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These are books you can find on my own bookshelf...
Figure Skating: Championship Techniques (Sports Illustrated Winners Circle Books) by John Misha Petkevitch, Heinz Kluetmeier (photographer) Paperback (March 1998) | This is one of the first skating books I owned - and I taught myself a fairly decent waltz jump, salchow and various edges and stops using it. It is a useful reference for skaters who are interested in learning the basic elements and single jumps. For higher elements, I find that it is good as a general reference, but I prefer Skate Your Personal Best (See below) for details and nagging problems. | |
Skate Your Personal Best: A Guide For Mastering Intermediate And Advanced Technique, Achieving Optimal Performance Skills, And Skating Excellence |
Skate Your Personal Best: A Guide For Mastering Intermediate And Advanced Technique, Achieving Optimal Performance Skills, And Skating Excellence by Sandra Foster, Tracy Prussack Paperback, 264 pages (December 1998) | This book is my current reference of choice. I use it to complement my freestyle lessons since the techniques used in the book are similar to the ones used by my coach. I have found this book to be extremely useful with my flying spins and double jumps (up to double loop). It is very well written with excellent photographs. |
My Sergei: A Love Story by Ekaterina Gordeeva, E.M. Swift (Contibutor) Paperback, 352 pages, reprint edition (October 1997) | Review to come! | |
The Passion To Skate: An Intimate View of Figure Skating by Sandra Bezic, David Hayes Paperback, 176 pages (February 1998) | Review to come! | |
Zero Tollerance: An Intimate Memoir by the Man Who Revolutionized Figure Skating by Toller Cranston, Martha L. Kimball (Contributor) Paperback, 320 pages, reprint edition (October 1998) | Review to come! |