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Ice Skating Books:

    Ice Skating - Steps to Successs
    Karen Kuenzle-Watson & Dr Steven DeArmond
    Human Kinetics Publisher, Champaign IL - 1995
    Trade Paperback, 157 pages, $14.95
    ISBN 0-87322-669-0

.Preface
.    The Steps to Success Staircase
.The Sport of Ice Skating
.    Evolution of the Ice Skate
.    Perparing to Skate
.    Ice Skating Etiquette
.Ice Skating Equipment
.    Ice Skates and their Care
.    Protective Equipment
.Steps -
.    1 - Proper Skating Postures: Devloping Balance
.    2 - Push and Glide: Moving Ahead
.    3 - Forward Steps: Slowing Down
.    4 - Figure Skating Maneuvers: Gaining Confidence
.    5 - Backwards Skating and Stopping: Doubling Your Options
.    6 - Forward Stroking: Pushing for Power
.    7 - Foward Crossovers: Stroking on a Curve
.    8 - Two Foot Turns and Mohawks: Controlling Rotation
.    9 - Backwards Crossovers: Gaining Speed on a Curve
.    10 - Swing Rolls and Advanced Edges: Inproving Edge Control
.    11 - Three Turns: Changing Direction and Edges
.    12 - Style and Efficiency: Planning Your Skating Program
.Glossary

.This book is part of the "Steps to Success" series of sports
.how-to books.  In general, such an approach provides a common
.format, pedagogy and terminology with other books in the series,
.but at the same time forces the author into a pre-defined and
.perhaps limiting model for presenting their material.

.In this case, the format doesn't seem to interfere too much with
.the presentation and the result is a clear set of skating lessons
.with supporting material.  The collaboration with Dr. DeArmond
.has also contributed a more analytical perspective on skating than
.what you might expect from traditional texts.  In the end, the
.success of the book really depends on how well it works for the
.student trying to skate using this presentation - something that
.I'm not really prepared to comment on.


    Skaters Edge Sourcebook
    Alice Berman
    Skaters Edge, Kensington MD - 1995
    Trade Paperback, 272 pages, $39.95 + $5 S&H
    ISBN  0-9643027-0-5
    [ order from Skaters Edge; Box 500; Kensington, MD  20895; 301-946-1971 ]

.Soaring Without Wings
.Associations and Organizations
.  Choosing a Pro
.Books, Books, Books
.  by Author
.  by Title (cross-reference)
.  by Category (cross-reference)
.Boots and Blades
.  Guide to Fittings Skates
.  Skate Boots
.  Guide to Blades
.  Blades: Makes and Models
.  Lacing Up
.Champions
.  US National Figure Skating Championships
.  World Championships
.  Olympic Winter Games
.Companies and Organizations
.  by Category (cross reference)
.Fan Mail and Letters
.Federations
.Rinks, Rinks, Rinks
.  Finding Rinks in Canada
.  US Rinks by State/City
.  US Rinks by Name (cross-reference)
.  Rinks Affiliated with Colleges or Universities
.    by State
.    by School Affiliation
.Skaters Marketplace (small advertisments)
.Summer Skating Schools
.Training Centers: Where Top Skaters Train
.Videos; Videos; Videos
.Advertisers Index

.I almost think it's best to let the table of contents above speak
.for this book.  It has something for everyone interested in skating,
.inlcluding Fan Mail addresses, foreign skating organizations, an
.extensive list of medalists, extensive listings of videos and books
.and charts/listings for blades and boot models.

.Much of the information in in the form of listings or tables, but
.there are also various introductions, articles reproduced from the
.Skaters Edge newsletter, illustrations and advertisments.


    Figure Skating: Sharpen your Skills (Spalding)
    Patricia Hagen [ed]
    Masters Press/Sams; Indianapolis - 1994
    Trade Paperback, 155 [ages. $14.95
    ISBN 1-57028-007-X

.1 - Introduction
.2 - Equipment
.3 - Basics
.4 - Free Skating
.5 - Figures
.6 - Ice Dancing

.Written by members of the staff of the Indiana/World Skating
.Academy, this is a concise but complete guide to learning to
.skate.  It seems mainly focused on ISIA or USFSA basic skills
.level skating for adults, not that it makes any concessions,
.but rather that the advice is practical and directed at the
.skater, rather than being written down or depending on the
.intercession of coach or parent.

.Each topic is granted a little section which typically includes
.a description, instructions and illustrations.  Most topics also
.have "Sharpen your Skills" section relating ways to build on or
.updgrade the basic skill and some topics also have a structured
.presentation (ala Petkevich) including perparation, execution,
.exit/landing, timing and common errors.


    The 1994 Official USFSA Rulebook
    United States Figures Skating Association
    USFSA, Colorado Springs - 1993
    3-Ring Binder, 334 pages, $5 + $5 for Binder 
    no ISBN

.1. Bylaws of the USFSA
.2. Technical Rules
.3. Administrative Rules
.4. Committee Rules
.5. Glossary
.6. Index

.Published yearly, this book includes all that is "offical" about
.the USFSA skating program, from bylaws and organization rules to
.the patterns for compulsory dances.  While some parts are pretty
.dry reading, others convey essential or useful information.


    Figure Skating: A Celebration
    Beverley Smith
    St. Martins, New York - 1994
    Hardcover, $35
    
.This seems to be the coffee-table skating book for the 90's.
.It differs from some of the older ones by providing more profuse
.color illustrations, and a relatively large amount of textual
.content on skating in the recent years.


    Ice Time: A Portrait of Figure Skating
    Debbi Wilkes and Greg Cable
    Prentice Hall Canada - 1994
    Hardcover, $24.95

.[Dave Fraser (dfraser@nbnet.nb.ca)]
.This is not as sumptous as the Beverley Smith book, but it has some
.interesting stuff. Debbi can be pretty blunt sometimes and has some
.intelligent comments about various skaters and why they are successful
.or not successful.

.The book covers a variety of topics: her career with Guy Revell,
.broadcasting, Barbara Ann, Kurt and Elvis, etc.  Only a few pictures.


    Figure Skating Performance: A Psychological Study
    Peter Paul Moormann
    Leiden University - 1994
    Dissertation, 269 pages
    ISBN 90-9006862-7

.[Arthur Kosten <ajkosten@dds.nl>]
.In addition to the Skate Book FAQ, I would like to recommend an
.excellent book written by psychology-lecturer and coach of the Dutch
.National Figure Skating Team Peter Paul Moormann. It deals with
.various aspects of figure skating and ice dancing performance.


    The Complete Manual of Ice Dance patterns
    Jeff Lerner
    Lexicon Ventures, Vancouver CA - 1993
    Ring Bound, 402 pages, $35.00
    ISBN 0-9696538-0-8
    [ available from Platoro Press, see below ]

.1. Introduction
.2. Dance Steps
.3. Dance Turns
.4. Dance Positions
.5. Explanatory Key to Lists of Steps
.6. Lists of Abbreviations and Symbols
.7. Glossary
.8. Dance Patterns and Lists of Steps
.9. Index of Dances (Alphabetical)
.10. Index of Dances (by Type)
.11. List of Dance Pattern Originators
.12. Bibliographic References

.This book is primarily a compilation of ice dance patterns, with
.a minimum of supplementary information.  Other than the vast number
.of dances presented, the best feature is that all patterns and step-
.listings have been redrawn to a common format.  Older variations of
.dances that have evolved over time aren't shown, see the Copely-Graves
.books for additional old patterns.  Some "roller only" dances are
.included, but apprently only those listed in Arnold's book.  Finally,
.note that for the current complusory dances, the USFSA rulebook
.includes good diagrams, step listings and extensive notes.

.A companion work is available that covers only the current
.compulsory dances, but includes plastic overlays allowing clear
.depiction of both the mens and ladies steps.


    Figure Skating History: The Evolution of Dance on Ice
    Lynn Copley-Graves
    Platoro Press, Columbus OH, 1993
    Soft Cover, 385 pages, $35.00
    ISBN 0-9696538-1-5

.I guess the best way to describe this book is to say that it consists
.mainly of excerpts from US, UK and world skating publications, which
.are organized by skating season for each year from 1920 to 1990.
.The editorial contribution is mainly in the selection of the items,
.presented, with occasional interjections and attempts to summarize the
.key points of each decade.  It is important to keep in mind that the
.topic is "Ice Dance", while many of the names are familar, there's a
."ghost sport" of figure skating overhanging everything, which gets
.only occasional direct mention.
.
.For each season the chapter typically contains news from associations
.including ISU, USFSA, CFSA and NSA; dance notes; people; clubs and
.rinks; and finally compeitions.  Sidebars provide some illustrations,
.competitive result, reproductions of period dance patterns and other
.nuggets from the publications.  The color insert appears to be mostly
.snapshots from 80's competitions, though there are many back and white
.magazine photographs reproduced thoughout the book.


    Choreography & Style for Ice Skaters
    Ricky Harris
    St. Martins, NY NY - 1980, 1991
    Trade Paperback, 150 pages, $9.95
    ISBN 0-312-05401-7

.I. Elements of Choreography
.    1. Energize and Improvise
.    2. Music for Skaters
.    3. Principles of Movement
.    4. Movement from Gestures
.    5. Design in Space and Time
.II. Creating a Program
.    6. Selecting and Arranging Music
.    7. Ice Patterns
.    8. Choreographing Movement
.    9. Polish and Perform
.III. Additional Training Aspects
.    10. Why Dance?
.    11. The Fatigue Factor
.    12. Warming Up
.    13. The Ice Barre
.    14. Attitudes of the Skater

.An interesting book, which explains some of the choreographic
.concepts in dance or freestyle skating and provides various
.exercise and outlines for improving artistic expression.  It's
.perhaps best used as an adjunct to the suggestions of your
.coach or simply for getting better insight into an otherwise
.obscure area.


    Laura Stamm's Power Skating
    Laura Stamm
    Leisure Press, 1989, $17.95
    Trade Paperback
    ISBN 0-88011-331-6

.1. Coaches Corner
.2. Sktes and Equipment
.3. Balance
.4. Principles of Force Application
.5. The Forward Stride
.6. The Backwards Stride
.7. Crossovers
.8. Starts
.9. Stops
.10. Turns
.11. Agility
.12. Training and Conditioning

.This is a well written book that deals exclusively with the
.skating part of ice hockey.  It spends a lot of time on concepts,
.drills, and exercise for improving skating and is aimed either
.at the hockey coach/instructor or the adult hockey player.


    Figure Skating - Championship Techniques
    John Misha Petkevich
    Sports Illustrated - Winners Circle Books, 1988
    Trade Paperback, 288 pages, $10.95
    ISBN 0-452-26209-7
    [ back in print!  visit your local bookstore ]

.1. Some Preliminaries
.2. Principles and Terminology
.3. Body Positions
.4. First Strides and Glides
.5. Stroking and Crossovers
.6. Push-offs and Edges
.7. Turns
.8. Stopping and Falling
.9. Spins: General Principles and Positions
.10. Basic Spins
.11. Flying Spins
.12. Combination Spins
.13. Jumps: General Principles and Positions
.14. Edge Jumps
.15. Toe Jumps
.16. Splits and Stags
.17. Jump Combinations
.18. Pairs and Ice Dancing
.19. The Program/The "Great" Skater

.This book is the only quality reference on figure skating which
.is both currently in print and readily available.  It provides a
.thorough and easily readable overview of figures/free-style moves
.including turns, jumps and spins.  For a given move, it describes
.the move, then breaks the action down into setup, execution and
.completion phases, and also cites frequently encountered problems
.or quality issues.

.While the book starts out at a fairly basic level, it is not really
.intended as a self-teaching guide.  The beginner will find that
.the discussion of basic principles and stroking proceeds onward
.to the triple-jumps much quicker then they do.  Also, there is only
.minimal coverage of ice-dance, which is usually an important part
.of any adult-skating program.  Still, this is a book which every
.skater or serious spectator should have at hand as a primary
.reference source.
.


    Dancing on Skates
    Richard Arnold
    St. Martins, NY NY - 1985
    Hardcover, 128 pages
    ISBN 0-312-18209-0

.See Roller Skating section for a complete description...


    Competitive Figure Skating - A Parents Guide
    Robert Ogilvie
    Harper & Row, 1985
    Hardcover, 330 Pages
    ISBN 0-06-015357-1

.1. The Many Forms of Figure Skating
.2. Equipment for the Beginner
.3. Instruction For the Beginner
.4. How the Sport is Organized
.5. The USFSA Test Structure
.6. Becoming a Member of the USFSA
.7. Arranging to Take a Test
.8. How USFSA Test Are Judged
.9. Hints on Taking Tests
.10. The Organization of Practice Sessions
.11. Equipment for the Advanced Skater
.12. USFSA Championships and Competitions
.13. International Championships and Competitions
.14. How Competitions Are Conducted
.15. Professions Championships
.16. Club Harmony
.17. Fair Play for Judges
.18. Hints for Competitors
.19. Higher-Level Instruction
.20. The Professional Skaters Guild of Americe (PSGA)
.21. Music for Free Skating
.22. The Special Place of Figures
.23. Recognizing Turns and Figures
.24. Recognizing Free Skating Moves
.25. Parental Involvement
.26. Talent and the Learning Process
.27. How to Save Time and Money
.28. How the Ice is Resurfaced
.29. Where to Go for Further Information

.While this book is subtitled "a Parents Guide" it is a really a
."must read" for anyone involved with or interested in competitive
.Ice *or* Roller skating.  It provides an essential overview of all
.aspects of the learning process an entry into the competitive arena.

.Particularly interesting are the chapters on Club Harmony, Parental
.Involvement and the role of figures.


    The Complete Handbook of Speed Skating
    Dianne Holum
    Enslow Publishers; Hillside NJ - 1984
    Trade Paperback?, 256 Pages, ~$30.00
    ISBN 0-89490-051-X
    [ may be available from mail-order in-line shops ]

.Foreward
.Speed Skating Facts
.Equipment
.Skating Technique
.Straightaway Technique
.Turn Technique
.Introduction to Training
.Dry-land Training
.Resistance and Weight Training
.Flexibility
.Training on the Ice
.Warm-up
.Using the Taper to Reach Peak Performance
.Season Planning
.Dianne Holum's 1980 U.S. Olympic Team Training Program
.Race Strategy
.Psychological Training
.Suppliers and Organizations

.[ William Bradley <wbradley@thor.ece.uc.edu> ]
.This book is primarily concerned with ice speedskating, but most
.of the technique  and dry-land training chapters are applicable to
.in-line speedskating as well.  As can be seen from the page counts,
.the six technique and training chapters make up over half the book.
.
.This is a very well-written book, and I feel that speedskaters 
.(ice and inline alike) would find it indispensable.


    The Skaters Handbook
    John Misha Petkevich
    Scribners, NY - 1984
    Hardcover, 210 Pages
    ISBN 0684180162

.While I've only scanned this book briefly in a library, it's
.mentioned in Petkevich's other book, and has been mentioned on
.the net a few times.  In contrast to Ogilvie's "parents guide",
.this book is probably most useful to the skater who is already
.involved in a competive program and interested in maximizing
.their prospects as they move to higher competitive levels.


    How to Succeed at Skating
    Monika Maier
    Sterling Publishing, NY - 1982
    Trade Paperback, 128 pages
    ISBN 0-8069-4154-5

.[ loosemore-sandra@CS.YALE.EDU (Sandra Loosemore) ]
.This is a translation of a book originally published in Germany.
.It covers basic skating skills, up to the level of a waltz jump and
.one-foot spins.  The moves are illustrated with clear photos (most
.of them in color).  Unlike most learn-to-skate books, this one
.contains some useful information about ice dancing, including basic
.dance holds and steps, and a few compulsory dances.  The back of the
.book has some reference information about competitive-level skating.
.There are also many color pictures of famous skaters from around 1980
.in the book, including one on the cover of Torvill & Dean looking
.much younger than they do now.


    Figure Skating
    Carlo Fassi with Greg Smith
    Charles Schribners, NY  1980
    Hardcover, 179 Pages, $17.95
    ISBN 0-684-16314-4
    [ out of print ]

.Skates, Lessons and Training
.    Figure Skates; Skate Care; The Skater's Clothing; Training
.Beginning to Skate
.    Walking on the Ice; Sculling; The Dip; Gliding on One Skate;
.    Taking a Fall; Basic Stroking; Forward Crossovers;
.    Backward Crossovers; Forward Outside Edge; Forward Inside Edge;
.    Backward Outside Edge; Backward Inside Edge; How to Stop on Ice
.Compulsory Figures
.    Forward outside Eight; Forward Inside Eight;
.    Backward Outside Eight; Backward Inside Eight;
.    Serpentine Forward Right; Threes: The Three-Turn;
.    Forward Outside Double Threes; Brackets;
.    Forward Outside Loop; Backward Outside Loop;
.    Serpentine Forward Loop; Counter; Rocker; Paragraph;
.    Basic Theory for All Figures; Layout; My Theory of Turns
.Free Skating
.    Spins; Two-Foot Spin; Back Spin; Fast or Scratch Spin;
.    Sit Spin; Camel Spin; Flying Camel and Flying Sit Spin;
.    Flying Camel - Variations; Butterfly; Layback Spin
.    Jumps; Waltz Jump; Loop Jump; Double Loop; Triple Loop;
.    Axel Jump; Doubel Axel; Triple Axel; Salchow; Double Salchow;
.    Triple Salchow; Single Toe Walley; Single Toe Loop;
.    Double Toe Walley; Double Toe Loop; Triple Toe Walley;
.    Triple Toe Loop; Flip Jump; Double Flip; Triple Flip;
.    Lutz Jump; Double Lutz; Triple Lutz; Backward Somersault;
.    Free Skating Programs in Competition; Choreography;
.    Expressive Moves
.Nutrition and Competitive Skaters
.Competitions
.    International Skating Union; World Figure Skating Championships;
.    European Figure Skating Championships; The Winter Olympics;
.    The United States Nationals; Tests; Judges
.Some Thoughs About Coaching
.    Good Coaching versus Good Teaching; Getting along with Parents;
.    At Competition
.Glossary

.This book covers very similar material to Petkevich and is
.similar in content and style.  The differences are interesting -
.Petkevich speaks as a retired skater, Fassi as a skater turned
.professional coach.  Petkevich's book is illustrated with good,
.clear photographs, Fassi's with line drawings executed to show
.exactly the critical intent.  Petkevich's book is a little bit
.more useful to the spectator or advanced skater, while Fassi's
.has a bit more material useful for the beginner to intermediate
.skater.


    Ice Dancing Illustrated
    Lorna Dyer with Harry Brandt
    Moore Publications, Bellevue, WA - 1980
    Hardbound, 297 pages, 105 b/w plates plus dance diagrams.
    ISBN 0-9602616-0-5
    [ out of print ]

.1. Introduction
.2. General Instruction
..(including posture, lead, unison, technique, and etiquette)
.3. Dance Positions
.4. Dance Steps
.5. Dance Turns
.6. Beginning Dances---Preliminary and Bronze
..(Dutch Waltz, Canasta Tango, Swing Dance, Fiesta Tango,
..Willow Waltz, Ten-Fox)
.7. Intermediate Dances---Presilver and Silver
..(Fourteenstep, European Waltz, Foxtrot, American Waltz,
..Tango, Rocker Foxtrot)
.8. Advanced Dances---Pregold and Gold
..(Killian, Blues, Paso Doble, Three-lobe Waltz, Viennese Waltz,
..Westminster Waltz, Quickstep, Argentine Tango)
.9. International Dances
..(Starlight Waltz, Rhumba, Ravensburger Waltz)

.[jeff@jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Goldsmith)]
.This is a complete text on ice dancing.  It is remarkably technical
.and covers each dance in great detail, including introductory steps,
.comments to the man, comments to the woman, and comments to the
.couple.

.For example, comments to the man about the Willow Waltz include:

.    At step 17 the man has a strong tendency to anticipate
.    stepping forward by allowing his left shoulder to rotate
.    counter-clockwise.  To correct this tendency, skate step 17
.    with the right shoulder leading slightly on the circle.
.    Also, the right backward inside edge, step 17, should be
.    skated as a fairly deep edge toward the side barrier.
.    Skaters commonly flatten this edge by skating it straight
.    toward the end barrier of the arena.

.Each dance has about five-ten pages of text, full of densely packed
.information of this sort, plus a page of introductory steps and a
.page for the diagram.  Over two-thirds of the book is comments and
.instruction about individual dances; the first 84 pages is mostly
.pictures and descriptions of each step, common errors, and ways to 
.try to correct those errors.


    Creative Ice Skating: Ice Dancing, Freestyle, and Pair Skating
    Frances Dorsey and Wendy Williams
    Contemporary Books, Chicago - 1980
    86 pages

.[Jennifer Kretschmer <jkretsch@trumpet.aix.calpoly.edu>]
.This isn't the greatest book in the world, by they do try to
.diagram how some of the jumps go.  They also have some beginning
.and intermediate routines choreographed and diagramed.

.[ Most books have nothing concrete about programs, assuming that's
.  something that the instructor and student will work out. ]


    Skating: Elegance on Ice
    Howard Bass
    Chartwell Books, NJ - 1980
    Hardcover, 96 pages
    ISBN 0-89009-341-5

.1. Yesteryears
.2. New Ice Age
.3. Figures
.4. Team Work
.5. Artistic Presentation
.6. Pair Skaters
.7. Ice Dancers
.8. Olympics
.9. Theatre on Ice
.10. Medalists

.This book provides a general history of skating, with color
.illustrations of more recent events/stars.  While this crop of
.skaters is mostly retired, it's interesting to see pictures of
.some of the current commentators and public figures in earlier
.phases of their careers.


    The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ice Skating
    Mark Heller
    Paddigton Press/Grosset & Dunlap - 1979
    Hardcover, 220 pages
    ISBN 0-448-22427-5

.While somewhat dated, this book provides a reasonably complete
.general overview of all aspects of ice skating.  Of special
.interest are the section on non-hockey skating games, a list of
.world/Olympic (but not US national) champions, and a tri-lingual
.glossary of skating terms.


    Figure Skating
    Dianne Deleeuw with Steve Lehrman
    Athenum, NY, 1978
    Hardcover, 168 Pages, $8.95
    ISBN 0-689-10820-6

.This book provides a good introduction to basic skating skills
.including figures and freestyle.  It is a bit more comprehensive
.than Ogilvie's book, but lacks the simple step-by-step lesson
.outline.


    Enjoying skating
    the Diagram Group
    Paddington Press/Grosset & Dunlap, New York - 1978
    Trade Paperback, 160 pages

.1. Introduction
.2. Figure Skating
.3. Figure Skating on Rollers
.4. Speed Skating
.5. Games on Skates
.6. Skateboarding
.7. Fitness on Skates

.I mention this book only because it's one of the few currently in print.
.Apparently it's one of a series of sports books by the Diagram Group,
.which uses little schematic figures to illustrate the action involved.
.While the book covers Roller Skating, Ice Skating and Hockey, and isn't
.actively bad, I didn't find it at all useful.


    Singles Figure Skating (for Beginners and Champions)
    Dr. Josef Dedic
    ISU/Olympia, Prague - 1974
    Hardcover, 240 pages

.[ Sandra Loosemore <loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu> ]
.This is an ISU sponsored book written by a Dr. J. Dedic, who was a
.Czech judge.  It was published in 1973 and therefore has a lot of
.stuff about compulsory figures, but otherwise it's quite similar in
.content and format to the Petkevitch book.  There are stop-frame
.picture sequences of everything (including Gordie McKellan doing a
.triple axel), and Dedic makes many of the same points about the true
.rotations of various jumps, and such like.  The book also includes
.some interesting historical material about the development of modern
.jumping technique around the time of WWII, and comparisons of pre-war
.and post-war skating styles.  He also lists the technical elements
.from some championship programs in the early 1970s, which you can
.compare to what you see today.

.[ jeff@jpl.nasa.gov ]
.I have a copy of the Dedic book and have read it.  It's not too
.bad, all in all, but the English is a little hard to read and it
.goes into minor technical physics details for no good reason, which
.will scare away most skaters.  I don't remember if I learned anything
.from it.  If you'd like a full review, I suppose I can reread it
.sometime.



    Basic Ice Skating Skills
    Robert Ogilvie
    USFSA/Lippencott, 1968
    Hardcover/Trade Paperback, 176 page
    ISBN 0-397-00518-0 (Hardcover)
. 0-397-00519-9 (Paperback)
    [ may be available through USFSA ]

.I. Before You Skate
.  1. Preliminary Questions
.  2. Equipment
.II. Fundamentals
.  3. First Objectives
.  4. You Learn to Stroke
.  5. A Turn and a Curve on wo Feet
.  6. Basic Stops and Terminology
.  7. Key Positions; Forward Edges and Crossovers
.  8. A Three Turn and a Mohawk
.  9. Consecutive Forward Edges
.  10. The Waltz Three and Drop Mohawk
.  11. Back Outside Edges and a Change of Edge
.III. Basic Free Style
.  13. A Spin, a Jump, and a Spiral
.  14. Fast Drop Mohawk and Waltz Jump
.  15. Toe Loop Jump, Inside Pivot, and Outside Spiral
.  16. Mazurka and Salchow
.  17. One-foot Spin, Back Outside Pivot, and Step
.  18. Loop Jump, back Inside Pivot, and Step
.IV. Basic Dance Movements
.  19. Forward Outside Swing Rolls, Chasse and Progressive
.  20. Slide Chasse, Back Outside Swing Rolls, Cross Roll
.  21. Back Chasse and Progressive, Closed Drop Mohawk
.  22. Open and Closed Mohawks; Dance Positions
.  23. Three Dances
.V. A Basic Figure
.  24. how to skate a Figure Eight

.This book address a more basic level than the Petkevich book and
.can be used as either an "about skating" book or as a progressive
.lesson guide for the USFSA or ISIA basic skating test programs.

.The book limits itself to the moves that the skater is likely to
.learn without extensive coaching.  It includes a fair amount of
.material on the moves needed for dance.


    Skating For Beginners
    Barbara Ann Scott and Michael Kirby
    Knopf, NY - 1953
    Hardcover, 156 pages

    Skate with Me
    Barbara Ann Scott
    Doubleday & Company Inc, NY - 1950
    Hardcover, 159 pages

    Primer of Figure Skating
    Maribel Y. Vinson
    McGraw-Hill/Whittlesey House - 1938
    Hardcover, 182 pages

    Advanced Figure Skating
    Maribel Y. Vinson 
    McGraw-Hill/Whittlesey House - 1940

    The Fun of Figure Skating
    Maribel Vinson Owen
    Harper & Row, NY - 1960
    Hardcover, 168 pages

    Instant Skating
    Dick Button
    Grosset & Dunlap, NY - 1964
    Trade Paperback, 64 pages, $1.95
    
.I'll mention these books briefly, since they are "classics" and seem
.to pop up regularly in small libraries and used bookstores.  They're
.actually reasonably good books, the problem is that they don't really
.contain anything not found in newer books, the illustrations are
.marginal or absurdly dated, and mentions of "contemporary" skaters,
.events and styles are largely irrelevant.  There also exists a
.primarily auto-biograhphical work by Dick Button, but other than
.pictures of a younger, handsome looking follow, this contains little
.of current value.


    The Art of Skating
    Irving Brokaw
    Spalding/Scribners, NY - 1910, 1928
    Hardcover/Paperback

.[ Sandra Loosemore <loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu> ]
.This is one of Spalding's old "Athletic Handbooks" series and appears
.to be a slight revision of a book originally published in 1910.  Most
.of the pictures certainly date from the pre-WWI era, anyway.  (There
.is a picture of Ulrich Salchow doing figures while nattily attired
.in checkered knickers, and various ladies skating very sedately in
.corsets, long skirts, and large hats, with the illuminating comment
.that "no woman can skate in a hobble skirt".)  It talks about free
.skating mostly in terms of making tracings of intricate figures on the
.ice and has very little to say about jumps and spins.  The book is no
.doubt totally worthless as a technical reference, but it does have
.some entertainment value.


    Skateology
    Sidney Broadbent
    Privately Published

.[danielg551@aol.com (DanielG551)]
.The definitive resource on ice blade design is a manual called
.Skateology, written by Sidney Broadbent. (He also engineers and
.markets advanced blade-sharpening machines.)

.The manual may be purchased via mail order from Rainbo Sports, or
.by contacting Broadbent directly:

..Sidney Broadbent
..Ice Skate Conditioning Equipment Co.
..5265 W. Quarles Dr.
..Littleton, CO 80123


Platoro Press Books

    Platoro press press is a small press that seems to be specializing in
    ice skating books, including works translated from Russian.  The also
    sell videos, photographs and the infamous Skate Spinner.  Be warned
    that some of their publications are re-prints of dated material, which
    may be more useful from a historical perspective than for instructional
    purposes.

    The following material is from their current (10/94) advertisment.  They
    do not accept credit cards, just US bank personal checks, international
    money orders and AMEX Travellers Checks.  Prices do include postage and
    multi-book discount are availalable


.Platoro Press
.4481 Floyd Drive
.Columbus, OH  43232
.614-837-0003 (leave message)

    Figure Skating History: The Evolution of Dance on Ice; Lynn C. Graves; $35
      o 415 8-1/2 x 11 pages, 16-page color insert
      o Complete history - Olympics, Worlds, Nationals, results
      o Hundreds of photos, illustrations, with anecdotes, controversy
      o To date sold in 18 countries - a must have book

    Ice Skating Fundamentals; Marilyn Grace House; $25
      o Illustrations, photos, basics for learners

    Get the Edge: Sport Psychology for Figure Skaters; $30
      o Set goals, control nerves, self-arouse, relax, image
      o Used by skaters, coaches, parents - it works!

    How Sport Psychology Can Make You a Champion; $18
      o Think like a champion - overcome mental mistakes
      o Turn stress into strength - psych up, not out

    Symphony on Ice: The Protopopovs; A. Shelukhin; $12
      o First Russian Olympic Pair Champions - how they trained
      o Philosophy of innovation with 33 photos

    Key to Rythmic Ice Dancing; Muriel Kay; $20
      o Lessons on 21 compulsory dances - in-depth analysis
      o Basics and higher skills in one book

    Origins of Ice Dance Music; Muriel Kay; $12
      o Roots of 11 rhythms used in ice dancing
      o Essential for coaches, skaters, judges

    Complete Manual of Ice Dance Patterns; Jeff Lerner; $35
      o 400+ pages, 152 huge, easy-to-read patterns
      o Ideas for free, pari footwork, ice show dances for groups

    Secrets of Soviet Skaters: Off-Ice Training Methods; T Moskvina (upcoming)

    Figure Skating: The Pages of History; R. Chubrik (upcoming)

    Patterns of Russian Ice Dance; Y. Tchaikovskaya (upcoming)



Biographical Works of Interest:

    Full Circle: an autobiography
    Dan Jansen with Jack McCallum
    Villiard/Random House, NY - 1994
    Hardcover, 215 pages, $21.50
    ISBN 0-679-43801-7

.This is an autobiography of Dan Jansen which covers his ice speed
.skating career in some detail, including both his early olympic
.dissapointments and recent success.


    Torvill and Dean: Fire on Ice
    Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean with Neil Wilson
    Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London - 1994
    Hardcover, ? pages, Cdn$24.95
    ISBN 0-297-83415-0

.Karen Duncan <kduncan@cc.umanitoba.ca>
.Much to my surprise, I found a new ice skating book yesterday
.and thought others here might be interested.  It's a coffee table
.book on and by T&D covering their career from 1975 through the
.1994 Olympics.  There isn't very much text but there are *lots*
.of glossy pictures.


    Kurt: Forcing the Edge
    Kurt Browning with Neil Stevens
    Harper-Collins, Toronto - 1991
    Hardcover, 195 pages

.Kurt Browning is a prominent contemporary Canadian figure skater.


    Thumbs Up!  The Elizabeth Manley Story
    Elizabeth Manley With Elva Clairmont Oglanby
    McMillan-Canada, Toronto - 1990
    Hardcover, 224 pages

.Liz Manley is a prominent contemporary Canadian figure skater.


    Orser: A Skaters Life
    Brian Orser with Steve Milton
    Key-Porter, Toronto - 1988
    Hardcover, 214 pages

.Brian Orser is a prominent contemporary Canadian figure skater.


    Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows: the Unsuspected life of Sonja Henie
    Raymond Strait
    Stein & Day, NY - 1985
    Hardcover, 339 pages

.This book attempts a retrospective of Sonja Henie's skating and
.entertainment career.  it's been a while since I scanned a copy,
.but the points of controversy seemed to be Henie's domination of
.the pre-war ice skating scene and a flirtation with Hitler's
.Aryan "racial superiority" propaganda machine.


    Scott Hamilton, A behind the Scenes Look at the Life and Competitive Times
.    of America's Favorite Figure Skater - an Unauthorized Biography
    Micheal Steere
    St. Martins, NY - 1985
    Hardcover, 347 pages, $17.95
    ISBN 0-312-70449-6

.This book seems to be more in the line of a journalist trying to
.write a celebrity/sports figure biography about a local figure
.than a biography of a skater.  There is much ado about Scott's
.personal problems and tribulations, but overall the work seems
.trivial and doesn't give any particular insight into either the
.subject or the world of skating, not to mention that a lot has
.happened with Scott in the last ten years...


    Skating for Gold: the Intimate Life Story of Scott Hamilton
    Michael Steere
    St. Martin's Press, New York - 1984
    Hardcover?

.I have no idea how this relates to Steere's other book on Scott Hamilton
.also published by St. Martin's just a year later...


    Torvill and Dean
    Jayne Torvill with John Hennessy
    St. Martins, New York - 1983
    Hardcover, 208 pages

.Jayne Torvill and Chris Dean are one of the best known English
.ice dance teams.  They added a new element of showmanship and drama
.to the event and broke a 12-year domination by classical ballet
.oriented USSR teams.

    
    John Curry
    Keith Money
    Alfred A. Knopf, NY - 1978
    Hardcover, 224 pages, $17.50
    ISBN 0-394-50134-9
    [ also a prior UK edition ]

.The first third of this book is an illustrated skating and personal
.autobiography of John Curry up through his last amateur season, the
.remainder is a narrative and photo essay on his "Theater of Skating".
.The autobiography is frank, and while not overly detailed gives
.good insight into the thoughts and concerns of a top level skater.

.The second part is unique to any skating book - it details the
.ideas behind Curry's "Theater of Skating", an attempt to form a
.new systhesis of theater, dance and skating, and the photo essay
.provides a detailed pictorial study of an individual skater.
.While there no forced attempt to capture motion, there are often
.several related shots intended to show a sequence or alternative
.presentation of a move or concept.  While it's not clear whether
.you would want to consider the images art per se, they certainly
.transcend any common notion of photo-journalism.


    Natalie Dunn: World Roller Skating Champion
    Gloria D. Miklowitz
    Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York - 1979
    Hardcover? 145 pages

.A biography of a three-time world champion roller skater who began
.skating at the age of two and competing at six.  Most likely teen
.or juvenile oriented.


    On Thin Ice
    Henry Jelinek Jr. and Ann Pinchot
    Prentice-Hall, NJ - 1965
    Hardcover, 169 pages

.The Jelineks were a Czech family who emigrated from just pre-war
.Czechoslovkia to Canada.  Otto and Marie Jelinek skated competitively
.for Canada and went on to win the World's Pairs title in Prague in
.1962.  This book probably covers their skating career with attention
.to the questionable reception the expatriates might receive in cold
.war era Czechoslovkia.


    Skate with Me
    Barbara Ann Scott
    Doubleday & Company Inc, NY - 1950
    Hardcover, 159 pages

.The first two-thirds of this book combines an autobiography of
.Barbara Ann Scott with general skating advice and opinions.  The
.remainder is a brief introduction to figures and a few words
.about free skating.  The biographical material is clearly written
.with the edification of young skaters in mind, but still contains
.enough meat to be of interest to the adult reader.  The problem is
.that this book was written in 1950 to cover the previous decade,
.making the references and some of the attitudes a bit dated.


    Dick Button on Skates
    Dick Button
    Prentice-Hall, NJ - 1955
    Hardcover, 217 pages, $3.95

.[ Sandra Loosemore <loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu> ]
.This is a gossipy autobiography which covers Button's years as a
.competitive skater.  It includes a few chapters where Button argues
.for decreasing emphasis on compulsory figures, reducing excessive
.restrictions on amateur status, and making judges more accountable
.for their decisions - all of which have happened in the years since
.he wrote the book.  The book also contains some material about skating
.technique that's mostly of interest for historical perspective.  


    Wings on My Feet
    Sonja Henie
    Prentice-Hall, NJ - 1940
    Hardcover, 177 pages

.This is Henie's autobiography, written several years after she
.had retired from amateur skating in favor of a show skating and
.movie career.  See the 1985 Strait biography for a more complete
.career picture.



Irrelevant non-skating Books:

    How to play the piano, despite years of lessons;
.What music is and how to make it at home
    Ward Cannel and Fred Marx
    Crown & Bridge, NJ - 1976
    Trade Paperback, 240 pages, $17.95
    ISBN 0-385-14263-3 (trade) 0-385-14262-5 (hardcover)

.There are a vast number of books that purport to teach you how to
.make music or play the xyz, but this one seems to combine a clear,
.refreshing approach to the basics with a considerable level of
.detail and insite into the practicalities of performance/perception.
.Note that the primary thrust of the book is to explain to keyboard
.players how to generate accompaniment to basic tunes, but in so
.doing, it also manages to expose the various layers and skeletons
.beneath the music as commonly performed.

.I'm not going to suggest that a little bit of music theory is good
.for everyone, but while some folks "got rhythm" the rest of us
.have to work at it.  In particular, if you get into Ice or Roller
.Dance it will be to your advantage to understand the underlying
.order in the music and how to extract your timing and expression
.cues from the beat - especially in more complex orchestrated works
.where the basic Om-pah-pah takes an ocasional vacation.
    

    Dance With the Music: The World of the Ballet Musician
    Elizabeth Sawyer
    Cambridge University Press, New York, 1985
    Trade Paperback, 364 Pages
    ISBN 0-521-31925-0

.I. The Art: Perspectives
.  1. Introduction: the situation
.  2. The relationship of movement and music
.  3. Music for ballet: stepchild, despot or helpmeet?
.II. The Practice: In the Studio
.  4. The contribution of the accompanist
.  5. Teachers and schools
.  6. Selection of music 1 - Theoretical: rhythm
.  7. Selection of music 2 - Esthetic: style and quality
.  8. Selection of music 3 - Practical: three combinations
.  9. Performance: musician and dancer
.  10. Improvisation 1 - Some basic principles
.  11. Improvisatoin 2 - Renaissance-rock excursion
.  12. Rehearsal and real life
.Appendix A. The dancers impediment:
...An excercise in imagination for the musician
.Appendix B. Books particularly recommended

.Whether you consider skating a degeneate form of Dance, with
.a limited vocabulary of demanding words, or a form of athletic
.motion, conveniently paced via music, it's hard to deny some
.relation to dance and musical accompaniment.  This book is
.written from the perspective of a musician who provides live
."music on demand" for ballet classes, practice and rehersals,
.the object being to provide a rhythm, melodey and mood to
.enable the dancers to implement the instructors excercises
.or directions.

.Reading this book is a bit like eavedropping on a conversation
.that might be about you, at times it all seems unlikely and your
.attention wanders, at others you're jerked back by some reference
.or common context.  The detachment from ballet per se manages to
.avoid an direct concentration on Dance and making it easier to
.consider the concepts as they might also apply to skating.  An
.example - attributed to Fokine: "Ballet should be expressive
.rather than exhibitionistic, with music integral to its organic
.unity" - surely this esthetic has dread application to skating.


    The Complete Guide to Disco Dancing
    Karen Lustgarten
    Warner Books, New York, 1978
    Trade Paperback, 127 pages, $4.95
    ISBN 0-446-87943-6
    [ out of print ]

.Disco dance is a fad that intersected with roller skating back in
.the late 70's and early 80's and has never quite gone away, since
."dance" music, with a clearly defined beat, be it march, ballroom
.or disco fuels public skating sessions everywhere.  This book is
.clearly written, comprehensive and well illustrated.  The approach
.is a progressive, step-by-step learn and learn by doing.  Companion
.books deal with slow/ballroom dance and aerobic/excercise dance.


    The Official Guide to Disco Steps
    Jack Villari and Kathleen Sims Villari
    Chartwell Books, New Jersey - 1978
    Hardcover, 115 pages
    ISBN 0-89009-259-1
    [ out of print ]

.This book covers similar territory to the Lustgarten book, but with a
.more detailed and analytical approach.  Particularly interesting to
.the skater are the chapters on isolations, excercises and basic steps.


    A Social History of the Bicycle
    Robert A. Smith
    American Heritage Press/McGraw-Hill, NY - 1972
    Hardcover, 269 pages
    ISBN 0-70-058457-6
    [ try a city/university library ]

.While one often assumes that in-line skaters have a basic right
.to share the road with other users, this book details the battle
.that early cyclists had earn a place on the roads of the day and
.the role that their political action group (League of American
.Wheelman) played in sponsoring road improvements, bike paths and
.mapping.  While the first cycle boom was largely subsumed by the
.advent of the trolley car and then the personal automobile, latter
.cycling and road skating booms took advantage of the foundations
.laid in this earlier era.  Also notable are perspectives on thes
.boom/bust cycles in popular athletic/health/transportation fads
.and the roles played by promoters, manufacturers, and racing/record
.setting professionals.  Another area deals with the propriety and
.physical abilitles of woman cyclist and with the clothing, equipment
.compromises and social adaptations entailed.


    Mental Toughness Training For Sports: Achieving Athletic Excellence
    James E. Loehr
    Penguin/Plume Books - 1986
    Trade Paperback, 190 pages, $11.00.
    ISBN-0-452-26795-1

.[Jane Harrison <harrison@mcz.harvard.edu>]
.I am applying [this book] to my career as a professional musician,
.since we experience the same sorts of "performance anxieties" as
.athletes and though I am not a competitive skater, I know lots of
.you are and might find this book helpful for keeping cool under
.pressure.

.I'm only halfway through it at the moment, but it seems to really
.have some good techniques for keeping your energy "positive" rather
.than "negative" when you are performing.


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