Book Description
Alphabetically arranged entries include biographies of champion skaters, histories of the major branches of competition, and descriptions of skating forms
Author : John Williams Malone
Publisher : Checkmark Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 1998-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780816037964
Alphabetically arranged entries include biographies of champion skaters, histories of the major branches of competition, and descriptions of skating forms
Author : Mark F. Heller
Publisher : Grosset & Dunlap
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 16,35 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Sports & Recreation
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Author : James R. Hines
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 37,31 MB
Release : 2011-04-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0810870851
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.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 16,87 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
Author : H. E. Vandervell
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,5 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Skating
ISBN :
Author : Carole Shulman
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 26,45 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780736035484
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.
Author : Peter Eisenstadt
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 1960 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 2005-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815608080
The Encyclopedia of New York State is one of the most complete works on the Empire State to be published in a half-century. In nearly 2,000 pages and 4,000 signed entries, this single volume captures the impressive complexity of New York State as a historic crossroads of people and ideas, as a cradle of abolitionism and feminism, and as an apex of modern urban, suburban, and rural life. The Encyclopedia is packed with fascinating details from fields ranging from sociology and geography to history. Did you know that Manhattan's Lower East Side was once the most populated neighborhood in the world, but Hamilton County in the Adirondacks is the least densely populated county east of the Mississippi; New York is the only state to border both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean; the Erie Canal opened New York City to rich farmland upstate . . . and to the west. Entries by experts chronicle New York's varied areas, politics, and persuasions with a cornucopia of subjects from environmentalism to higher education to railroads, weaving the state's diverse regions and peoples into one idea of New York State. Lavishly illustrated with 500 photographs and figures, 120 maps, and 140 tables, the Encyclopedia is key to understanding the state's past, present, and future. It is a crucial reference for students, teachers, historians, and business people, for New Yorkers of all persuasions, and for anyone interested in finding out more about New York State.
Author : Montagu Sneade Monier-Williams
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 23,86 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Figure skating
ISBN :
Author : United States Olympic Committee
Publisher :
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 38,96 MB
Release : 1980*
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Montagu Sneade Monier-Williams
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 19,3 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781230262192
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...in time with the caller, and of nothing else. NotaBenc. To recapitulate--let every other skater in a combined figure, not being a member of the first pair, remember (i) that his first and most important duty is to watch the caller; (2) that his next most important duty is to watch all the other skaters, so that he skates in such relationship to them and to the caller, that the general symmetry or "squareness" of the figure is maintained (see Fig. 27); (3) that his last and least important duty is to keep time with his partner, never skating opposite to him unless the latter is skating in his proper position as regards the other skaters, i.e. is keeping "square" with the others in accordance with Fig. 27. Other typical calls belonging to sub-division (a) of Group 1 must next be considered. Inside Twice Back--and Inside Forward.--This is a very difficult call, and is mentioned here because the terms used must be understood, and because it is the counterpart of " twice back--and forward," the skaters starting with the inside, instead of the outside edge forwards. An inside forward three is first skated, and that this should be taken gracefully, it is better (although not essential) that the skaters should approach the centre on either the inside edge forwards or outside edge backwards. The caller would, therefore, have first to give a call which would bring up the skater on one of these edges. The inside forward turn must be started to the right of the centre, if the skater is on the right foot, and when it is completed, the left foot must be put down on the inside edge backwards, and this stroke can only be made gracefully if the foot is placed exactly behind its fellow. The succeeding stroke on to the second...