Links to Other Speedskating Resources
| Associations/Clubs: | Miscellaneous Speedskating Articles: | Speedskating Books/Videos: | General Training Books: | Equipment Vendors |
| U.S. Speedskating - Member Services | Barry Publow, speedskating articles | Speed
on Skates by Barry Publow. Speedskating techniques for inline and ice skaters. |
Training
for Speed, Agility and Quickness Lee Brown, Vance Ferrigno, Juan Carlos Santana (eds.) 180 drills for improving speed, agility and quickness |
Dimon
Sports Long track and short track boots/blades and skating accessories including jigs, stones, blade benders and guages. |
| U.S. Speedskating | FaSST (Fitness and Speedskating Times) | The
Complete Handbook of Speedskating by Dianne Holum This ice speedskating book is a classic that will be useful to all speedskaters. |
Sports
Speed (2nd ed.) by George Dintiman, Bob Ward and Tom Tellez Aimed largely at running sports but good general training principles that can be applied to speedskating |
Rainbo
Sports Shop Long track and short track boots/blades and skating accessories including jigs, stones, blade benders and guages. |
| Speedskate Canada | Technical
Exercises for Speedskating by Jacques Thibault 115 specific exercises for improving starts, turns and straightaways for beginner, intermediate and advanced skaters. |
Jumping
into Plyometrics (2nd ed.) by Donald A. Chu 100 plyometric exercises for power and strength with sport specific suggestions |
Bont Australian short track boot maker. Very popular boot. |
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| Speedskate B.C. | The
Skater's Guide to Maximum Power and Speed, Part 1: The Straight
Away Stride by Susan Ellis A set of step-by-step exercises to improved straight away strokes |
The
Interval Training Workout by Joseph T. Nitti and Kimberlie Nitti Excellent primer on how to do season planning using a 4 phase approach |
Maple
Skates Maker of one of the most widely used brands of short track blades. |
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| Whatcom Speedskating Club (Bellingham) | Handbook
of Competitive Speedskating by Henk Gemser, Jos de Koning and Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau A highly technical book about long track speedskating published by ISU |
Serious
Training for Endurance Athletes (2nd ed.) by Rob Sleamaker and Ray Browing Good general guide to training principles and training planning |
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| Off-Season
Training Exercises for Speed Skating by Jacques Thibeault and Mark Greenwald 140 dryland exercises - using training aids, imitations, quick feet and plyometrics |
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| On-ice with Pat Maxwell (1995) 2 hours |
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| Dry-Land with Dianne Holum (1997) 2hours |