- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Human Kinetics; 1 edition (Dec 14 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0880117214
- ISBN-13: 978-0880117210
- Product Dimensions: 28.1 x 21.9 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#282,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4 in Books > Sports > Individual Sports > Rollerskating & Rollerblading
- #21 in Books > Sports > Winter Sports > Ice Skating & Figure Skating
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"""With Speed on Skates, Barry Publow gets right to the heart of serious training. There is no fluff in this comprehensive effort, which is full of outstanding insights for new skaters, while offering concrete advice for professional athletes. Speed on Skates is the first book to cover both in-line and ice racing. From technique to drills, intervals, and skating competitively, Speed on Skates will become a must for every skater's library."""
Lauri Muir
Publisher and Editor
Fitness and Speed Skating Times
"""This book contains everything you need to know about skating, whether you are an experienced racer or just getting started in the sport."""
Derek D. Parra
U.S. National Team Member, Long Track Speedskating
18 world titles and 2 world records
1998 Olympian
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"""With Speed on Skates, Barry Publow gets right to the heart of serious training. There is no fluff in this comprehensive effort, which is full of outstanding insights for new skaters, while offering concrete advice for professional athletes. Speed on Skates is the first book to cover both in-line and ice racing. From technique to drills, intervals, and skating competitively, Speed on Skates will become a must for every skater's library."""
Lauri Muir
Publisher and Editor
Fitness and Speed Skating Times
"""This book contains everything you need to know about skating, whether you are an experienced racer or just getting started in the sport."""
Derek D. Parra
U.S. National Team Member, Long Track Speedskating
18 world titles and 2 world records
1998 Olympian
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Book Description
Become a smoother, faster, and better-conditioned skater-on asphalt and on ice. Speed on Skates, the most comprehensive and in-depth book ever written on in-line and ice speedskating, gives you the instruction and drills to master basic to advanced techniques.
Elite skater and coach Barry Publow combines the science and art of speedskating as he covers every discipline:
- In-line-indoor and outdoor
- Long track
- Short track
- Marathon skating
First, Publow explains and demonstrates the mechanics of efficient skating form with regard to basic body position, push-off, glide, stroke recovery, weight transfer, crossover steps, and turn mechanics for both in-line and ice speedskating. He also presents straightaway, cornering, and double-push drills plus advanced in-line techniques.
Next, Publow shares training methods proven to improve the quality of your workouts and produce the best skating performance. He breaks down the components of an effective conditioning program and highlights the most beneficial training exercises for skaters. Individual chapters focus on heart rate training, interval training, power training, building strength and muscular endurance, and stretching and flexibility. This section concludes with year-round training plans specifying off-season, preparatory phase, and competitive season activities and workloads for in-line and ice skaters.
Now that you're in shape to compete, Publow shifts his sights to racing. From selecting the proper equipment to using effective solo strategies and team tactics, you'll learn how to get the edge in both safety and speed!
Equally valuable for first-time competitors and elite racers, Speed on Skates is the best and most complete guide to speedskating technique, training, and racing. A must for athletes, coaches too will find the book a valuable tool for training their skaters to a higher level of performance.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Get speedier on skates!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Speed on Skates (Paperback)
A must have. Loaded with information and great pictures. Also very technical training schedules for the serious skaters. Not too much for short trackers but still alot of useful skating information.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book of novice and elite skaters,
By A Customer
This review is from: Speed on Skates (Paperback)
This is a great book for anyone involved in in-line or ice speedskating. Being a speedskater myself, I have had much success using the book. It is great for novice and elite skaters. The book offers a lot of information regarding techinique and training. I hope others have or will have as much success using this book as I have. A MUST-HAVE FOR ANY SPEEDSKATERS LIBRARY!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good Book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Speed on Skates (Paperback)
This is a wonderful book for those who participate in the sport of speedskating. I have had a lot of success using the techiniques and advice in this book. You can be a novice or elite skater and this book can still help you out so much. This book gives detailed explinations of ice and in-line speedskating. I hope this book has and will help others in their speedskating career.
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