Product Description

Strap on your skates and hit the streets for great fun, exercise, and excitement. If you’re up to the challenge, try your first 10K, learn how to grind a rail, or catch some air in a half-pipe! Inside you’ll find

• advice on the latest in-line equipment;

• 104 photos and illustrations showing skating technique;

• 39 drills and exercises;

• two performance training programs for in-line skating;

• roller hockey rules, drills, and descriptions of necessary equipment; and

• tips on street and vertical skating.

Whether you’re new to in-line or just looking to expand your skating skills, In-Line Skating has it all. Fitness and skating author Mark Powell teams up with racing and equipment expert John Svensson to help you get the most out of in-line.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1002268 in Books
• Published on: 1997-09-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

From Library Journal
Like Joel Rappelfeld's The Complete Blader ( LJ 6/1/92), this blading how-to book serves both novice and pro. The authors, both expert skaters, give thorough coverage to all aspects of blading, including such fundamentals as posture, stroke/glide motion, stopping, and turns. Handy drills are placed at the end of each skill section so that budding bladers can execute practices as needed. In Part III of the book, entitled "Advanced In-Line Skating," the authors give in-depth attention to activities that can be engaged in as proficiency grows: in-line racing, tricks and dance, and roller hockey. This well-written and easy to follow guide is recommended where blading is popular. Index, glossary, and illustrations not seen.
- David M. Turkalo, Social Law Lib., Boston
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
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""The second edition of In-Line Skating is the most comprehensive, updated guide to in-line skating yet. It reflects the diversity and changes that have occurred in the short life of in-line skating's existence and gives the recreational or beginning skater a taste of what's possible.""
Kalinda Mathis
Director, Instructor Certification Program
International In-Line Skating Association

""Everything you'd ever need--from inline skate basics to more advanced moves--is covered in the second edition of In-Line Skating. It's especially helpful for those wishing to strengthen their fitness ability through skating.""
Heather Hach
Associate Editor
InLine Magazine

From the Publisher
"In-Line Skating is the most comprehensive, updated guide to in-line skating yet. It reflects the changes and diversity of the sport that have occurred in the short life of in-line skating’s existence and gives the recreational or beginning skater a taste of what’s possible."

Kalinda Mathis Director, Instructor Certification Program International In-line Skating Association

"Everything you’d ever need from in-line skate basics to more advanced moves is covered in In-Line Skating. It’s especially helpful for those wishing to strengthen their fitness through skating."

Heather Hach Associate Editor InLine Magazine

"This book will help you brainstorm and see in your head how to perform different tricks. It contains a wealth of information. I especially like the tips on kinetic motion."

Ryan Jacklone 1995 Street Skating World Champion

Customer Reviews

Good, but not deep; doesn't always flow through concepts
I'm new to inline skating and I'm looking for a book to get me started. My experience with ice skating and skiing is helping me. I'm looking for a book to, "take me to the next level."

This is a good book, but it isn't that.

There are some good pictures that show how to do certain maneuvers in time lapse. That helps. However, sometimes illustrations rather than pictures are the most effective means to get a concept across to the reader.

The written descriptions on how to do certain things, such as a Y-stop, are good, but not always thorough enough. It would help if the author would build up to certain tasks.

For example, the author might teach certain points about turning, which could then be used to form the foundation of a Y-stop.

Learning is about developing a foundation and building on that foundation. Too much in this book was independent of everything else I need to learn. I just didn't come away feeling that I had moved to the next level because of this book.

Don't get me wrong, I learned quite a bit. However, this book wasn't as thorough as I had hoped.

Good book for beginner skaters
If you are enthusiastic about inline skating, you probably want to read everything about it you can get your hands on. I have read 3 or 4 books so far. I have learned at least something good-to-know from each one -- this one included. It's cheap enough -- order it and read it!