Ice Skating Web Sites
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Ice Skating Web Sites |
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The purpose is to give a better understanding of the technical aspects of skating with AVI clips and multi-frame GIF images to provide insight and unusual material that you wouldn't normally see. This is a wonderful site featuring the technical merits of ice skating.
This site informs the reader on terminology and discusses the edge, turn, spin, and jump definitions. Also, a list of common skating abbreviations and their meanings is presented for the uninformed skating enthusiast. There are a plethora of other links to skating pages as well.
Jimmy Young, a professional ice dance coach, presents skating tips for the experienced skater to the first-timer. The bits of information are helpful for individuals and partner skaters. The site can be pretty technical at times, pinpointing specific knee positions or weight transitions for various skating steps.