Download or read book Roadmap to the Grade 10 FCAT Reading written by Princeton Review (Firm) and published by The Princeton Review. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assists students with reading skills outlined in the Sunshine State Standards and prepares them for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in reading.

Download or read book Inside Edge A Revealing Journey Into the Secret World of Figure Skating written by Christine Brennan and published by Japanime Co. Ltd.. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Guts written by Robert A. Lutz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998-09-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides Chrysler's Senior Manager Bob Lutz's philosophy behind his "seven laws" of business, explaining how that can be applied to making changes, transforming an operation, and creating a successful company.

Download or read book The Long Program written by Peggy Fleming and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the figure skater who went from winning two consecutive world championships in 1966 and 1967 to being the only Olympic gold medal winner for the United States in the 1968 winter games.

Download or read book A Constraints led Approach to Figure Skating Coaching written by Garrett Lucash and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motor skill acquisition and athlete development practices are rapidly evolving. Positioned at the forefront of this evolution, the constraints-led approach encourages practitioners to consider the athlete as a whole person, with unique traits, abilities, and capacities. Accordingly, an athlete’s competitive success lies in the practitioner’s ability to adapt programming to the unique needs of each athlete and to facilitate the athlete-environment relationship. A Constraints-led Approach to Figure Skating Coaching applies contemporary motor skill acquisition and athlete development practices to figure skating. The book encourages coaches to think about why they coach, the athletes they want to support, and the goals they want their program to achieve. It informs coaches how to transform these core considerations into the driving inspiration for their daily coaching practices including assessment methods, the coach-athlete relationship, practice structure, competition preparation, and conceptions of technique. The lessons here are founded on the constraints-led approach. They are personal, yet broadly inclusive to the global sports programming market. The book is written through a ‘conversive’ voice and is accessible to a broad audience interested in athlete development and programming such as coaches, athletes and parents. At the same time, academics and students in the areas of sport coaching, biomechanics, motor skill acquisition, strength and conditioning, and related disciplines will find interest in the insights provided from this underrepresented niche in sports.

Download or read book Taking the Ice 2 written by Allye M. Ritt and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-03-25 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Success is earned, never given—and Khalli Davies is on a mission to achieve more than she ever imagined possible! Last month, she passed her very first national figure skating test, and now she’s pushing even further into the sport. But in order to make her dreams come true, Khalli has to make some difficult sacrifices and changes to both her training and her lifestyle. Join Khalli as she prepares for her very first ice show and competition! Watch Khalli push herself as she trains for success, join her in her struggles, and embrace the triumphs that follow! It turns out the road to gold is not only paved in ice, but also crashes, bruises, and humiliation. But the destination is always worth the obstacles, or is it? Will Khalli be on the podium after her first performance, or does her path take a different direction? The audience is waiting, and it’s a full house! Jump in the spotlight with Khalli. Take a deep breath, strike a pose, and skate like no one’s watching!

Download or read book Kristi Yamaguchi written by Judy L. Hasday and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 2013 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the figure skater who won an Olympic gold medal in 1992.

Download or read book Gay Blades written by Richard Tyler Jordan and published by Oliver-Heber books. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never in a million years did lean, muscled, competitive figure skater Garry Windsor imagine he’d sink this low—performing nightly in “Gold on Ice,” a glittery, gaudy, touring ice-skating show. Maybe if he hadn’t fallen on his adorable buns with each attempted quad jump during his one-shot Olympic program, he be beaming from a cereal box. Garry’s only consolation in the world of theme park tacky is his best friend and fellow skater Jay Logan. When the two aren’t gyrating on the ice, they’re scorching the sheets at every Motel 6 with their male fans, dreaming of rich husbands and life without the soulless frostbite of pro skating. When the troupe lands at a local rink in boring Clarksville, Missouri, the guys think they’ve hit an all-time low… until they meet a gorgeous eighteen-year-old fan of the first order: Tag Tempkin. Projecting a demeanor of sweet innocence, the novice skater shyly takes to the ice under Jay and Garry’s prodding and executes a dazzling, flawless performance. Impressed with his skating—and his spandex—Jay and Garry push their producer to add him to the show, while both men pursue him in bed where Tag demonstrates talents that could win him gold in a whole new category of competition. Faster than they can say Eve Harrington on steroids, Garry and Jay watch in horrified amazement as their protégé steps over their beautiful bodies and claws his way to the top. But this isn’t Garry and Jay’s first time at the ice-skating rodeo, and they have a thing or two to teach Miss Manipulation about getting even. Using everything and everyone at their disposal—from cheap tricks to some of the most gorgeously sculpted bait on the planet—Garry and Jay concoct a delicious plan of revenge that will pull the sequins off a certain skater’s goody-goody act and show the world All About Tag…

Download or read book The Only Game in Town written by David Remnick and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than eighty years, The New Yorker has been home to some of the toughest, wisest, funniest, and most moving sportswriting around. The Only Game in Town is a classic collection from a magazine with a deep bench, including such authors as Roger Angell, John Updike, Don DeLillo, and John McPhee. Hall of Famer Ring Lardner is here, bemoaning the lowering of standards for baseball achievement—in 1930. John Cheever pens a story about a boy’s troubled relationship with his father and the national pastime. From Lance Armstrong to bullfighter Sidney Franklin, from the Chinese Olympics to the U.S. Open, the greatest plays and players, past and present, are all covered in The Only Game in Town. At The New Yorker, it’s not whether you win or lose—it’s how you write about the game. Including: “The Web of the Game” by Roger Angell “Ahab and Nemesis” by A. J . Liebling “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu” by John Updike “The Only Games in Town” by Anthony Lane “Race Track” by Bill Barich “A Sense of Where You Are” by John McPhee “El Único Matador” by Lillian Ross “Net Worth” by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. “The Long Ride” by Michael Specter “Born Slippy” by John Seabrook “The Chosen One” by David Owen “Legend of a Sport” by Alva Johnston “A Man-Child in Lotusland” by Rebecca Mead “Dangerous Game” by Nick Paumgarten “The Running Novelist” by Haruki Murakami “Back to the Basement” by Nancy Franklin “Playing Doc’s Games” by William Finnegan “Last of the Metrozoids” by Adam Gopnik “The Sandy Frazier Dream Team” by Ian Frazier “Br’er Rabbit Ball” by Ring Lardner “The Greens of Ireland” by Herbert Warren Wind “Tennis Personalities” by Martin Amis “Project Knuckleball” by Ben McGrath “Game Plan” by Don DeLillo “The Art of Failure” by Malcolm Gladwell “Swimming with Sharks” by Charles Sprawson “The National Pastime” by John Cheever “SNO” by Calvin Trillin “Musher” by Susan Orlean “Home and Away” by Peter Hessler “No Obstacles” by Alec Wikinson “A Stud’s Life” by Kevin Conley

Download or read book The Great Eight written by Scott Hamilton and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2009-10-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved Olympic skater shares his secrets to happiness on and off the ice. Scott Hamilton has experienced the heights of accomplishment and the depths of disease, from winning the Gold to becoming a cancer and brain tumor survivor. But through his successes, struggles, and setbacks, Hamilton has never lost his trademark humor and honesty. More important, he has never lost his faith and optimism. How does he keep smiling? In The Great Eight, Scott uses stories from his international career and personal life to describe the eight secrets that — through commitment and repetition — have helped him “clear the ice,” get back up, and “smile like Kristi Yamaguchi.” “Scott Hamilton . . . lives his life as a champion. Everyone needs the positive message of this greatly inspiring book.” ~Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic Gold Medalist “I know and love Scotty Hamilton. You will, too, after you read this book.” ~William Shatner “The Great Eight is an inspiration to us all.” ~Donald J. Trump “It’s like my bud Scott says: ‘You can’t just skate through life and expect to be happy!’” ~Kevin Nealon, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live alum