Improve your racing performance through multi speed training! Whether your distance is 5K, marathon, or anything in-between, Road Racing for Serious Runners tells you how to train smarter and run faster. This training plan is based on solid science, and its physiological basis is clearly explained and incorporated into a running program that produces maximum results and reduces the risk of injury. In Road Racing for Serious Runners, Pete Pfitzinger-a world-class marathoner, distance running coach, and exercise physiologist-tells you how to get the most out of your limited training time. Pfitzinger teams up with former Running Times editor-in-chief Scott Douglas to present a training and racing plan that will help you excel in the full spectrum of road racing distances. You will learn how to: design a week-by-week training program, determine the right pace to run during speed workouts, get the most out of long runs, taper training before an important race, detect and avoid staleness an
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The Rookie Coaches Gymnastics Guide provides a unique combination of coaching advice and gymnastics information for the entry-level gymnastics coach. This concise book presents the basic principles of coaching and shows you how to teach gymnastics skills to girls and boys. Developed by the American Coaching Effectiveness Program (now the American Sport Education Program) in cooperation with USA Gymnastics, the Rookie Coaches Gymnastics Guide is devoted to giving developing youth coaches the general coaching and specific sport information they need to be successful. This book details: your major responsibilities as a coach, the tools required to be an effective coach, the communication skills necessary for coaching young gymnasts, the steps in planning classes and teaching gymnastics skills, the basics for preventing and caring for injuries, and ways to protect yourself from legal liability. In addition, the book gives you essential gymnastics information, including: an overview of t
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The Rookie Coaches Swimming Guide provides a unique combination of coaching advice and swimming expertise for the beginning youth swimming coach. This concise book presents the basic principles of coaching and shows you how to teach fundamental swimming skills to young swimmers. The Rookie Coaches Swimming Guide was developed by the American Sport Education Program � America's premier coaching education program. With contributions by John Leonard, executive director of the American Swim Coaches Association, this guide details: your major responsibilities as a coach, the tools required to be an effective coach, the communication skills necessary for coaching young athletes, the steps in planning practices and teaching swimming skills, the methods for preventing and caring for injuries, and how to protect yourself from legal liability. In addition, the book provides essential information for coaching swimming, including: information on swimming pools and equipment; a discussion of the
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Rugby: Steps to Success is loaded with all the fundamentals, position-specific techniques, and key tactics needed to be a winner in rugby union competition. Authors from England's Rugby Football Union provide the expert instruction and special insights for getting an edge on an opponent. This complete instructional book includes sections covering: ball handling, passing, and receiving; kicking; tackling and contact; player positions--front five, middle five, and back five; and tactics and strategies. With its 73 drills and 176 illustrations, Rugby: Steps to Success is the sport's perfect practice and learning tool. Step-by-step, players will develop and refine basic individual skills, then move on to execute intermediate-level team tactics. Part of the highly popular Steps to Success Activity Series, this book teaches the essentials needed to compete and win. About the Author Tony Biscombe has more than 25 years of Rugby Union coaching experience. As a member of staff of the Rug
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Few writers have provided more thoughtful insight on running than Running 101 author Joe Henderson. A respected voice on the subject since the 1960s, he now distills the wisdom of his years into 101 practical lessons that are ideal for beginning and intermediate runners looking for new ways to improve and enjoy the sport. Henderson's wealth of experience is evident on every page as he covers the nuts-and-bolts basics of the sport he knows as few others do. Throughout the book's 15 informative and entertaining chapters, he teaches you how to: set and meet realistic goals, plan your training and racing season, evaluate and track your progress, choose appropriate shoes and running gear, avoid and recover from injury, eat for training and racing, return after time off, run faster and longer, follow a training program for the 5K to marathon, and recover smarter and faster from hard training and racing. Whether you're lacing up your running shoes for the first time, coming back after an i
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Many middle aged runners face a common problem: the personal challenge and inner rewards that were once powerful motives driving their running program have faded with time. What started as an invigorating ritual that refreshed the body and spirit has become too familiar and oftentimes monotonous. Running Past 50 was written to remedy this problem and restore the fun and meaning to running. Author Rich Benyo - who is editor of Marathon & Beyond, a former executive editor of Runner's World, and a devoted runner himself-shows runners how to reinvent their running so that the years after 50 can be the best in their careers. Through an engaging writing style and humorous anecdotes, Benyo helps runners: evaluate their physical condition and mental motivation, set new goals, train more effectively, understand good nutrition and hydration, avoid injuries, and stay motivated. Benyo shows seasoned runners how to make adjustments to their running program so that training becomes more effecti
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Imagine training with the best distance runners and running coaches of our time, learning their favorite and most effective workouts, and discovering their hard-earned secrets to success. With Running Tough you'll find yourself running side by side with such world-class runners as Bill Rodgers, Libbie Hickman, Frank Shorter, Arthur Lydiard, Ron Clarke, Emil Zatopek, and Adam Goucher, tasting their unwavering dedication and determination, and viewing firsthand their training runs. Written by prolific running journalist Michael Sandrock, Running Tough organizes the workouts by training goals to create a user-friendly handbook. This allows you to develop a customized training plan using the most appropriate workouts for training and racing. You'll find chapters dedicated to: long runs, to help develop aerobic endurance off-road training, to build and strengthen the legs; fartlek training or the 'speedplay,' to discover variety; interval workouts, to increase speed; hill workouts, to bui
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Serious Tennis is the most comprehensive tennis resource, containing expert instruction on each facet of the game. Learn with the world's top instructors as they provide insights into modern tennis technique, training methods, and match strategy. Combining the sport's latest physical conditioning methods with its most advanced mental training techniques, this book enables you to reach your full potential, regardless of skill level. Top international tennis instructor Scott Williams presents his SMARTS system for perfecting stroke technique. The system includes the following: Seeing Movement Adjusting Rotation Transfer Swing In Serious Tennis, Williams breaks down the four main skill groups in the SMARTS system: stroking skills, playing skills, mental skills, and preparatory skills. He then identifies three phases of development-the core phase, the mileage phase, and the fine-tuning phase-that all players should follow to improve their game. During the fist phase, stroking and playing
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Now you can learn from the most famous and successful coach in tennis! Nick Bollettieri has developed and coached many of the world's top players, including Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, Boris Becker, Mary Pierce, Tommy Haas, and Anna Kournikova. His teaching techniques and effective coaching methods have formed the foundation for these videos, letting you share in his world-renowned knowledge. This video teaches the foundations of tennis strategy by showing how to control the center of the court and make better shot- selection decisions in match play. Bollettieri explains: how shot selection affects court position, correct positions of recovery at the baseline and net, reasons for using shot combinations, and when to hit safe or aggressive shots. Shot Selection and Court Positioning aims to help you become more effective by integrating strategy into your game. About the Author Nick Bollettieri is the most well-known and successful tennis coach in the world today, and his training
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The Skier's Edge is one of those rare books that translates the technical expertise of elite skiers into easy-to-understand, practical terms for serious skiers. It not only explains the mechanics of great skiing; it also shows how it looks-step by step-and describes how it should feel. The first step to improving is to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanics of superb skiing. Technique expert Ron LeMaster explains how the skis interact with the snow and then reveals how to manipulate your skis, boots, and poles to achieve the carved turns, jumps, and pinpoint control that make skiing one of the most exciting winter sports. But that's only the beginning. LeMaster goes on to present the most effective techniques for executing skiing's five most important body movements: Vertical movements Fore-aft movements Lateral balancing movements Rotary movements Edging movements Each major point on technique is accompanied by kinesthetic descriptions to give you a keen sense of how these key
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Build a successful team around the strengths of your players! In Soccer Systems and Strategies, two coaches of the Danish national team provide a practical guide to implementing the world's top styles of play into your game plan. They present soccer's four primary systems of play � defined by the number of players at each position and their alignment on the field � and then break down the different strategies, tactics, and styles of play that can be used within these systems. First, learn the basics of the four primary systems of play: the 4-3-3, the 4-4-2, the 3-5-2, and the 3-4-3. Second, choose a style of play that can be used within some or all of these systems. These include different attacking styles, various defensive styles, and styles that are characteristic of international soccer powers, including the Latin, British, Norwegian, South American, and African styles of play. After you determine the optimal system and style for your team, you learn how to counter opponents' tacti
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Now, for the first time in the sport of fastpitch softball, you can learn from successful coaches and apply their approaches to your own program. In The Softball Coaching Bible, 28 of the top U.S. coaches share their principles, insights, strategies, methods, and experiences to help you enhance the experience and development of your own athletes. Developed in cooperation with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), The Softball Coaching Bible was written by the greatest assembly of college and high school softball coaches ever. The text provides the finer points of coaching softball, presented in an engaging manner that makes the contents easy to apply to your own ball club. The topics range from teaching the best skills and drills to subjects rarely written about, such as developing responsible athletes and building character and loyalty in players. Find out how Mike Candrea develops productive hitters at the University of Arizona, and follow the advice of Fresno State Univ
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Throw faster, improve your technique, learn new pitches, lower your ERA, and experience the thrill of winning more often with The Softball Pitching Edge. This book offers an in-depth look into the art and science of softball pitching that will help you develop elite-level fastpitch skills through drills and expert technical advice. As the owner and pitching instructor at Club K, author Cheri Kempf has been teaching and training thousands of fastpitch softball players since 1987 and is widely recognized as one of the best softball pitching coaches in the country. The Softball Pitching Edge shows the correct way to deliver the ball from the rubber to the plate to maximize effectiveness and minimize the risk of injury. It's the first book on fastpitch softball to dissect the pitching motion through pictures and drawings of the correct mechanics. It also explains how to master those mechanics so that you can throw with greater control and speed. The text covers all the essentials: presenta
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Looking for the ultimate softball 'how-to' book to help you learn and master the essential skills? Softball Skills & Drills covers all the fundamentals to build strong individual players and winning teams. Written by one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history, Softball Skills & Drills shows how to perform and improve hitting, bunting, slap hitting, baserunning, fielding, throwing, pitching, and catching skills. Author Judi Garman has more than 30 years of experience, more than 1,100 victories, and a spot in the National Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. She has proven that she has what it takes to win consistently. Now, Garman shares her formula for developing the fundamentals by packing 170 drills, 142 photos, and 49 illustrations into Softball Skills & Drills. Get complete details on every facet of the game: Power hitting techniques Bunting and slap hitting techniques Baserunning techniques Pitching and catching techniques Position-specific fielding techniques Offensive
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Now you can learn from the most famous and successful coach in tennis! Nick Bollettieri has developed and coached many of the world's top players, including Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, Boris Becker, Mary Pierce, Tommy Haas, and Anna Kournikova. His teaching techniques and effective coaching methods have formed the foundation for these videos, letting you share in his world-renowned knowledge. This video studies the biggest and best serves in today's game and analyzes the common attributes that every player can use to improve. Sonic Serve outlines correct technique for powerful and reliable spin, flat, and kick serves. Drills to develop your serve are presented using Bollettieri's unique coaching style. About the Author Nick Bollettieri is the most well-known and successful tennis coach in the world today, and his training program is recognized as one of the best systems for developing top players. He has trained and coached some of world's top players including Andre Agassi, Monic
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Many athletes believe the myth that speed is a gift they're either born with or without. They don't realize that there really are effective methods they can use to run faster. Speed for Sport and Fitness explains these easy-to-learn techniques and shows athletes of all abilities how to apply them on the field, court, and track. The video not only provides drills that are proven to develop speed, but it also shows the science behind the drills and explains why they are effective. In the video, athletes are introduced to the five components that determine speed: Quickness and starting ability Acceleration Speed endurance Stride length Stride rate Speed for Sport and Fitness shows individuals how to assess these components of speed in themselves. Viewers will learn to use tests to detect errors in their running form and they'll see how to correct the problems. They'll also learn how to perform the specific speed drills and how to fit speed training into an overall training program.
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Become a smoother, faster, and better-conditioned skater-on asphalt and on ice. Speed on Skates, the most comprehensive and in-depth book ever written on in-line and ice speed skating, gives you the instruction and drills to master basic to advanced techniques. Elite skater and coach Barry Publow combines the science and art of speed skating as he covers every discipline: In-line-indoor and outdoor Long track Short track Marathon skating First, Publow explains and demonstrates the mechanics of efficient skating form with regard to basic body position, push-off, glide, stroke recovery, weight transfer, crossover steps, and turn mechanics for both in-line and ice speed skating. He also presents straight-away, cornering, and double-push drills plus advanced in-line techniques. Next, Publow shares training methods proven to improve the quality of your workouts and produce the best skating performance. He breaks down the components of an effective conditioning program and highlights the
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Harness the power of your own mind! Hypnosis is now a mainstream, modern training technique used by top professionals; it's not the submissive state that has been portrayed in movies and misunderstood by the public. It can help you sharpen your mental focus, relax your body, visualize success, stimulate healing, and control your emotions during training or when facing important competitions. The positive effects are similar to what sport psychologists, coaches, and athletes refer to when they talk about 'getting in the zone.' In this state of mental functioning you channel attention and energies fully toward the task at hand. Sport Hypnosis is a guide to that special psychological realm and the higher performance athletes aspire to. First, Sport Hypnosis presents an overview of mental training and hypnosis. Next, the book provides specific information on how you can use hypnosis to enhance a variety of mental skills. These skills include relaxation, imagery, goal setting, concentration
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