New Moves-In-The_Field book by Peter Dalby

[Doubletoe]

The new edition of "Making The Right Moves" by Peter Dalby is now available on the AuthorHouse website!  This edition covers all USFSA moves in the field from Pre-Preliminary through Senior, and of course all of the adult moves are from the same tests so they are covered as well.  Peter is an ice dance and moves-in-the-field specialist who has coached many L.A. area skaters through their Senior MIF tests and knows his stuff.  No, this is not a paid endorsement, just a personal endorsement, since I've had the pleasure of being able read some of it.

NOTE: The previous edition only covered through Intermediate. Make sure you are ordering the NEW one that covers through Senior.

Here's where to buy or download: http://bookstore.authorhouse.com/Products/SKU-001054701/Making-the-Right-Moves.aspx

[lutefisk]

Sounds interesting.  Where is this publisher located?  UK?  Is there a way in which you could post a pix of the Table of Contents?

[riley876]

Google books has a preview available:   https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=EkscAwAAQBAJ   

I got a lot out of the book.  Was definitely worth springing the $4.

[Doubletoe]

Google books has a preview available:   https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=EkscAwAAQBAJ   

I got a lot out of the book.  Was definitely worth springing the $4.

The version you read was only through Intermediate.  The new one covers all the way through Senior, but it looks like the publisher's website hasn't been updated quite yet, so it's possible to buy the old edition by mistake.  Might be best to wait a week or so before ordering to make sure it's the new one.

[lutefisk]

Amazon.com also lists this book: http://www.amazon.com/Making-Right-Moves-Peter-Dalby/dp/1491862742

[davincisop]

I just downloaded this for Kindle and read the first 50 or so pages. This is going to be a godsend! I am very technical when I skate and this telling me where my body needs to be for each thing helps so much.

[Doubletoe]

Amazon.com also lists this book: http://www.amazon.com/Making-Right-Moves-Peter-Dalby/dp/1491862742

No, that is the old edition, which only covers through Intermediate.  The new edition is not available on Amazon yet, only on AuthorHouse (see the link in the original post.

[skategeek]

No, that is the old edition, which only covers through Intermediate.  The new edition is not available on Amazon yet, only on AuthorHouse (see the link in the original post.

The new edition is listed on Amazon here:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/1504953355/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1H0X6VGTB3PGD&coliid=I80TALPHB2EE8  (Careful, though; if you click on the link to see all editions you can end up with the older version.)

[Isk8NYC]

Yes, I bought this ebook from AuthorHouse based on Doubletoe's recommendation, sight unseen.  For that price, I worried that it would be taken off the market quickly.  After skimming through it, I like the book a lot. 

Is there a way in which you could post a pix of the Table of Contents?

The table of contents is just "Part I" and "Part II" as you see in the preview.

Part I is a general overview of good skating habits.  Part II outlines every standard-track test pattern, showing the official US Figure Skating rulebook description, official rulebook pattern graphic and the author's narrative/tips.  I liked the book a lot because he uses different terms than I do.  It's always good to have another way to phrase something to help a concept "click" for the skater.

The narrative is much more detailed than the PSA's Moves books, which are also good because they bullet-point the common errors, focus points and expected performance.  I love, love, love the suggested intro steps in this book for each pattern.  It would be good (in the next version) to script out the exit steps as well.

I purchased the most-recent copy from the AuthorHouse link and downloaded the Kindle version because I hadn't looked at the preview.  I should have chosen the pdf version instead.  I thought there would be illustrations or photos of the skaters, but it's all text except for the official pattern reproductions.  The pdf version would have been sufficient and I could stored it in the folder of my computer/ipad with my other skating documents like the Rulebooks and Instructor Guides.  Live and learn. 

Definitely a bargain to gain that insight and knowledge for such a reasonable cost.  I hope a lot of copies are sold to send the message to the skating community that $30 should not be the starting price of everything involving skating.  This book is worth the small financial investment.

[lutefisk]

I don't know which edition I ordered from Amazon.  Doesn't matter--at my age if I get to the rarefied point of  passing the intermediate level I'll celebrate and buy the newer book! (assuming I ordered the older one--won't know til it gets here...)

[Doubletoe]

The new edition is listed on Amazon here:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/1504953355/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1H0X6VGTB3PGD&coliid=I80TALPHB2EE8  (Careful, though; if you click on the link to see all editions you can end up with the older version.)

Thanks for finding that and posting!

[skategeek]

Thanks for finding that and posting!

Now I just have to get around to ordering it myself!  I put it on my Amazon skating wishlist (private list) but maybe I'll move it to my public list before family starts Christmas shopping.   

[Neverdull44]

Putting it on my Christmas wish list, along with backwards inside three turns in the field.

[lutefisk]

I don't know which edition I ordered from Amazon.  Doesn't matter--at my age if I get to the rarefied point of  passing the intermediate level I'll celebrate and buy the newer book! (assuming I ordered the older one--won't know til it gets here...)

I rec'd my Dalby book the other day, and although I haven't had time to examine it closely I can make a few comments: 

First off, as a previous commenter pointed out, I managed to buy "Volume One" rather than the newer edition which, I assume goes further up the MIF ladder.  My book ends with the Intermediate moves--backward double threes, spiral sequence, brackets in the field, forward twizzles, and the inside slide chasse pattern.  As I mentioned before, I doubt that I'll live long enough to learn all the moves from bottom to top, and indeed if I master all of the content of this edition of the book I'll be pleased as Punch.  If, on the other hand, you envision loftier goals click wisely, if you use Amazon.com, to insure that you order the extended version--which I assume covers the entire range of MIF.

Second, I'm more than a little disappointed that the book doesn't have a half way decent table of contents.  The so called T of C lists exactly two things: "Part One" which starts on page 1 and "Part Two" which commences on page 29.  Would it have hurried Mr. Dalby to list the various move elements by page number to make both initial navigating and refresher reading of this book a tad easier for his reader?  I think not.  As for an index don't even think about it.  The author certainly didn't.

Third, now I realize that the vast majority of the takers of MIF tests are very young people.  It is never the less, a little disappointing that Peter divides the moves into Pre-Juv, Juvenile and Intermediate without even an over the shoulder attempt to list the various moves elements into the groupings that adults use: Pre-Bronze, Bronze, Silver etc.  My second and third reflections leave me wondering "is there an editor in the house?"  If so what is (s)he doing to justify his/her existence?

With these distractions aside, I also realize that there is almost a total absence of current books which address any aspect of figure skating technique--Peter, your public is hungry!  Most of my books date to the 1960s through the early 1980s.  Keeping all that in mind, I plan to read my copy of Making the Right Moves with great interest.  Hopefully I will find much good instruction.