The recent World Figure Skating Championships produced exciting results, including a 19-year-old American landing a quadruple axel. As a neuroscience reporter, I’ve wondered how the brain works when ...
David Nickel's love for skating has led him to become a successful coach in the VGK Skating Academy presented by Atomic Golf. Nickel loved the speed, spins and jumps when he was a kid, and that love ...
To the layman’s eye, the spectacle is simple: a man glides across the ice, jumps and spins, lands, and continues to glide. But Jimmy Ma, a 29-year-old professional figure skater himself, points out ...
How do champion skaters accomplish their extraordinary jumps and spins? Brain science is uncovering clues. By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck is a neuroscience reporter and figure skating fan. The recent ...