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As a sport, an art, and 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. ... Read more

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Excellent for beginners too
I started taking figure skating classes about a year ago. As an older student compared to the 9 year olds in my class, I found it very difficult to follow the class now that I'm on freestyle level. The kids in my class seems to be able to perform the moves without putting too much thought into it, but I found myself standing in the class and just watching them moving, and before I knew it, the class was over and I had spend the entire class just standing, freezing trying to understand the moves.

This book was so helpfull as it describes the moves in great detail. There are several diagrams so you know where your foot goes. Should I use the left, should I use the right foot? When you read the description of the moves you might not understand at first, but as you read and you practice the moves, it becomes an excellent tool. You can use the book together with some of the u-tube videos. You can watch the moves in the u-tube to have an idea, then you go to the book and break it down the moves. Then you are able to get it after practicing a lot! I recommend this book to anybody starting to learn a little bit more difficult moves and need some help.

Great for roller skaters too!
I'm ordering another copy, as somehow mine got lost in a move. Some of the names of things may differ between figure (ice) and artistic (roller) skating but the descriptions and photographs were very, very useful to me and waaaaaaaaaaah I'm very lost without my copy as there are very few artistic skating coaches in existence! So, yes! My toe stops are in a knot! This was a very useful book to me!

THE figure skating book
I have owned copies of this book for years and it has been my standby reference manual during training and recovery from injury. Inspirational and great step by step.

The travel of a book from USA to Spain
I received my book in the correct period of time, even before! And I live in Spain! The book is in perfect conditions.

mixed feelings
As a newbie skater, this book offers some good general info and advice as most instructional books do.
My main complaint is that the pictures are not descriptive enough to follow a sequence and, let's face it, it's tough to show movement in book form anyway.However, the other issue is that the text is hard to follow as well, if you are trying to learn about a new move.Naturally the text and the pictures make more sense when you already know the move and want to improve on it.
So, depending on your ice-skating skill level, your ability to decifer instructions and your imagination, you might say this book is skating on thin ice.
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Sports are enjoying greater popularity than ever before, as evidenced by newspaper and media coverage as well as the emergence of cable channels that offer twenty-four-hour programming. The Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Athletes provides sports fans, weekend athletes, and students with a single-volume reference source to athletes from all major sports. Among the athletes profiled are: * Hank Aaron * Jake La Motta * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * Ivan Lendl * Muhammad Ali * Carl Lewis * Yogi Berra * Nancy Lopez * Cynthia Cooper * Bobby Orr * Phil Esposito * Johnny Unitas * Peggy Fleming * Tiger Woods. ... Read more

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With over 400 of the most hilariously bone-headed remarks ever made in the history of athletics, The Book of Truly Stupid Sports Quotes will have you laughing so hard you'll have to call "time out!"

"I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."
-- Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his trip to Greece

"You guys line up alphabetically by height."
-- Bill Peterson, Florida State football coach

"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
-- Rod Brookin, senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
-- Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann ... Read more

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laugh-out loud funny!!!
Parietti has compiled the most outrageous, hillarious collection of sports quotes EVER MADE. From Chick, to yogi, to Barkely, Don King, or Shaq, he will keep you on the floor in laughter.
(There are about two quotes on each page)

Stupid Is As Stupid Does
I enjoyed this book. I laughed at the truly stupid things that some of the country's best athletes and coaches had to say. However, it's not the type of book that you could just read through in one sitting. The book is good if you are bored and want to scroll through it to get a good laugh. ... Read more

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Some people like to play football and tennis, others want excitement and danger. Sports such as skyboarding and extreme forms of climbing and skiing are becoming more and more popular. Why did extreme sports start and who is crazy enough to take part?A guide to the world of extreme sports for those with a sense of adventure. ... Read more

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Searching for one quick reference for all of your athletic training needs? Looking for quick answers to questions that can be encountered daily in the profession? Need quick access to thousands of terms related to the field?

The expanded and updated second edition of Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training contains all this and more! Pocket size, comprehensive, and user-friendly, this companion guide is essential for students and professionals in athletic training.

Dr. Julie N. Bernier has taken over 2,100 terms and made them accessible in one book-no longer will you need to search multiple textbooks. Also included are 20 appendices on revised and new topics such as manual muscle testing and joint mobility positioning.

Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training, Second Edition, with both text and visual references, provides the athletic training student and professional with a quick overview of the essential elements of injury assessment in the field

Appendices include:

• The appendix on manual muscle testing includes photos and descriptions of manual muscle testing positioning and examiner stabilization, which will aid in the proper execution of the test.
• The appendix on special tests provides illustrations and descriptions of orthopedic special tests such as shoulder, elbow, spine, knee, and foot/ankle.
• Two appendices on peripheral nerve innervations-upper and lower extremity-include anatomical images that will assist the reader in visualizing the three dimensionality and location of peripheral nerve innervations.

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For Athletic Trainers
All athletic trainers should have this quick reference on hand.Find the information you need quickly.

Great Reference Book for Athletic Trianers
I highly recommend this book if you are looking for an easy reference guide. It has all of the important information that an Athletic Trainer would need. It is easy to find the information that you are looking for. Great book. ... Read more

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Suitable for beginners and professionals, this work covers various areas of sports. ... Read more

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More than 3,000 quotes capture the fun, excitement, commitment, competition, and fierce dedication of athletic sports. Topics feature not only the most well-known sports such as professional and college football, baseball, basketball, and hockey, but also more obscure sports such as lawn bowling, fencing, curling, squash, and more. Other categories encompass general sports issues such as victory, defeat, offense, defense, sportsmanship, coaching, gambling, and training. ... Read more

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The third edition of this multilingual dictionary, specifically geared to yachtsmen, covers cruising terms in English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish and Greek. It has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover all the subjects the boater might need, including words for several thousand onboard items as well as the latest developments in electronic and mechanical equipment and the patterns of charter and flotilla sailing. Arranged in helpful subject categories for easy use, it is a unique, comprehensive reference for any boatowner venturing abroad. 'This is the kind of book no-one going to sea should be without' Lloyds List'An invaluable aid for anyone cruising abroad' Kelvin Hughes'All the yachtie has to do is point and grunt' Water Craft"No boat heading north, east or south should be without it' Yachting Monthly ... Read more

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Yachtsman's Ten Language Review
Excellent resource for Europe, The Mediterranean Sea, and the Pacific Coast.
I would have preferred Roman alphabet or a Roman phoenic respelling of the Greek and Turkish languages so that I could pronounce the expressions and words at least roughly.

No Clue, In A Foreign Port AndA Foreign Language
I have been cruising in many different areas around this beautiful globe and I find this dictionary to be one of the few available on the market. The book is divided up in to catagories such as the hull, deck, navigation, commands, refrigeration, engine etc., although I am fluent in French and German, this book aids me immensely to navigate through the seaman's language in 10 different toungues. Sailor's terminology can be ratherintimdating to some people in their own language, let alone in another foreign language. I you are planning a cruise around the Caribbean, Mediterranean, South America or Africa buy this dictionary. The only negative part about this book, is that it contains no middle eastern or far eastern languages such as Arabic, Persian, Thai, Chinese, Fiji or Indonesian. If they would have added these languages to the book, it would have been too combursome to use hold the dictionary. ... Read more

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This collection of infant reading books works as the skills-focused backbone of guided reading resources, with step-by-step skills coverage and the full range of genre. The scheme correlates to the NLS and the Scottish 5-14 Attainment targets for children. The readers in this scheme feature a wide range of genres (including non-fiction) and are levelled to "Book Bands", the grading system recommended by the NLS. Within each Lighthouse band the books are organized in order of challenge, so each session moves children on. Each reader has an accompanying teaching notes booklet which gives guidance on teaching a range of reading skills. ... Read more

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The dictionary is designed to be a pocket companion, for ready access by students, postgraduates, trainers, and health professionals involved in sport and exercise. It provides definitions and short accounts of terms used and techniques employed in the study and practical application of the relevant anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and psychology, and of commonly associated medical problems and treatments. Illustrations are included in the A-Z text, and appendices provide additional reference information and sources for further study.

• Wide coverage in A-Z text of relevant basic and applied topics relevant to sport and exercise.
• Full contact information for professional associations.
• Illustrations, graphs and tables.
• Team of expert contributors.

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The Dictionary of Sports will be an indispensable reference book for all those who love sports as players, officials or spectators. ... Read more

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Just the Ticket
Have you ever wanted to be as informed as your friends when watching or reading about a sports event? When the sportswriter and the sportscaster run through the plays and you only get a glimpse of what they are talking about and feel you can't enter the after game discussion with your buddies - then this is just the ticket for you.Gerry Cox and Don Jozwiak have zeroed in on these listings making them concise and to the point. I wanted to have the book mostly for baseball and football but many other sports will now be of more interest to me. Having had this publication for only two days I feel much more informed and eagerly anticipate the next sports event. ... Read more