I have just been looking over the ISU Figure Skating Elements that you jjane loves. They look wonderful! They aren't a very comprehensive "how to" manual, but they show what is considered to be proper form.
Most of the jumps are way beyond my level, but they even show a proper waltz jump (evidentially I don't use my leg right), in the Axel section.
The spin section looks fabulous too.
I wonder if ISU's other publications (isu.org, click on publications) are good too... They look like they might be the sort of thing I have felt that the USFSA lacks.
I have no idea how well ISU standards apply to USFSA test and competition standards. But where USFSA publications ambiguously uses words like "good form", the ISU videos are much more specific.
The Ogilvie book is probably long out of print. I was warned that some of the skating techniques are out of date - even basic forward strokes. You can get the book used, very cheap, on eBay. I think there were multiple editions - get the latest. It is clearly written, though as with Schulman's book, I wish there were videos to supplement the reading. I met Ogilvie a long time ago at a club session in Baltimore. He said something the USFSA once published (an early the USFSA Basic Skills Instructor's manual?? I don't remember.) was partially written by him, based on an early edition of his book. He also said that the Russians had re-published his book without permission.
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