Speed on Skates: A Complete Technique, Training and Racing Guide for In-Line and Ice Skaters

Become a smoother, faster, and better-conditioned skater?on asphalt and on ice. Speed on Skates provides detailed instruction and drills to master basic to advanced techniques for every speedskating discipline?in-line, long-track, short-track, marathon skating.

Elite skater and coach Barry Publow explains

? the mechanics of efficient skating form,

? training exercises and schedules for achieving optimal performance, and

? racing strategies and tactics that will give you an edge in competition.

Equally valuable for inexperienced competitors and elite racers, Speed on Skates is the best and most complete guide to speedskating technique, training, and racing. Get smart, get your skates, and get going?faster than ever! more

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Posted: Nov-30-2007

Helped me speed up on my own

This book is like a personal trainer for inline (roller skating). I started reading this book in July 2006 and by August 2006 I was so much faster in inline skating. This is from someone who has never taken any lessons and started to skate on his own. I did the Northshore Inline (Duluth) half...

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Posted: Aug-31-2007

Best tool ever for inline and ice speed skaters

This book is thorugh and even those of us that are completely uneducated about athletics and how to improve in them can understand clearly what is written in this book. I was afraid it would be too technical but it caters to all levels of knowledge. I am very impressed. I plan to start impleting...

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Posted: May-31-2005

Inline Speed Skating

From the background I had during my competitive years in the sport of inline speedskating, I believe the book is a complete and technical guide to the basic terminology, strategy, and mechanics that are involved with speedskating; both on ice and inline skates. There is heavy usage on...

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Posted: Apr-12-2003

Get speedier on skates!

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.

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Posted: Aug-01-2002

Great book of novice and elite skaters

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...

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Posted: Jul-30-2002

Very Good Book

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...

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Posted: Apr-24-2001

A great manual

Most inline skating books are targeted at the recreational skater only and have information that speedskaters pretty much already know, but finally a good up to date manual for the aspiring speedskater has been written. Detailed and with many photos it is a valuable resource for inline speed...

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Posted: Apr-03-2001

All I wanted to know and then some.

This is quite simply the most comprehensive resource available in print. From equipment to technique to training to the physics of skating, Publow puts it all in one volume. There are drills to help the skater learn what the proper form should feel like and there are in-depth explanations of...

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Posted: Sep-07-2000

Comprehensive & Dependable

Best book on inline speedskating yet. Can always rely on the sample training programs for intermediate or advanced skaters. Though good, there's still areas to improve on: 1) Not all weight-training exercises are explained or has a picture, 2) Relationship between section on the 3-day...

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Posted: Jan-22-1999

The greatest resource a speedskater could ask for

For years, speedskaters have lived on 15 year old books and magazine articles for technique and training tips. Now, there is one great resource for skate knowledge. Without going too deep for non-kinesiologists, Publow explains how and why everything speedskaters do works. He manages to show in...

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