Get Rolling: A Beginner's Guide to In-Line Skating [Paperback]

Liz Miller (Author, Illustrator), Daniel R. Kibler (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1998

The completely updated and revised edition of the book that the International In-Line Skating Association used to develop its own Level 1 Certification Program, Get Rolling is as essential to novice rollerbladers as a helmet and knee guards. Complemented by a wealth of instructive illustrations, a series of structured lessons and drills enables you to develop a skill fully before moving on. Miller also discusses physical requirements, safety, gear, and equipment maintenance. The book concludes with a list of additional resources.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Anyone taking up the sport, serious or not, should read Get Rolling." -- Strobel, Harry, In-Line Racer

From the Back Cover

get rolling. The fun, easy-safe way to in-line skaing, the fastest-growing outdoor sport in the nation! a popular instrutor certified by the International Inline Skating Association. Liz Miller wrote Get Rolling because, she says, it was the inline skating book she wished she'd had as a beginner. with an easy, encouraing format and an inviting, laid-back style, Liz builds on IISA/ICP* teaching standards to guide novice in-line skaters through dozens of lessons, covering safety and equipment along the way. Liz will shoe you how to get rolling--and stop rolling!--as quickly and safely as possible. Her step-by-step instruction on fundamental positions and movements (everything from Stances to Strokes to Scissors to Sqizzles) prepares you for more advanced moves later on. Plenty of photos and Liz's own lively drawings make it even easier and more enjoyable. Get Rolling is packed with good advice, too, including where to skate, what to wear, which skates and safety gear are the real bargains, and how to get in touch with in-line organizations and publications. It's the only in-line skating book you'll need--and the only one around that takes you stride-by-stride though the IISA/ICP curriculum. wrote

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Ragged Mountain Press; 2 edition (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070432589
• ISBN-13: 978-0070432581
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,831,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginners. A cram book for experienced skaters, March 11, 2000

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El Barto (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get Rolling: A Beginner's Guide to In-Line Skating (Paperback)

This is NOT a book for the beginners. This book is sort of an exam cram book which is designed for the people who want to pass Inline Skate Exam, if such thing ever exists.

Probably most of the techniques in inline skating are described in this book - very succinctly, but to the point. You really have to sit down, and STUDY this book. I skate on ice (since when I was 10), and have been inline-skating for more than 5 years (well, on and off). And I wanted to get the proper techniques of inline skating. Because of my experience, I could study this book, and get the feeling of what it is talking about most of the time, but I wonder whether beginners would have any idea.

As noted by other reviewers, this book lacks pictures. Beginners NEED pictures. If this book was titled as "Inline Skate Exam Preparation Summary Book", I would give three or four stars. But since it was titled as "The beginner's guide to in-line skating", I have to give only 1 star. There is no way beginners can learn any skating technique from this book. I know since I have been teaching my kids and my friends how to skate/rollerblade. They need demonstration. They need EASY demonstration. Words alone just don't work for beginners.

While there are good succinct descriptions which really get to the point, there are other ridiculous descriptions, like: <Manhole covers and Cattle guards>. Essentially the paragraph was saying, "Avoid them or roll over". I mean, what's the point ? Obviously, you should also avoid hitting against the cars or other bikers on the street.

In general, I do NOT think that this is a good book about inline skating, and especially beginners should avoid this book.

One day, I went to a used book store, and found this amazing book that other reviewers talked about: "How To Skate" by Inline Skate Magazine. For each technique, it shows at least more than 10 pictures(step-by-step photographs) with four or five paragraphs of explanation. This IS what you (beginners) should buy. Unfortunately, this book won't be available now, since it says "Summer 1995, Display until July 31".

The author of this book should actually have had some experience of teaching BEGINNERS how to skate, before they publish a book for them. If they have had, they wouldn't have written this way.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid book for skating course, September 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Get Rolling: A Beginner's Guide to In-Line Skating (Paperback)

This is a good step-by-step book that looks like it belongs for a fall one quarter college course in inline skating. The book is well done and quite helpful, but would be best served in a class with a competent instructor. Not too many illustrations and the word-pictures would be hard to follow on your own. Also a good reference to check technique as you improve.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent beginners GUIDE to inline skating, May 19, 2001

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J. Van 't Spijker (Budel, NoordBrabant Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Rolling: A Beginner's Guide to In-Line Skating (Paperback)

Liz Miller has written a great book for the beginner skater. It covers what you need, how to avoid injuries, maintenance of equipment and over a dozen of skills.

Now some people think you can learn to skate by just reading a book, and that is wishfull thinking and NOT what this book is about! If you want to learn inline skating, take a lesson from a certified instructor.( ...) When taking those lessons, you can read through this book and it will give you excellent insights on how and what.

This book makes great reading for both instructors as well as the general skater. This second edition (1998) is a very good improvement on the first edition (1992).