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Summary: An excellent book for figure skating fans.
Review: Having read this book through I was delighted to read such a well detailed and easy to read book without the usual complicated jargon. My children have read the book and enjoyed the pictures and diagrams and have said that what their Coaches have been saying to them has become much clearer.
Many thanks to Peter Morrissey and James Young for an excellent book.
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Summary: This book is almost as good as having a personal coach !
Review: I have at least a dozen technical figure skating books, and this one is by far the best one. You can see it right away, that it was written by professional COACHES, not SKATERS.
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Summary: Easy to Understand
Review: I like the ease of understanding of the various techniques involved. Explanation's good. Pictures' very helpful.
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Summary: I wish there is a two-and-a-half star rating
Review: Like my title says, I wish there is a two and a half star rating. I have read better skating books than this one, such as " Figure Skating For Dummies" and "The Essential Figure Skater". This book is too vague in some parts of the book and too much information in the other parts. Not a very good guide to figure skating. The pictures of famous figure skaters are the best parts of this book.
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Summary: from one of the best
Review: Like my title says, I wish there is a two and a half star rating. I have read better skating books than this one, such as " Figure Skating For Dummies" and "The Essential Figure Skater". This book is too vague in some parts of the book and too much information in the other parts. Not a very good guide to figure skating. The beautiful pictures of famous figure skaters are the best parts of this book.
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Summary: My fav of the Learn to Skate books
Review: Liked this one better than 'Figure Skating for Dummies' and Petkevich's book. (Though I liked the photos in Petkevich's book better) Some of the grammar is awkward. Some of the photos aren't captioned properly, and the text doesn't always match the drawings. But strongly recommend it to Adult Beginners. It has the answers they are looking for.
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Summary: To much covered not enough info!
Review: This book is only 128pgs and covered to much with to little info. With everything covered this book needed to be at least 300pgs. Over all worth reading.
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Summary: excellent for beginners and the budding Olympic hopefuls!
Review: This book is very comprehensive. If you are in the UK, it is one of the best books you can buy. It does not go into details about skating background/history in other countries. It is a book for skaters. It tells and shows you with excellent diagrams how to get basics right, it takes you, using 'step' diagrams, from single through to triple jumps, it also gives you 'step' diagrams for the basics of field moves and extensive details on spins and spirals. My daughter found the book extremely helpful, particularly the double and triple jump diagrams and is now more able to understand what her coach is trying to get her to achieve. Many thanks to Peter Morrisey and James Young for providing a wonderful off-ice coaching tool!
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Summary: Excellent book for illustrating skating moves!
Review: This book provides step by step illustrations of a range of skating moves from beginners to advance. The placement of the foot patterns is easy to see with arrows to show direction. As a level one freestyle figure skater, I find that the book is missing directions on beginning movements, warmups, and preparation for jumps and spins.Advanced skaters find this book extremely helpful in learning to perform double and triple rotations in jumps and various spins. Written instructions are provided to assist skaters at all levels.
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