Pitching Mechanics offers softball players and coaches at all competitive levels an invaluable instructional tool for better understanding the key mechanical factors involved in pitching effectively. In an easy-to-understand and apply manner, the DVD breaks down the fundamental building blocks of sound softball pitching and details how each block should be performed. Among the topics covered in the DVD: wrist snap, release and follow-through, arm circle, legs, release and finish, the stride, pre-pitch motion and feet positioning. 2006, 37 minutes.
Price: 37.95
Developing a Successful Cross Country Program is a resource-packed, comprehensive handbook that touches on virtually every aspect of the sport. Chapters include defining your program, season checklist, periodization made easy, planning a practice, racing strategies and tactics, meet day considerations, and season-ending responsibilities. Also includes information on planning a home cross country meet, injuries and nutrition, as well as fundraising ideas. 2005, 108 pages.
Price: 19.95
Goes beyond conditioning and the X's and O's to reveal an overlooked but equally critical element to playing sound volleyball�the mental game. Offers coaches at any level of play the tools they need to overcome performance barriers and enhance their mental and emotional toughness. Introduces numerous concepts, including mental mechanics, performance barriers, expanding player capacities, mechanical breakdowns, automaticity of performance and mental-skills training strategies. 2005, 182 pages.
Price: 19.95
Basic Freestyle Swimming Technique features a progressive system of skills and drills that is focused on perfecting the basic elements of successful and efficient swimming. The program details a systematic process for developing the crawl stroke 'from the inside out.' In an easy-to-understand and apply manner, the fundamentals and techniques involved in efficiently performing the freestyle stroke are explained and shown. 2004, 51 minutes.
Price: 37.95
Basketball Offense: Lessons from the Legends is a comprehensive reference that serves both as a useful guide and a fascinating retrospective of the offensive philosophies of 34 Naismith Hall of Fame Coaches. Fundamentals, team and individual drills, rules and guidelines, and other topics follow insightful biographical sections and scouting reports on each contributing coach. The list of contributors includes Jody Conradt, Larry Brown, Pete Newell, Adolph Rupp, Kay Yow, John Wooden, and many others. Produced in cooperation with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 2005, 310 pages.
Price: 29.95
Legendary coach Mauro Panaggio has enjoyed tremendous success at every competitive level. Accolades from basketball names such as Phil Jackson, George Karl, and Maurice Cheeks adorn the back cover of Building a Winning Basketball Program and attest to Coach Panaggio's wide-ranging influence. With chapters dedicated to such critical topics as developing a philosophy of coaching, physical and mental conditioning, practice planning, the all-purpose offense, building the defense, and game preparation, this book provides remarkable insight and guidelines for coaches at all levels. 2004, 124 pages.
Price: 17.95
An entire year's worth of state-of-the-art conditioning for the sport of basketball. Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and former UNC men's basketball head strength coach (1994-2001) Ben Cook outlines five unique phases of strength and conditioning to coincide with the basketball season: Beginning of the post-season, early summer workouts, late summer workouts, preseason and finally in-season workouts. Each phase is designed to promote optimum conditioning, and comes complete with pre-made weekly routines that incorporate the ideal sequence, frequency and duration of each week's activities. Includes over two hundred illustrated exercise drills to enhance flexibility, strength and power, speed and power, agility, running and cardio respiratory capacity. Massive 8 ' by 11' format packed with over 280 pages of information. 2002, 283 pages.
Price: 21.95
Includes 18 articles from past editions of the renowned Coach of the Year Clinics Manuals. Among the coaches whose articles are included in this volume are Frank Beamer, Bobby Bowden, Larry Coker, Joe Paterno, and Tyrone Willingham. This updated second edition also includes articles by Bob Stoops of Oklahoma and Mike Bellotti of Oregon. Edited by Earl Browning of Nike Coach of the Year Clinics. 2003, 238 pages.
Price: 19.95
Coaching Football's Special Situations focuses exclusively on those plays and aspects of the game that are directed involved in winning - big plays, scoring zones, penalties and turnovers, special teams, managing the clock, and other game components that frequently don't get enough attention in practice. Former NFL head coach Tom Flores calls this book 'one of the three or four football coaching books that every coach must have.' 2005, 156 pages.
Price: 19.95
The updated second edition of this classic work on how to install the split 4-4 defense. The book features special sections on the formation and motion adjustments for the defensive line, linebackers, and defensive backs. Contains dozens of illustrations and diagrams, as well as the keys and reactions for each front and coverage. 2003, 140 pages.
Price: 17.95
Updated from its original best-selling first edition to a larger format, this version now includes articles by Mike Cassity of the University of Illinois on the defensive secondary blitz package and Keven Coyle of the Cincinnati Bengals on individual secondary techniques and drills. Fourteen other coaches offer advice and recommendations on virtually every aspect of the skills involved in sound defensive back play. 2002, 194 pages.
Price: 19.95
The definitive resource on this popular offense. Examines the empty backfield offensive system; offensive line run blocking rules and drills; pass protection; the empty backfield running game; developing the empty backfield passing game (play action passes, draws, and screens); field position and down and distance strategy; and pre-reading defenses. 2004, 134 pages.
Price: 17.95
Special teams create the transitional phase of a football game, and errors or mistakes result in big plays that can change the course of a game. Former coach and athletic director Dennis Harris shows how to perfect this vital aspect of special teams play. Includes chapters on the punt, kickoff coverage, the kickoff return, the punt return, the punt block, PAT and field goal block, PAT and field goal protection, organization and scouting. Also includes sample kicking game implementation schedules, sample kicking scripts, game depth chart, and more. 2004, 120 pages.
Price: 17.95
The definitive work on the multiple West Coast offense. Covers basic offensive philosophy, installing the offense, the run game, passing game and pass protection systems, quarterback teaching progressions and passing elements, understanding defensive coverages, the wide receiver, run and passing game plays, and more. Dozens of illustrations and diagrams. 2003, 261 pages.
Price: 21.95
Noted author and coach of 20 years John Rice examines why the spread offense has become so prevalent in the last few years, and then offers the philosophy, concepts, tips and diagrams of current defensive strategies that give the reader the necessary tools to successfully defend against the spread offense. Includes information on formulating a defensive strategy, attacking various pass protection schemes, the 4-2-5 nickel versus the spread offense, the 3-3-5 nickel versus the spread offense, the dime package versus the spread offense, the 4-3 defense versus the spread offense, and the 46 nickel versus the spread offense. Also includes even- and odd-front strategies versus the empty backfield. 2004, 192 pages.
Price: 19.95
An indispensable collection of defensive football drills from the top coaches in the game. Includes drills for the defensive line, defensive end, linebacker, and defensive back, as well as tackling drills, defensive pursuit and general agility drills. Also includes drills for developing and maintaining cardiovascular endurance, and examines medical and legal considerations, sports medicine guidelines, and Summer two-a-day practice guidelines. 2005, 278 pages.
Price: 21.95
Features a complete play book for the 3-3-5 defense, capable of dealing with all of the problems that may confront a modern defense. Includes all of the terminology necessary to install the entire system, with detailed explanations and over 150 illustrations of how to stop football's most explosive running play with the 3-3-5 defense. Contains the assignments and techniques necessary to implement the most effective pass coverages (both man and zone) versus the modern passing game. Offers a complete stunt package that complements and enhances each pass coverage. 2005, 132 pages.
Price: 19.95
101 Game-tested play-action and run plays from the bunch formation. Examines the key elements of every great offense, tight bunch formations and their strategic considerations, installing a system of comprehensive blocking assignments, and covers the power, slant, sprint-out, belly, sweep, quick pitch, speed option, iso, buck sweep, and draw series. Each play is thoroughly diagrammed and illustrated. 2005, 172 pages.
Price: 17.95
