Not only are modern athletes larger and more muscular than their predecessors, but they also move with a swiftness and power never seen before. Training for Speed, Agility, and Quickness is the workout guide and DVD package you need in order to perform a step ahead of the competition. What elevates this book to become the ultimate training resource is the bonus DVD, ideal for both athletes and coaches. It allows you to see exactly how to perform key tests and execute the best and most complex drills from the book. Sample training programs are included for the following sports: Baseball and softball Basketball Soccer and field hockey Volleyball Football Tennis Netball Cricket Rugby Australian rules football Top sport and conditioning experts present the best information on testing, techniques, drills, and training programs available to maximize athletes' innate movement capabilities. The book contains 195 drills, many of which are fully illustrated, while the most complex drills a
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Race your best this season with science-based training specifically geared for teenage runners. Your performance will soar when you follow the proven guidelines on designing customized daily, weekly, and seasonal programs. Running experts Larry Greene and Russ Pate combine the latest research with what works in the most successful high school and college programs throughout the country. You`ll learn how to optimize performance through tempo running, interval training, technique drills, circuit and weight training, and flexibility exercises. And you`ll gain a competitive advantage by applying guidelines for choosing the best foods and nutritional supplements, developing mental fitness, and preventing injuries. Training for Young Distance Runners has everything you need to build a winning training program for cross country, track and field, and road racing events. Get this book and get ahead of the pack! 6/22/2004 copyright, 240 pages.
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No matter what distances you're training for, Triathlon Training offers expert guidance for improving your racing from start to finish. Triathlon Training contains six race-specific programs - two for sprint distances, two for Olympic distances, one for the half Ironman, and one for the Ironman. The sprint and Olympic programs include target race times to help you choose the best program for yourself, based on your ability level. It also details a 12-week, step-by-step, base-building program that you can use to work up to racing distances. The instruction, time management tips, and drills in Triathlon Training will help you make the most effective use of each training day. Insights from athletes' profiles and information on nutrition, supplements, and equipment offer additional ways to maximize training as you prepare for competition. The book examines the most common triathlon injuries, offers advice on preventing those injuries, and details how to treat and recover from them,
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Train smarter and get better results no matter how busy your lifestyle. Triathlon Workout Planner is like having your own personal support team to prioritize training, fit workouts into your schedule, and plan for long-term racing success. By choosing the right workout at the right time, you can actually improve efficiency, technique, and overall fitness level in less time with these invaluable tools: Three or four key workouts that serve as the core of your weekly training schedule The 80/20 rule, which focuses on the 20% of training that gets 80% of the results Workout choices based on available time and target heart rate for customized training Eight weeks of log pages to gauge progress and make weekly adjustments, helping you stay on track and stay injury free Racing plans for every distance-from sprint to Ironman Take control of your training and your schedule with Triathlon Workout Planner . Train more efficiently and effectively for better performance on and off the race co
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Improve your poaches, hone your hucks, and sharpen your cuts. With Ultimate Techniques & Tactics as your guide, you will master all of the offensive and defensive skills and principles critical to excelling in the sport. This essential handbook contains more than the mechanics of the game; it presents in-depth instruction on using key skills such as throwing, cutting, and catching in game situations. You will study flight paths to maximize your chances of completing passes; understand the finer points of catching; and learn when, where, and how to cut to gain yardage, improve disc position, and maintain possession. You will also stun your opponents when your team employs the offensive and defensive strategies learned in Ultimate Techniques & Tactics . Use your complete knowledge of offensive skills to organize such offenses as zone, stack, weave, and split stack. And when every point matters, create an impenetrable line of defense to save the game. Disrupt your competitors' rhyt
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With more than 200,000 athletes each year suffering noncontact injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the knee, there is finally an up-to-date reference for professionals whose work involves developing and implementing programs to prevent such injuries. Understanding and Preventing Noncontact ACL Injuries provides an authoritative description of the biomechanical, clinical, and injury factors pertinent to the athletes-primarily girls and young women-who experience this problem. To help readers understand how to incorporate targeted interventions, the book uses a preventive rather than strictly clinical approach to ACL injuries. It provides a thorough description of the current problem on an international scale, the rationale for developing prevention programs, the discrete risk factors for noncontact ACL injuries, and an analysis of current research data on the effects of interventions designed to prevent these injuries. Understanding and Preventing Noncontact ACL In
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Understanding Sport Organizations: The Application of Organization Theory, Second Edition, a new edition of a ground-breaking text, continues to give readers a strong foundation in organization theory and application of that theory by providing a real-world context to all its issues. It engages readers by providing opportunities to discover the theory in practice through use of profiles, case studies, and examples of sport organizations in each chapter. Updated with new research and current examples that will help the reader develop a clearer understanding of organization theory, this edition benefits the reader by featuring: A new chapter on strategic alliances explores the growing complexity of sport organizations and the impact that complexity has on the planning and decision making of sport managers. It will help current and future professionals recognize and understand the opportunities that exist both outside and within the sport industry to benefit their organizations. A new
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Updated and invigorated, Understanding Sports Massage, Second Edition, provides readers with an understanding of the fundamental theory and practical basis for using sports massage to keep athletes in top shape, recover from injuries, and improve performance. Like the successful first edition, Understanding Sports Massage is ideal for sport professionals and students in sports massage training programs. The book illustrates and explains massage techniques in detail and describes the procedures involved in conducting effective sports massage sessions, including determining goals, organizing the session, and choosing and applying techniques. In addition to serving sport professionals, the new edition of Understanding Sports Massage will be useful to coaches, athletes, and teachers. They will be introduced to massage techniques that they can learn and apply in nonmedical situations such as in warm-ups, preparing for and recovering from competition, reducing the potential for injuri
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Gain the vegetarian advantage! Vegetarian meal plans have been used successfully in everything from bodybuilding to endurance sports. Every day more and more athletes - even those who are not full-time vegetarians - incorporate a plant-based diet when training or recovering from competition. Relying on the recent evidence-based research, Vegetarian Sports Nutrition details performance and health benefits, including enhanced muscle recovery and optimal bone health. With tailored meal plans and training strategies, you will learn to make smart nutritional decisions and to properly fuel your body throughout your training regimen. This comprehensive resource simplifies the process of determining your energy, protein, vitamin, and mineral needs and monitoring carbohydrate and fat intake. You'll learn how to optimize a vegetarian diet for peak performance across all sports. Whether you are a dedicated vegetarian looking to add variety to your diet or an athlete searching for a competiti
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In volleyball, the little things often mean the difference between being good and being great. But bridging the gap between the two requires the patience, persistence, and insight that come with experience. The Volleyball Handbook provides access to that experience through the knowledge and teachings of one of volleyball's foremost experts in both boys' and girls' play. In this practical guide, veteran coach Bob Miller goes beyond the fundamentals to give you a grasp on the finer points of the sport that are essential to winning championships. Filled with practical, nuts-and-bolts information, each chapter is like a personal coaching clinic designed to help individuals and teams improve. Whether you're learning to execute offensive and defensive techniques and tactics or organizing productive practices and game preparation, this insider's guide will help ensure topnotch performances in matches and tournaments. And, because volleyball success hinges on a total team effort, you'll be
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Master volleyball's key techniques and elevate performance in all facets of the sport. Volleyball Skills & Drills teaches the fundamentals and contains the proper progressions to help players master and apply those skills on the court when it counts. Featuring 90 of the sport's best drills, this guide will maximize both the rate and quality of learning to help players and coaches get the most out of each practice session. Developed by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, this book includes an introduction by Taras Liskevych and chapters from 10 of the game's top coaches on the topics they know best: Paul Arrington: Practicing Sean Byron: Setting Don Hardin: Blocking Jim McLaughlin: Attacking Marilyn Nolen: Receiving Serves Penn State assistants with Russ Rose: Playing Defense Tom Peterson: Serving Joan Powell: Digging Joe Sagula: Playing Offense Stephanie Schleuder: Transitioning Volleyball Skills & Drills is both the perfect in-season coaching manual and a superb o
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Cover the court with confidence by mastering the essentials of the game. Volleyball: Steps to Success offers a comprehensive, progressive approach with a proven system for learning, expert instruction, crisp illustrations, and 60 drills to improve play on both sides of the net. Volleyball: Steps to Success establishes a solid foundation by detailing proper footwork and posture before moving on to the individual skills of serving, passing, setting, attacking, blocking, and digging. Recent changes in the game, such as the addition of the libero position and rally scoring, are highlighted in the team-oriented steps covering offense, defense, transitioning, and out-of-system play. The carefully selected drills and step-by-step instruction speed the development process, and the scoring system for each drill and step helps gauge progress along the way. 8/11/2006 copyright, 192 pages.
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Swimming participation in the United States rose to 58 million in 2005, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. A popular activity for both fun and fitness, swimming is now easier to learn, enjoy, and use as exercise with Water Fun . Including more than 100 stunts, skills, games, and workouts that may be tailored to meet specific needs, this book has something for every age and skill level. To help beginners gain confidence in the water, basic water exercises that may be performed in a vertical position are provided, along with workout options that do not require participants to be fully submerged in the water. Water Fun also includes activities for exercisers who want to transition from water exercise to swimming. Athletes, along with instructors, coaches, and athletic trainers, will also find sport-specific and cross-training activities to enhance their conditioning regimens. With a complete collection of individual and group activities that require little, if
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The activities from the book Water Fun come to life in the Water Fun DVD . These aquatic activities are ideal for participants of all ages and skill levels because they're easy on the joints, they don't cause heat stress, and - most important - they're fun! The majority of the 57 activities included on the DVD occur in shallow water and require little, if any, swimming skill. Terri Lees hosts and narrates this DVD that is divided into five segments: Levels of Performance Aqua Basics Sports Aqua Partner Stunts and Skills Water Games That Train Each segment includes several activities, and instructors are encouraged to create their own variations of these activities following basic safety guidelines. The name and objective of each activity are clearly shown to help instructors ensure that participants get the most out of every activity. Underwater photography is used extensively on this DVD to make the activities easy to learn and teach. 2/9/2007 copyright, approximately 50 minutes
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Swimming participation in the United States rose to 58 million in 2005, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. A popular activity for both fun and fitness, swimming is now easier to learn, enjoy, and use as exercise with Water Fun . Including more than 100 stunts, skills, games, and workouts that may be tailored to meet specific needs, this book has something for every age and skill level. To help beginners gain confidence in the water, basic water exercises that may be performed in a vertical position are provided, along with workout options that do not require participants to be fully submerged in the water. Water Fun also includes activities for exercisers who want to transition from water exercise to swimming. Athletes, along with instructors, coaches, and athletic trainers, will also find sport-specific and cross-training activities to enhance their conditioning regimens. With a complete collection of individual and group activities that require little, if
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If you're looking for a book that combines great fun with solid learning, then look no further! Water Learning contains fun-filled water activities that help children develop cognition, perceptual-motor abilities, physical fitness, social interaction skills, and self-esteem. Even though all of the 95 activities use water in some way, this book includes 51 activities in which a pool is not necessary, making this a wonderful resource for any setting. This book is not a 'how to swim' book, but rather a guide filled with activities that can be an integral part of physical, occupational, or recreational therapy; integrated into traditional aquatic programs; and used at home under the guidance of parents. With this book, any adult can be a water learning facilitator. Using a movement exploration format and a problem-solving approach, the activities have success integrated into them. These activities are easy to stage, practical, and engaging; they also enhance the growth and development
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Take the guesswork out of strength training and understand the details of proper technique, weight loads, and reps. The no-nonsense approach of Weight Training, Third Edition: Steps to Success has guided more than 175,000 readers to their strength training goals, step by step-and it will do the same for you! You will develop through a thorough, progressive approach to strength training with either free weights or machines. Learn which exercises target what muscles and how to perform each one correctly and safely. Then determine the amount of weight and the number of repetitions and sets that you should lift in order to achieve your objectives. Finally, develop a workout and program that fit your interests and training preferences. Whether your goal is improving muscular endurance, building strength, increasing muscle mass, toning, or enhancing body composition, Weight Training, Third Edition: Steps to Success will help you achieve it. With more than 30 exercises explained and illus
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If you`d like to experience the thrills - but avoid the spills - of windsurfing, this is the book that will get you ready to set sail! From basic skills to descriptions of some of the world`s most popular windsurfing locales, Windsurfing provides all the information you need to get started in this exhilarating sport. Ken Winner, former world-champion windsurfer, shares the knowledge he has gained in two decades of windsurfing competition. His expert instruction, presented in an easy-to-read style, makes learning the basics so simple, you`ll want to head out on the water immediately! Filled with dozens of full-color photos, this comprehensive guide covers all the fundamentals beginners need so they can become competent windsurfers, including: how to determine which type of windsurfing is right for you, what to wear, where to get the equipment you need, how to find a good sailing site, how to perform basic turns, exercises to strengthen and stretch muscles and prevent injury, how to a
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