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Skating School : A Professionally Structured Course from Basic
Steps to Advanced Techniques by Peter Morrissey, James
Young
The budding
Elvis Stojko or Josee Choinard [or John Curry] in your family will
love this guide with diagrams and instruction on jumps, steps and
other recommendations.
"Figure Skating School" is for people
of all ages and abilities. Whatever your level of fitness and
sporting ability, you can make great progress with this practical
guide. A systematic course of instruction, it guides you from
basic steps--skating forwards and backwards--through the most
advanced techniques such as double flip and triple Salchow.
Written by two professional instructors, the
clear text is complemented by over 30 full-color figure
illustrations. Diagrams showing correct positioning of the feet
accompany each illustration, making sure you don't put the wrong
foot forward.
Also includes:
 | History of Figure Skating |
| Guidance on clothing and equipment |
| General principles of good skating |
| Sections on pairs skating and ice dance |
Stunning photographs of today's skating stars
complete a figure skating treat for anyone interested in the
sport.
James Young is Chairman of the British Ice
Teacher's Association, and Peter Morrissey is also a member. Young
has coached figure skaters for more than 30 years, and has
produced junior and adult champions in that time.
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From Rainbow
Ice
Excerpt:
Curry is widely considered the purest male
skater in living memory. His ice theatre work, both solo and
ensemble, is still revered today, and his influence is felt
through the work of such protégés as Moira North, Lori Nichol
and Katherine Healy. As a pro, he combined the disciplines of
dance and skating, sometimes taking his skates off entirely and
choreographing ballet or modern dance pieces for his shows.
Skaters such as Paul Wylie, in his Schindler's List
exhibition, and Ice Theater of New York member Alizah Allen, in
her "Don Quixote" competitive program, continue to pay
tribute to Curry...
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Excerpt:
It is not often that a person comes along whose
influence on the sport of Figure Skating is so unique that it may
never be equalled. John Curry--British, European, World and
Olympic Figure Skating Champion-was such a person. Curry, who was
diagnosed with Aids in 1991, died April 15 at his home in England.
He was 44 (born in Birmingham England, September 9, 1949)...
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From Britannica.com
Excerpt:
British figure skater who redefined the sport
with his elegant balletic style. Known as "the Nureyev of the
ice," he won the gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in
Innsbruck, Austria.
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From BBC Online
Excerpt:
In 1976, at the age of 26, he won the European
Championship and followed with a gold medal performance at the
Olympics. Then against the advice of his coach he entered the 1976
World Championships and won.
Awarded the OBE he then turned professional,
forming his own skating company that used his theory of skating as
a dance form, borrowing the grace and body lines from ballet. He
gathered like-minded skaters and hired major ballet
choreographers. "The John Curry Theatre of Skating" was
an immediate success with critics and audiences. Curry, who was
elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1991 was
diagnosed with Aids that year and died three years later at the
age of 44...
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