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Everything many of us know about figure skating, we learned from the man who s been called the Voice of Figure Skating Now Dick Button, the Emmy Award winning skating commentator famous for his precise, passionate, opinionated rinkside analyses and for his historic career as a two time Olympic gold medalist, five time World Champion, and seven time U.S Champion plus being the inadvertent inventor of the flying camel, the first to successfully land a double Axel in competition, and the first ever to do a triple jump demystifies this art and sport beloved by millions.In Push Dick s Button, you ll learn about the difference between a Lutz and a Salchow performance highs and lows memorable entrances, exits, and falls including his own costume delights and disasters the new judging rules and nuggets of skating training and history, PLUS stories about Katarina Witt, Peggy Fleming, Johnny Weir, Brian Boitano, Dorothy Hamill, and , including today s champions, such as Evgeni Plushenko, Davis and White, and the latest sensations Droll, dishy, dramatic, and dead on, this book is like a one on one conversation with the man whose unsurpassed knowledge, experience, and love of figure skating have influenced generations. Free Read [ Push Dicks Button ] author [ Dick Button ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I ve been skating for as long as I can remember, and, while I lost my double axel sometime in the early 2000 s double axel, you are a demon mistress, but maybe I ll get you back one of these days , I never lost my love for the sport Growing up in the skating world, during the height of skating s popularity in the U.S., I was fortunate enough to see and, occasionally, skate with some incredibly talented skaters I mean, have you ever watched Michelle Kwan perform an artistic program dressed l I ve been skating for as long as I can remember, and, while I lost my double axel sometime in the early 2000 s double axel, you are a demon mistress, but maybe I ll get you back one of these days , I never lost my love for the sport Growing up in the skating world, during the height of skating s popularity in the U.S., I was fortunate enough to see and, occasionally, skate with some incredibly talented skaters I mean, have you ever watched Michelle Kwan perform an artistic program dressed like a Disney princess You can imagine how much 12 year old me totally geeked out about that.Anyway, Dick Button is a legend he s pretty much the voice of figuring skating And, while he can be opinionated, he obviously c...I hate giving this book a rating of three stars because Dick Button has so many interesting insights to share about figure skating If you re looking for a biography, find an out of print copy of his previous book, On Skates Instead, this isof a conversation where you imagine yourself sitting on his couch with his dogs while he discusses the state of skating today and what he has seen over the years If you are looking for salacious stories, you won t find them here as the author trea I hate giving this book a rating of three stars because Dick Button has so many interesting insights to share about figure skating If you re looking for a biography, find an out of print copy of his previous book, On Skates Instead, this isof a conversation where you imagine yourself sitting on his couch with his dogs while he discusses the...In this book, the esteemed Mr Dick Button invites figure skating fans to sit on his couch with the dogs , have a drink and some popcorn while discussing figure skating He goes into detail about the history of the sport, the people he knew, how why the judging system is the way it is and what needs to be done I loved his commentary most of the time and I loved the Push Dick s Button segment featured on TV during the 2006 Olympics I m glad he finally got around to publishing this book I le In this book, the esteemed Mr Dick Button invites figure skating fans to sit on his couch with the dogs , have a drink and some popcorn while discussing figure skating He goes into detail about the history of the sport, the people he knew, how why the judging system is the way it is and what needs to be done I loved his commentary most of the time and I loved the Push Dick s Button segment featured on TV during the 2006 Olympics I m glad he finally got around to publishing this book I learned a lot from his comm...Dick Button s self published book is a good example of someone who is passionate and knowledgeable about figure skating It s also a good example, in my opinion, of someone who probably should have used a ghost writer or at least had someone write it with him It s been described as breezy That s one way of pu...Dick Button starts this book telling the reader that he wants to think about it as a conversation And that s just what you get his voice, asides and asides within asides and all This book requires no great amount of knowledge about the sport, but still provides plenty of insight and illumination to those of us who have been longtime fans If you re still scratching your head about how Evan Lysaceck won the gold in Vancouver without a quad, or how Yuna Kim came in second in Sochi, the chapte Dick Button starts this book telling the reader that he wants to think about it as a conversation And that s just what you get his voice, asides and asides within asides and all This book requires no great amount of knowledge about the sport, but still provides plenty of insight and illumination to those of us who have been lo...Dishy breezy fun book about figure skating, with a good dose of technical explanations for lay folk Among other things, he eviscerates the current new scoring system, and the leadership of the ISU Did you know that the ISU runs both figure and speed skating, and has been headed by a speed skater for 40 years At the end of the book, Button suggests that the ISU be divided in two and that competitions be changed to have a technical program and an artistic one instead of short and long Dishy breezy fun book about figure skating, with a good dose of technical explanations for lay folk Among other things, he eviscerates the current new scoring system, and the leadership of the ISU Did you know that the ISU runs both figure and speed skating, and has been headed by a speed skater for 40 years At the end of the book, Button suggests that the ISU be divided in two and that competitions be changed to have a technical program and an artistic one instead of short and long Sounds emin...A fun book not a biography or an analysis, butof an informal conversation with one of skating s elder statesmen i enjoyed the stories of the early days of skating, and it s fun to contrast the differences...Dick, I would give you five stars but there are a few grammatical errors that prevent me from doing so However, you are a treasure, and one of my heroes This book was indeed like sitting on the couch and gossiping with you, which is on my bucket list, sirrah.Never change Please.A disclaimer I hate Dick Button There s always been something about his commentary that grated on me and inspired much yelling at the television When I had a chance to ice skate, one of the first things I did was mimic footage I d seen of him, arms down, fingers twisted up.So, to put it mildly, I haven t really gone looking for Dick Button s commentary in recent years And yet I found myself wanting to read something substantial about skating, and lo, I stumbled upon this self published book A disclaimer I hate Dick Button There s always been something about his commentary that grated on me and inspired much yelling at the television When I had a chance to ice skate, one of the first things I did was mimic footage I d seen of him, arms down, fingers twisted up.So, to put it mildly, I haven t really gone looking for Dick Button s commentary in recent years And yet I found myself wanting to read something substantial about skating, and lo, I stumbled upon this self published book.And, to my horror, I liked it.Let s get the problems out of the way first The book is self published and indulges the author s imagination with a frequent asides to remind us that we re virtually at his house, on his couch, listening to him There are some phrases that are very Dick Button that is, coming across a bit pompous and some content that makes t...As a figure skating fan and a fan of Button s commentary, I really enjoyed this book There are interesting historical tidbits as well as some excellent commentary on the current state of figure skating I would highly recommend this to any long term skating fan.

Push Dicks Button
  • English
  • 06 January 2018
  • Paperback
  • 254 pages
  • 1494223473
  • Dick Button
  • Push Dicks Button