Bridget Duoos - Teaching Cross-Country Skiing

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Duoos, Bridget A.

Teaching cross-country skiing / Bridget A. Duoos and Anne M. Rykken.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-9701-7 (soft cover)

ISBN-10: 0-7360-9701-5 (soft cover)

1. Cross-country skiing--Study and teaching. I. Rykken, Anne M. II. Title.

GV855.3.D86 2012

796.93--dc23

2011028524

ISBN-10: 0-7360-9701-5 (print)

ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-9701-7 (print)

Copyright 2012 by Bridget A. Duoos and Anne M. Rykken

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Notice: Permission to reproduce the following material is granted to instructors and agencies who have purchased Teaching Cross-Country Skiing: pp. 139-195 and 199-238. The reproduction of other parts of this book is expressly forbidden by the above copyright notice. Persons or agencies who have not purchased Teaching Cross-Country Skiing may not reproduce any material.

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T his index lists the location of basic skills found throughout the book.

Dead Bug,

Diagonal Stride,

Diagonal Stride Uphill,

Double Pole,

Fall Line,

French Fries,

Herringbone,

Kick Double Pole,

Nordic Swoosh,

Sideslipping,

Sidestepping,

Ski and Pole Handling,

Ski Scooters,

Skier Slouch,

Skier Stride Position,

Skiers Tuck,

Snowplow Stop,

Snowplow Turn,

Star Turn,

Stem Christie Turn,

Traverse,

180-Degree Kick Turn,

T his index lists the location of games and activities found throughout .

Apple Picking,

Around the World,

Banana, Gorilla,

Beanie Pick-Up,

Canadian Border,

Changing Directions,

Charge the Hill!,

Circle Relay,

Circle Tag,

Classic Relay,

Copycats,

Countdown!,

Dance, Dance, Ski Dance!,

Distance Double Pole,

Distance Kick Double Pole,

Distance Kick Double Pole With Alternating Kicking Legs,

Double-Pole Challenge Ladder,

Double-Pole Chariot Races,

Double-Pole Chase,

Double-Pole Relay,

Double Scooters,

Downhill Ta-Da!,

Dribbling Skiers,

Eeek!,

Elbow Tag,

Fast Ski,

Figure Eight Course,

Follow the Leader,

Fox and Geese,

Free Fall,

Freeze Tag,

Friski,

Geocache,

Germ Tag,

Get to Other End of Short Field,

Hill Hill,

Hill Over Relay,

Hokey Pokey,

Hot Sand,

Hot Snow,

How Low Can You Go?,

Jumping Jack Tag,

Jumps!,