Product Description

"Kristi Yamaguchi knows skating.... Her experience and passion for the sport come through on each page." Dick Button, Two–Time Olympic Gold Medalist

"Kristi truly explains it all ... from sit spins to death drops, from the kiss–and–cry area to center ice." Mark McDonald, Senior Olympic Correspondent, Dallas Morning News

Covers Everything from Competitions to the Olympics and Beyond!

Olympic Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi Takes You for a Spin Through the World of Figure Skating!

• Distinguish a toe loop from a Lutz, an Axel, or a Salchow
• Discover how skaters select their music, choreography, and costumes
• Understand the judging and scoring of the short and long programs
• Select the best boots and skates for every budget
• Locate a practice rink and coach to fit your needs
• Get into skating shape with tips from Kristi′s Olympic training regimen
• Understand the differences between amateur and professional skaters
• Keep score at home or rinkside with the Figure Skating For Dummies Scoring System

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #148210 in Books
• Published on: 1997-12-17
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 346 pages

From the Back Cover
"Kristi Yamaguchi knows skating.... Her experience and passion for the sport come through on each page." Dick Button, Two–Time Olympic Gold Medalist

"Kristi truly explains it all ... from sit spins to death drops, from the kiss–and–cry area to center ice." Mark McDonald, Senior Olympic Correspondent, Dallas Morning News

Covers Everything from Competitions to the Olympics and Beyond!

Olympic Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi Takes You for a Spin Through the World of Figure Skating!

• Distinguish a toe loop from a Lutz, an Axel, or a Salchow
• Discover how skaters select their music, choreography, and costumes
• Understand the judging and scoring of the short and long programs
• Select the best boots and skates for every budget
• Locate a practice rink and coach to fit your needs
• Get into skating shape with tips from Kristi′s Olympic training regimen
• Understand the differences between amateur and professional skaters
• Keep score at home or rinkside with the Figure Skating For Dummies Scoring System

About the Author
Kristi Yamaguchi won the hearts of fans across the globe when she won the Gold Medal at the 1992 Albertville Olympic Winter Games. As an amateur, Kristi won thirteen titles including two consecutive World Championships. American Skating World named her 1996 Skater of the Year and ESPN voted her the top female athlete among adult fans. Today, she travels throughout North America as a headliner in the Discover Stars on Ice tour. Kristi is also actively involved with the Always Dream Foundation, the American Lung Association, and the Make–A–Wish Foundation.

Customer Reviews

Great!!! For everyone from skating fans to Olympic Champs!
This book does not just work for dummies, but any skating fan!! Skaters and fans alike will go back again and again to look up how to do a certain manevuer or a certain rule. Includes summaries of current skating stars, test requirements, how-tos on everything from skate buying to choreography, and glimpses into the life of Yamaguchi. It tells that the sport is not all buttons and bows, though. Yamaguchi includes a bit on eating disorders and how financially difficult this sport is. A must-read for anyone even slightly interested in the sport.

Factual, technically superb and entertaining.
Kristi's book is a great one to read if you are just getting interested in the sport of figure skating. She provides all the imformation beginning skaters want to know, from choosing music to how to do a triple lutz. The only part that needed work was the amount of detail on choosing boots, blades, etc. Even so, this is one of the most informitive skating books I have ever read.

Great book for all skaters
I'm an ice-skater and i found this book lots of fun to read. It had information for beginners on where to start and how to, skates, boots, coaching etc. as well as Info on weight training and jumps ( being able to see step by step each jump is a great help for learning them, whether they are singles, doubles or tripples) I'd recomend it to any one of any level of skating