Duke University's men's basketball program has been the model for success in Coach Mike Krzyzewski's years at the helm. Under his direction the Blue Devils have won over 400 games, two NCAA Championships, and earned a berth in seven Final Fours. Now you can harness Coach K's strategies for team defense, the transition game, and successful practicing to make your team better than ever. The Duke Basketball Video Series offers special insight into the key components that made all of those Duke wins, championships, and awards possible. You will be transported right to Cameron Indoor Stadium, to see and hear what takes place during Duke practice sessions. Each action-filled tape includes Coach K and the Duke team explaining, demonstrating, and correcting through: coaching points, individual skill instruction, tactical team preparations, and practice drills. Action footage shows how lessons learned on the practice floor are transferred successfully to games. You will find the content capt
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The drive to be #1 in a professional field or on a playing field is a powerful source of motivation for many people. Others place a higher priority on becoming a better person. Embracing Your Potential explains how to achieve excellence and balance in both the performance and personal domains of life. Author Terry Orlick labels these two domains as the 'Gold' and 'Green' zones. The Gold Zone includes the visible, tangible achievement markers, such as career advancement, win-loss records, and financial status. The Green Zone involves relationships and intellectual, spiritual, and cultural pursuits. Orlick argues that 'going for the Gold' need not-and should not-require sacrificing the growth and development of the Green, and that the two zones can be nurtured simultaneously. Both inspirational and practical, Embracing Your Potential shares insights and quotes from elite athletes, performers, and people in highly demanding jobs. It also features 30 exercises that can help readers make m
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It's not a secret that the most vital piece of golf equipment is the human body, yet most golfers believe the best ways to lower scores are big-head drivers, premium golf spikes, and other top-of-the-line tools. It's better physical conditioning that allows the pros to hit drives farther than ever, play 72-hole tournaments nearly every week, and rehabilitate even career-threatening injuries. These pros use the workouts prescribed by the fitness consultant and personal fitness trainer for players on both the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour, Kelly Blackburn. In Exercises for Elite Golf Performance, Blackburn provides the same strength and flexibility program the pros use. Whether you're a fitness professional, teaching professional, coach, or a golfer serious about improving your game, this book ensures you're getting the top training program available. It includes 138 illustrated exercises and Blackburn's 'Fitness Analyzer,' a series of tests golfers use to evaluate their beginning fitness
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Fencing: Steps to Success covers all of the essential skills of the epee and foil forms of fencing. This book will serve as the perfect training guide for less experienced fencers and students of fencing, as well as a valuable reference for instructors of this highly technical sport. One of the most recognized fencing figures in the United States, author Elaine Cheris shares her expertise as both a fencer and instructor. In each progressive learning step, she carefully describes each major skill, presents sequential illustrations (approximately 150 in all) to show how to perform the skill, and then provides a series of drills to refine the skills through practice. The book's step-by-step teaching method is both challenging and fun for the student, promoting skills development and motivation to learn more. It's the perfect technique-development guide and a valuable reference. Having made the U.S. Olympic team in both epee and foil, Cheris covers both forms in this book, giving you a wel
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With the ABCA's new Baseball Skills & Drills video series, you can learn how to organize better practices, gain a better understanding of what drills you need to develop fundamental baseball skills, and improve your chances at a winning season! Developed in conjunction with the American Baseball Coaches Association � the world's leading baseball coaching organization � the Baseball Skills & Drills video series features coaches from three of the nation's top collegiate baseball programs: Mark Johnson, the on-camera expert in Hitting and Baserunning, is a successful coach at Texas A&M University's baseball program and a highly respected clinician and teacher. Pitching and Catching features Mississippi State University's Pat McMahon, who was considered one of the top collegiate pitching coaches in the nation before being named head coach. Fielding features Jack Leggett of Clemson University. Since taking over the Clemson program, Leggett has consistently had his team in the hunt for the
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You can now learn essential softball skills and drills from one of the best softball coaches of all time, Judi Garman. In the Softball Skills & Drills video series, Garman and her players show the methods they used to build championship-caliber teams year after year. In each video, each skill is carefully explained and properly demonstrated, often shown repeatedly in slow motion and at different angles for maximum effect. Garman follows this instruction with drills designed specifically to practice and master the technique she just taught. Throughout the video, Garman makes key teaching points for players and coaches, corrects errors when she spots them, and indicates how to adjust the drills according to skill level. From proper throwing technique to fielding a backhand or fly ball, let Garman show infielders and outfielders how to become defensive stars in the Fielding video. Judi Garman is one of the most recognized names in collegiate softball. Under Garman, Cal State Fullerton's s
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Like Teaching Flexibility, this video covers flexibility assessment, basic principles of stretching, and the HK Stretch Routine-but the content is geared to the athlete or client rather than the fitness professional, trainer, or coach. Athletes and active people often ignore flexibility in their workouts. This new video shows you how to assess and increase your flexibility so you'll look, feel, and perform better, no matter what your sports and fitness goals. First the video explains the physiology of stretching. Then you'll learn 13 simple tests to check your own range of motion for all major joints. Finally, you'll learn the HK Stretch Routine for each major muscle group-14 stretches proven to increase and maintain maximum flexibility. Part I covers the benefits of stretching, including: increasing range of motion, improving physical performance through increased flexibility, balancing strength with flexibility, and reducing chance of injury. You'll also learn factors that affect f
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The experience of flow is still one of the least understood phenomena in sport. And yet it is one of the richest, most memorable experiences an athlete will ever know. Some call it a natural 'high.' Others refer to it as being 'in a zone.' Whatever it's called, flow is an elusive and very sought-after psychological state that athletes, coaches, and sport psychologists have tried to understand, harness, and employ to their benefit since Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi first coined the term back in the early 1970s. Now, in the first book devoted exclusively to flow in sports, the pioneering legend Csikszentmihalyi and sport psychology researcher Susan Jackson attempt not only to explain the phenomenon but also to identify the key conditions associated with its occurrence. The book begins with a description of what flow is and is not. Flow is defined as a person's total absorption into an activity. While it is always a peak, satisfying experience, it is not necessarily associated with peak perfo
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Successful soccer players understand the game, have the skills to execute the techniques and tactics, and are conditioned to meet the physical demands of the sport. A fourth and equally important factor in soccer success is mental toughness. Being a champion requires concentration, discipline, motivation, and a positive attitude. Now players can learn to meet and overcome the mental challenges of intense competition with Focused for Soccer. This book alone delivers such in-depth, easy-to-follow guidelines for maximizing individual performance on the soccer field. Focused for Soccer will help you sharpen mental skills and unleash your full potential. Better than general sport psychology text, Focused for Soccer is filled with practical tips and step-by-step techniques that transfer directly to the game. Part of Human Kinetics' popular Focused for Sports series, this book makes the case that physical skills and conditioning must be combined with psychological skills to be a champion. Eu
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Since the 1980s, football teams have used the West Coast Offense to win championships. From Bill Walsh's San Francisco 49ers juggernaut, to Brigham Young University's record-smashing Cougars, to the 1997 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers, this passing attack is a proven winner. Now you can learn the secrets of this system, no matter what level you coach. This how-to book comes packed with 244 Xs and Os diagrams and explains the pro-style attack in simple and clear language. The authors, both former coaches on the BYU staff, explain how to tailor the system to suit your personnel, whether it's for ball control or big-play needs. They also include a mini-playbook that shows you how to attack various defensive coverages. Football's West Coast Offense provides position-specific skill instruction that addresses: fundamentals of each offensive position, passing concepts, protection, plays, and reading or attacking coverages. The book explains each pass pattern and shows how to use each
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A unique blend of energy, expressiveness, individual interpretation, and physical conditioning, VOP is the hot style of jazz dance that's captivating dancers and audiences alike. Frank Hatchett � one of the most well-known, influential teachers and choreographers in the world � coined the term VOP while teaching his students how to accent a step and stylize a movement. Since that time, VOP has become synonymous with Hatchett's style of jazz dance. Hatchett perfected his unique style while teaching stars such as Madonna, Brooke Shields, Naomi Campbell, Vanessa Williams, Olivia Newton-John, MTV's Downtown Julie Brown, Justine Bateman, and Savion Glover. All documented in this one-of-a-kind book, Frank Hatchett's Jazz Dance gives you a behind-the-scenes look at Frank Hatchett and his exciting style of dance, with an in-depth look at what VOP is and where it came from. After you gain a basic understanding of the Hatchett style, it's time to lace up your jazz shoes. Warm-ups include rhythmi
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Build an explosive freestyle sparring arsenal with powerful techniques, precise timing, and superior tactics! Packed with valuable sparring drills and strategies, Freestyle Sparring provides the tools you need to develop and refine your fighting skills. Grandmaster Woo Jin Jung, a lifelong Taekwondo artist and 8th Dan black belt, has written the ultimate freestyle sparring resource for beginning, intermediate, and advanced martial artists in all hard-style disciplines. Regardless of your current skill level, Freestyle Sparring's skills, drills, tactics, and conditioning will help you become a faster, stronger, smarter fighter. Grandmaster Jung shares his wealth of knowledge and experience by providing the following: Detailed instruction of proper technique Drills for refining technique, timing, and conditioning Skill assessment checklists to maximize strengths and minimize weaknesses Mental tactics that provide superior focus and discipline Strategies for incorporating techniques fro
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Teaching correct techniques in track and field can be a challenge, especially for less experienced coaches and physical educators. The broad range of knowledge required to teach and coach so many varied events makes track and field one of the most technically complex sport areas to master. Fundamentals of Track and Field simplifies the learning and teaching process with clear, progressive instruction. Coaches and physical educators will find the book especially useful, answering common questions such as, 'What sequence of lead-ups and drills should be used?' and 'How do I make my teaching and coaching environment as safe as possible?' Written by former Olympic athlete and veteran coach Gerry Carr, this book presents valuable information for teaching and coaching every track and field event, including such frequently excluded events as the 400-meter hurdles, steeplechase, triple jump, hammer throw, and race walking. For each event, the book provides: step-by-step instructions progressi
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Discover a revolutionary and superior way to coach! Games Approach to Coaching Baseball shows you how to use this new approach to help 6- to 14-year-old athletes learn game skills and tactics more effectively than with the traditional 'drills-first, play-later' approach. The games approach begins with kids playing the game. As they play, they learn and appreciate the skills and tactics needed to play the game successfully. Games are modified to strengthen individual technique and team play. Kids have more fun and are more motivated to practice in these small-sided games rather than standing in boring drill lines. Games Approach to Coaching Baseball clearly demonstrates how to: modify games to focus on particular skills and tactics; adjust the difficulty depending on your athletes' needs; assess players as they play; actively involve players in the learning process; and teach and refine baseball skills and strategies. This video is part of the Games Approach to Coaching video series,
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Discover a revolutionary and superior way to coach! Games Approach to Coaching Basketball shows you how to use this new approach to help 6- to 14-year-old athletes learn game skills and tactics more effectively than with the traditional 'drills-first, play-later' approach. The games approach begins with kids playing the game. As they play, they learn and appreciate the skills and tactics needed to play the game successfully. Games are modified to strengthen individual technique and team play. Kids have more fun and are more motivated to practice in these small-sided games rather than standing in boring drill lines. Games Approach to Coaching Basketball clearly demonstrates how to: modify games to focus on particular skills and tactics; adjust the difficulty depending on your athletes' needs; assess players as they play; actively involve players in the learning process; and teach and refine basketball skills and strategies. This video is part of the Games Approach to Coaching video se
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Discover a revolutionary and superior way to coach! Games Approach to Coaching Soccer shows you how to use this new approach to help 6- to 14-year-old athletes learn game skills and tactics more effectively than with the traditional 'drills-first, play-later' approach. The games approach begins with kids playing the game. As they play, they learn and appreciate the skills and tactics needed to play the game successfully. Games are modified to strengthen individual technique and team play. Kids have more fun and are more motivated to practice in these small-sided games rather than standing in boring drill lines. Games Approach to Coaching Soccer clearly demonstrates how to modify games to focus on particular skills and tactics; adjust the difficulty depending on your athletes' needs; assess players as they play; actively involve players in the learning process; and teach and refine soccer skills and strategies. This video is part of the Games Approach to Coaching Video Series, which
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Games Approach to Coaching Softball is the newest addition to the American Sport Education Program's (ASEP) Games Approach to Coaching Sport video series. The Games Approach to Coaching Softball video presents an in-depth look at the games approach to coaching, which is discussed in the Coaching Youth Softball book. This revolutionary coaching technique emphasizes learning through play, and it helps coaches create an even more successful softball experience for their players. With detailed demonstrations of 10 games to teach essential softball strategies and tactics, the Games Approach to Coaching Softball video shows you how to help 8- to 14-year-old athletes learn softball skills and tactics more effectively than the traditional 'drills first, play later' approach. In addition to learning the games, coaches can learn how to: modify games to focus on particular skills and tactics; adjust the difficulty depending on athletes' needs; assess players as they play; actively involve player
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Games Approach to Coaching Tennis is the newest addition to the American Sport Education Program's (ASEP) Games Approach to Coaching Sport video series. The Games Approach to Coaching Tennis video presents a more in-depth look at the games approach to coaching, which is discussed in the Coaching Youth Tennis book. This revolutionary coaching technique emphasizes learning through play, and it helps coaches create an even more successful tennis experience for their players. Detailed demonstrations of 14 games will help you teach essential tennis tactics for singles and doubles play at the beginning adult and youth levels. In addition to learning the games, coaches and instructors can learn how to: modify games to focus on particular skills and tactics; adjust the difficulty depending on athletes' needs; assess players as they play; actively involve players in the learning process; and teach and refine tennis skills and strategies. Developed in conjunction with the USTA and used in the
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