- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers (1 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0880117214
- ISBN-13: 978-0880117210
- Product Dimensions: 28.1 x 21.9 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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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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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
A GREAT SPEED BOOK FROM A GREAT CHAMPION,
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This review is from: Speed on Skates (Paperback)
If you want to learn the basics of skating or you want to get advanced in skating you need this book. This is the BIBLE of skating.. there a lot of drill of basic and advanced technique(included double push).. a great part on planning a perform your own training.Helped me so much!!
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This review is from: Speed on Skates (Paperback)
I was recommended this book by team mates,an excellant publication, clearly laid out, photographs, drills to follow and so forth, I would also recommend this book on too and also bought one as a gift for a friend.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Barry skate...,
By Simon (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Speed on Skates (Paperback)
There are very few book out the about speed skating and even fewer in English. So it makes it even more of a suprise when the one book that is avalible is so good.
This book covers all side of speed skating from the classic puch to the duble bush. It covers things like a good worm up that I have tride and had one of the best races so fare. Barry is very tecknical is the way he teaches and this works very well in the book. Before geting the book did think it mite be a bit old and not cover what I needed. This was not the case and the only think that is not in it is 4x110 wheels. So its a very good book and IMHO the best out the at the moment (unless Seby gets his book in English) then it mite have a rival.
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