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Chapters: Inline Speed Skating. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 137. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Inline speed skating is the sport of racing on inline skates (Roller sports) It is often called inline racing by participants. Although it primarily evolved from racing on traditional roller skates, the sport is similar enough to ice speed skating that many competitors are now known to switch between inline and ice speed skating according to the season. An inline speed skate is a specialized shoe version of the inline skate. The boot or shoe is close-fitting, without much padding and usually made of leather and carbonfiber and/or fiberglass composites. For best performance the boot must conform closely to the shape of the foot, so most inline speed skating boots are heat-moldable, which allows the user to re-shape the boots to some extent when heat is applied (by placing the boots in oven at 200 °F (93.3 °C) for 20 minutes after taking off the wheels, frames, and straps/buckles). The frame (sometimes called the chassis or plate) which holds the wheels is made of aircraft-quality aluminum and/or magnesium and usually mounts three, four, or five polyurethane wheels of between 78 mm and 110 mm diameter. Each wheel contains 2 precision bearings with an aluminum spacer. The three wheel frames are used primarily for younger skaters or skater with small feet. Beginning in 2002 through improvements in skate technology, manufacturers began marketing wheels from 84 mm up to 110 mm in diametera noticeable change from nearly a decade of 80 mm wheel size. Over the next several years national and world records were shattered often suggesting this new technology may have been responsible. Bearing sizes have been standardized around the 608 series, though some manufacturers have tried 688 series ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=261635 ... Read more

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Chapters: Athletics (Track and Field) Venues, Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Tracks, Horse Racing Venues, Inline Speed Skating Venues, Motorsport Venues, Rowing Venues, Speed Skating Venues, Velodromes, Putney, Henley-On-Thames, Hippodrome, River Cam, Charles River, Whistler Sliding Centre, Lake Burley Griffin, Alpe D'huez, List of Motor Racing Tracks, List of Horse Racing Venues, List of Cycling Tracks and Velodromes, History of Lake Burley Griffin, Vélodrome D'hiver, Stadio Olimpico, Lake Lanier, List of Velodromes, Parc Des Princes, National Stadium, Singapore, Lake Placid Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Track, Schuylkill River, Russian National Sliding Centre, Norwalk Harbor, Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Altenberg Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Track, Königssee Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Track, Cesana Pariol, Eugenio Monti Track, Igls Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Track, Richmond Olympic Oval, Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, Thialf, Newcastle Town F.c., Housatonic River, List of Natural Luge Tracks, Canada Olympic Park Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Track, Paramonovo Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Track, Ullevi, the Championship Course, Pettit National Ice Center, Gales Ferry, St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun, Winterberg Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Track, Utah Olympic Park Bobsleigh/luge/skeleton Track, Castlewellan, Race Track, Lake Quinsigamond, Jan de Jong, Lake Carnegie, Oberhof Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Track, London Velopark, Manchester Velodrome, 10th-Anniversary Stadium, Sigulda Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Track, Hunderfossen, List of Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Tracks, Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Spiral (Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton), Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, Stadion Maksimir, La Plagne Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Track, Mount Smart Stadium, Olympic Hall Zetra, Lake Sagami, Trebević, List of Rowing Venues, Hammarstrand, Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Hi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15702882 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Inline speed skating is the sport of racing on inline skates (Roller sports). It is often called inline racing by participants. Although it primarily evolved from racing on traditional roller skates, the sport is similar enough to ice speed skating that many competitors are now known to switch between inline and ice speed skating according to the season. An inline speed skate is a specialized shoe version of the inline skate. The boot or shoe is close-fitting, without much padding and usually made of leather and carbonfiber and/or fiberglass composites. For best performance the boot must conform closely to the shape of the foot, so most inline speed skating boots are heat-moldable, which allows the user to re-shape the boots to some extent when heat is applied (by placing the boots in oven at 200 °F (93.3 °C) for 20 minutes after taking off the wheels, frames, and straps/buckles). ... Read more

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Chapters: Inline Speed Skating Venues, Speed Skating Venues in Norway, Richmond Olympic Oval, Bislett Stadion, Thialf, Ullevi, Pettit National Ice Center, Jan de Jong, Vikingskipet Olympic Arena, Olympic Hall Zetra, Frogner Stadion, Frognerkilen, Vaillant Arena, Minsk-Arena, Lake Misurina, Medeo, James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink, Riessersee, Sportforum Hohenschönhausen, Oval Lingotto, Valle Hovin, de Smelt, Utah Olympic Oval, Øya Stadion, Savalen, Makomanai Open Stadium, M-Wave, Patinodrome, Skien Isstadion, Eisstadion Inzell. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 92. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Inline skaters at a patinodrome.A patinodrome is an arena for inline speed skating . They are oval tracks similar to velodromes used for track cycling , but have flat straights and shallow-banked or no banked curves. They are typically outdoors or under cover with open or partial walls. Patinodromes are common in Europe, but rare in North America.Design A patinodrome is generally about 160m to 250m in circumference and may be surfaced with asphalt, concrete or similar material. The curves may be banked.List of patinodromes UK Quebec France Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at De Smelt is a sports arena located in Assen , The Netherlands , it is located 10 m above sea level. The venue opened in the 1970s with a 400-meter speed skating track. Later an ice hockey hall was included next to the speed skating track. In the early 1990s the city of Assen became the owner of the sports complex. The speed skating track became semi indoors and a subtropic swimming pool was added.Assen was not able to afford the finances of the complex and in 1997 business man Hennie van der Most became the new owner. Van der Most renovated the complex in the years after into a quality sports venue.Events held in De ... ... Read more

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Become a smoother, faster, and better-conditioned skater—on asphalt and on ice. Speed on Skates provides detailed instruction and drills to master basic to advanced techniques for every speedskating discipline—in-line, long-track, short-track, marathon skating.

Elite skater and coach Barry Publow explains

• the mechanics of efficient skating form,

• training exercises and schedules for achieving optimal performance, and

• racing strategies and tactics that will give you an edge in competition.

Equally valuable for inexperienced competitors and elite racers, Speed on Skates is the best and most complete guide to speedskating technique, training, and racing. Get smart, get your skates, and get going—faster than ever! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (10)

Helped me speed up on my own
This book is like a personal trainer for inline (roller skating).I started reading this book in July 2006 and by August 2006 I was so much faster in inline skating.This is from someone who has never taken any lessons and started to skate on his own.I did the Northshore Inline (Duluth) half marathon later in Sept 2006 in 1 hour 6 mts (pretty impressive by my own standards).I keep referrring to it once in a while to keep up my training and speed.

Best tool ever for inline and ice speed skaters
This book is thorugh and even those of us that are completely uneducated about athletics and how to improve in them can understand clearly what is written in this book. I was afraid it would be too technical but it caters to all levels of knowledge. I am very impressed. I plan to start impleting these practices very soon.

Inline Speed Skating
From the background I had during my competitive years in the sport of inline speedskating, I believe the book is a complete and technical guide to the basic terminology, strategy, and mechanics that are involved with speedskating; both on ice and inline skates.There is heavy usage on photographs to show you the correct way to skate to reach your potential but to achieve what is seen in the picture typically takes years of training with coaches to show you the ways to train your body to achieve the form and stride of an effecient inline skater.

I also believe that some of the material is dated regarding the current face of the sport but the book is a staple in the sport and is a worthy look for outsiders and internally at the facets of the sport of inline and ice speedskating. For anyone interested in speedskating either on ice skates or inline skates, this book is the most comprehensive guide from a champion speedskater that covers most facets of the sport.

Get speedier on skates!
A must have. Loaded with information and great pictures. Also very technical training schedules for the serious skaters. Not too much for short trackers but still alot of useful skating information.

Great book of novice and elite skaters
This is a great book for anyone involved in in-line or ice speedskating.Being a speedskater myself, I have had much success using the book.It is great for novice and elite skaters.The book offers a lot of information regarding techinique and training.I hope others have or will have as much success using this book as I have.

A MUST-HAVE FOR ANY SPEEDSKATERS LIBRARY!!! ... Read more

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Packing an enormous amount of information into 64 pages, Michael Shafran gives kids an enticing introduction to the fastest-growing extreme sport among young people. The book looks at all kinds of inline skating—blading, aggressive, vert, street, speed, roller hockey, and more—presenting the fundamentals, special moves, and required gear for each. Full-color photos capture pros executing awesome stunts. Young enthusiasts will discover what “black ice” and “face plant” mean, see how to do Chad Hedrick’s hot new “double push,” and learn how to stay safe while enjoying the sport.