The Anatomy of Skiing [Paperback]

Richard J. Sanders (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 12, 1979

Written by a doctor and expert skier, this book enables the reader to improve his down-hill, powder, or cross-country ski technique by providing a detailed explanation of exactly how the muscles of the body work.

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Written by a doctor and expert skier, this book enables the reader to improve his down-hill, powder, or cross-country ski technique by providing a detailed explanation of exactly how the muscles of the body work.

Product Details

• Paperback: 195 pages
• Publisher: Vintage; 1st Vintage Books ed edition (November 12, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394729757
• ISBN-13: 978-0394729756
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,336,950 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have if you're interested in improving your skiing skills, March 23, 2006

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Tim (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Anatomy of Skiing (Paperback)

I bought this book many years ago while learning to ski, and I improved 100% before even hitting the slopes again. After being stuck in the intermediate rut for a couple years, I decided to do some research to improve my skills. After reading this book, for the first time, I finally understood what I was supposed to be doing, what muscles to use and when to use them. He covers basic carving, moguls, and powder. Probably the most helpful piece of information for me was "unweighting"; before I understood this concept, I simply muscled my skis around in a turn and would be exhausted before the end of the first day. I re-read this book at the beginning of each season; in fact it's all yellowed and worn now. I'm writing this review now since I'm picking up snowboarding, and I was hoping that this author might have written a book on that subject as well. Definately buy this book if you're interested in being a better skier.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars useful for technique but becoming outdated, October 14, 1998

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[e-mail] (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Anatomy of Skiing (Paperback)

Richard Sanders' book has been useful to me as an intermediate skiier, in learning the whys and hows of downhill technique. He's very accessible, but on the down side, last revised in 1979 the book misses out on a lot of developments, especially in equiptment, since then. The section on carving is pretty lamentable. In it's way, though, it's still the best book I've seen so far on skiing.

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest ski text, January 26, 2011

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Howard Kornstein (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Anatomy of Skiing (Paperback)

If only the author would update this book to cover advances in skis and techniques since published in the late 70's. it is really the best book ever written on ski technique and ski theory. The illustrations are EXCELLENT, the text so logically presented, the sequence of teaching near perfect. It describes the physics of the skiing process so well, and better still how to harness these forces to make you a competent skier. As no book I have run across today comes near the quality of this book I would suggest the learning skier still buy it.. and then supplement his knowledge of more more modern kit usage by watching a bit of YouTube on carving and modern skis.