Figure Skating ANNOTATION
A terrific guide to one of the most popular Winter Olympics sports, Figure Skating offers a complete handbook for beginning skaters, and includes advice on how to find a coach, develop basic skills, and select the correct skating equipment. Photos and illustrations.
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Have you ever dreamed of elegantly gliding across the ice in front of thousands of breathless fans? Here is the book to get you started. Learn all the important aspects of figure skating from the top coaching professionals. Figure Skating: Sharpen Your Skills helps the beginning skater with acquiring the right equipment, choosing a coach, and learning the basic movements on the ice. For the more advanced skaters, there are chapters on free skating, jumps, spins, figures, and ice dancing. With Sharpen Your Skills you can realize your dreams of participating in one of the world's most beautiful and demanding sportsfigure skating.