Product Description

For those of America's 32 million in-line skaters looking to skate beyond the rink or smooth path, here's a book that offers all they'll need to tame what the real world can throw at them. Advanced In-Line Skating offers the keys to moving safely in traffic and on hills, fitness and cross-training, racing, touring, tricks, roller hockey, and much more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #335558 in Books
• Published on: 2000-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

From the Back Cover

Park Your Car and Take to the Streets

Whether you want to skate backcountry roads, get unbelievably fit, dance, get acrobatic, join a competitive hockey or basketball league, or just run errands, here's the key to expanding your skating horizons. Liz Miller, author of the best-selling Get Rolling: The Beginner's Guide to In-Line Skating, delivers everything you need to live in-line skating. This fun and inviting, step-by-step, clearly illustrated lesson plan is easy to use and accessible.

From tips to terms to techniques, Advanced In-Line Skating covers everything you need to explore the ever-widening world of rolling opportunities, including

• Moving safely in traffic and on hills
• Racing, touring, fitness, and cross training
• Participating in games, including roller hockey, soccer, and basketball, roller dancing, and figure skating
• Launch ramp and half pipe techniques
• What to look for in gear and supplies for long-distance skating
• Tips on everything from foot care to treating "road rash"

"For the athlete looking for information on in-line skating, this book is the source. It's a very useful tool if you want to learn in-line sports of all types."--Bobby Hull Jr.

About the Author
Liz Miller is an International In-Line Skating Association certified instructor and the author of Get Rolling, a widely praised introduction to in-line skating.

Customer Reviews

Good overall introduction
This book covers all forms of inline skating, divided into fitness, recreational, speed, aggressive, touring, skate-to-ski, off-road, and everything in between. Each section is well written and illustrated, with parts written by an expert in that field. As it has such a broad base, it doesn't cover any one of them in any great depth. There are guides to various advanced skills, but is not by any means comprehensive. For instance there's a tutorial on Reverse Power Slides, but skating backwards, a key skill in advanced skating, is briefly mentioned as what it involves rather than how to do it.

If you already skate, or you're interested in broadening your knowledge of inline skate related sports, or researching the world of blading as a beginner, this is the book for you. If you want a feast of information on how to become a more advanced skater, you may find this a light snack.

In Line Skating
This book is meant to be an advanced book, however it is also useful for a beginner like myself. It covers Dialect and breaks everything down so you understand it better, it also explains moves very clearly.

It covers nutrition, workout benefits, and even your diet - this book has the lot even down to the pictures........it also covers all the different kinds of races plus the key skills.