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Amber Armstrong will have to quit figure skating! Her parents say her skating lessons are too expensive. But then Isabel Hart shows up.Isabel wants to sponsor Amber–she’ll pay for all her lessons and even buy her a new skating wardrobe! Isabel promises Amber that together they’ll make her into a winner. Amber is really happy, until she discovers the horrifying truth. Isabel will do anything–including bribing the judges–to help Amber get ahead. Now Amber must decide how important winning really is!… More >>
ONLY WAY TO WIN, THE
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Gold medal–winning skaters always have a beginning and I Love Skating! takes you there. Readers meet 5-year-old Anastasia and join in the fun she has on the ice. Anastasia may be young, but she has enough talent and enthusiasm for a skater twice her size!
Just in time for the Olympics!
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I Love Skating!
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Based on a series of interviews that Jigoro Kano gave in his sixties, the book relates his creation and development of Kodokan judo during the period 1882 to 1928…. More >>
Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kano
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The Figure Eights are getting ready for their first-ever competition, and everyone is excited. The winner’s picture will be taken for the local newspaper. Randi really wants to win! She hopes the ice skates her big sister Jill gave her will bring good luck.But when Randi opens her cubby at school one day, she notices her skates are missing! Where could they be? Did someone steal them? There’s only a week left until the competition. Will Randi find her skates in time for the big day?… More >>
RANDI’S MISSING SKATES
- ISBN13: 9781570282201
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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To be the best on the rink, skaters must spend endless hours strengthening and conditioning their bodies off the ice to build strength for the rigors of their performances. Illustrative and technical, yet user-friendly, Conditioning for Figure Skating provides detailed coverage of the physical preparation necessary for Preliminary through Senior-Elite skaters while concentrating on all disciplines of figure skating, including singles, pairs, and ice dance. More than 300 photos illustrate proper warm-up drills, flexibility stretches, cooldown routines, strength training exercises, jump and plyometric training programs, and endurance conditioning exercises for on-ice injury prevention. A periodization plan also h… More >>
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Natalia has dreamed all her life of skating in America–and now her dream has come true! She’s moving in with Tori Carsen’s family and joining Silver Blades. But as soon as Natalia arrives, her dream turns into a nightmare. The girls in Silver Blades don’t want to be her friends. She can’t work with her new coach. And she’s horribly homesick. Natalia wants to return to Russia–now! So she comes up with a secret plan to run away. There’s just one problem. Natalia needs Tori’s help–and getting it is not going to be easy!… More >>
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Becoming sick of Anna’s persistent bossiness, the Figure Eights tell her to mind her own business but realize when Anna stops coming to the lessons that her efforts had been helping them. … More >>
BOSSY ANNA
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Peggy Fleming Farrell is about to have the best summer ever. Only, it doesn’t look that way at first: There’s her job as coffee wench at the Gas ‘n Git, her summer school French class, and her unrequited love for a certain waiter. Not to mention Lamaze class with her mom, and her dad’s attempt at a professional ice-skating comeback. So what is it that turns Fleming’s summer around? The drive in a “borrowed” golf cart? Love among the pancakes? Appearing in the Rodeo Roundup Days parade — by accident? The guy with the red flip-flops? What? … More >>
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Competing for the lead role in an upcoming production of “”The Nutcracker on Ice,”" skater Jill Wong believes that the part is as good as hers, until young competitor Amber Armstrong demonstrates unusual finesse. … More >>
The Big Audition
- ISBN13: 9780873226691
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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In Ice Skating: Steps to Success, Karin Künzle-Watson—nine-time Swiss National Champion, former Professional World Champion, and one of skating’s best instructors—shares the learning sequence that she and many of her students used to become elite skaters. Karin’s unique insights along with over 300 detailed illustrations make this guide your best source for learning proper form and technique. The 50 drills in the book come with performance goals and a list of key points to remember when performing each of them, and many of them include instructions for increasing or decreasing their level of difficulty. Part of the highly popular Steps to Success Activity Series, this book will help improve your … More >>