This new edition of Sport Stretch is a complete guide to flexibility for both weekend warriors and elite competitors. It features more stretches than the first edition, a new user-friendly layout, and more background information on the hows and whys of stretching. The centerpieces of this comprehensive book are its illustrations and step-by-step guidelines for 311 different stretches. The stretches can be used individually or grouped with other stretches to form a personalized flexibility program. Athletes looking to use the stretches to improve performance in a specific sport will love the book's Stretching Program section. It's full of handy tables that detail the most effective exercises for individual sports. There are sample programs for 41 sports in all! Sport Stretch also provides a selection of 'All Star' stretches. These include the single best stretches for 28 muscle groups and the 12 best stretches overall. The exercises are perfect to use for warming up and cooling down. Fo
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In Sprints, Hurdles, and Relays, you'll hit the track with James Williams, who demonstrates and explains explosive starts out of the blocks, superb technique in the hurdles, and smooth and sure baton passing in the relays. Learn how to: set the blocks for the fastest possible starts; develop proper sprint mechanics; make hurdle mechanics second nature; and improve rhythm, timing, and coordination between relay teammates. Williams describes how to prepare for competition and shares his secrets for producing winning performances on race days. This information-rich video is part of the Gold Medal Track & Field Series. Other videos in the series include: Sprints, Hurdles, and Relays Middle and Long Distances Jumps
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Help your athletes get the training edge they need today to become the sports stars of tomorrow. With Strength and Power for Young Athletes, you can develop strength-training programs specifically tailored to children that will dramatically increase their athletic performance. This proven, research-based text provides young people ages 7 to 15 with a solid fitness base, offering aerobic activities and stretching exercises. It also presents the principles and practical applications for developing both age- and sport-specific strength-training programs. There are many benefits of starting children on a strength training program at an early age, including: increased strength and power, improved body composition, greater self-esteem, reduction in sports training injuries, and enhanced sports performance. Written by two of the leading experts on youth training, Strength and Power for Young Athletes offers 82 free weight, body weight, machine, cord, and medicine ball exercises for building
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This high-quality, full-color poster complements the Teaching Flexibility and Flexibility for Sport and Fitness videos, accentuating the importance of stretching and serving as a thorough reference-at-a-glance for fitness enthusiasts or athletes. Stretching Basics illustrates the HK Stretch Routine-14 stretches proven to increase and maintain optimal flexibility for each major muscle group-with easy-to-read instructions for every stretch pictured. Laminated and printed on durable matte paper, it's so striking and informative that you'll want to have it framed! Part of the Flexibility Poster Series, this poster can be used alone or with the other posters and related videos to help athletes and clients increase whole body flexibility for improved performance and reduced risk of injury.
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This high-quality, full-color poster complements the Teaching Flexibility and Flexibility for Sport and Fitness videos, accentuating the importance of stretching and serving as a thorough reference-at-a-glance for fitness enthusiasts or athletes. Stretching for a Healthy Back presents 14 safe, effective stretches for eliminating pain and building strength in this crucial area of the body, with easy-to-read instructions for every stretch pictured. Laminated and printed on durable matte paper, it's so striking and informative that you'll want to have it framed! Part of the Flexibility Poster Series, this poster can be used alone or with the other posters and related videos to help athletes and clients increase whole body flexibility for improved performance and reduced risk of injury.
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Former athlete and coach Pat Griffin makes a provocative and impassioned call for attention to a topic too long avoided by women's sports advocates. In Strong Women, Deep Closets, she provides a critical analysis of discrimination and prejudice against lesbians in sport. The book is the first to explore the lesbian sporting experience as well as examine homophobia and heterosexism in women's sport. The work is based on theoretical and historical foundations and is written in an academic yet engaging style. Griffin brings to light the experiences of lesbian coaches and athletes in their own words. Strong Women, Deep Closets concludes with Griffin's assessment of the current state of lesbians' rights in athletics, set against the overall social picture in the United States. The author lists obstacles lesbian athletes face in transforming sports and details numerous personal and political strategies for leveling the playing field. About the Author Pat Griffin teaches in the social jus
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Successful Sports Officiating is the handbook for officials at all levels and across all sports to learn the basic principles of officiating and how to apply them. Written by a team of experts and practitioners in the art and science of officiating, this book guides you in becoming and succeeding as an official. Endorsed by the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO), Successful Sports Officiating covers a broad range of topics, including officiating objectives, conduct, communication skills, decision-making skills, conflict management, fitness and injury prevention, time management, legal rights and responsibilities, business aspects of officiating, and career development. Useful information on officials' organizations and rule book sources is also included to help you build networking relationships and stay up-to-date in your field. This easy-to-use handbook is based on practical experience to teach you what works and what doesn't. Real-life examples are provided in each chap
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The Swim Coaching Bible offers you an all-star, international cast of swimming experts sharing their knowledge on producing the most successful individual athletes and teams in the sport. This book is sure to be a classic � one that swimming coaches reach for again and again. Specifically, The Swim Coaching Bible covers the key principles of coaching and program administration, conducting effective practice sessions, teaching techniques for every stroke, and training programs for every event. Endorsed by the World Swimming Coaches Association, the book shares the wisdom of the world's best coaches, who address the topics they know best. Contributors include: Dick Hannula and Nort Thornton: A Complete Swimming Resource From All-Star Coaches Richard Quick: Believing in Belief Jean Freeman: Putting Fun Into the Swimming Experience Peter Daland: Coaching With Integrity John Leonard: Tailoring Your Approach to Specific Competition Levels Jack Bauerle: Administering and Marketing a Winning
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Swimming is a sport especially well-suited for older adults. But most books cater to younger, competitive high school and college swimmers and their coaches. Swimming Past 50 offers age-appropriate fitness and competition training programs as well as many valuable insights for swimmers who have lapped the 50-year mark. Swimming is increasingly popular among this growing age group as it is an ideal sport for developing cardiovascular fitness while putting little or no wear and tear on bones and joints. This book provides special insights and recommendations for mature swimmers. Whether you swim to stay in shape or compete as a Masters swimmer, you'll find the material useful and accurate. Authors Mel Goldstein and Dave Tanner know their subject matter well. Both swam at Indiana University under the tutelage of legendary coach James 'Doc' Counsilman. Goldstein went on to coach Masters swimmers and to swim competitively, and he currently ranks among the top ten nationally in the 60 to 64
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Teaching a beginning ballet class can be a challenge. Even dancers who have studied ballet for many years may be intimidated by the idea of teaching ballet technique. Teaching Beginning Ballet Technique puts new teachers at ease by explaining exactly what to teach and when and how to teach it. The authors couple ballet pedagogy with motor learning, teaching styles assessment, and instructional strategies to offer valuable insight and advice for teaching beginning ballet. With its inviting layout and easy-to-read format, Teaching Beginning Ballet Technique facilitates the learning process for both the instructor and the student. Part I gives instructors the tools they'll need to teach the content in Part II. It provides specific information about the teaching/learning process, understanding the theoretical foundations of ballet, constructing and managing the class, and assessing student progress. Part II presents a logical, sequential plan that guides instructors through the actual teac
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Anyone who's tried to teach athletes or clients the importance of stretching knows what a challenge it can be. Teaching Flexibility, Flexibility for Sport and Fitness, and the Flexibility Poster Series provide a comprehensive package for educating and motivating individuals to increase their flexibility for enhanced performance. Teaching Flexibility shows you how to test range of motion, teach athletes or clients to assess their own flexibility, and teach 14 stretches proven to increase flexibility. Part I explains how flexibility improves performance while helping to prevent and rehabilitate activity-related injuries. You'll learn about key principles of teaching flexibility, as well as factors that affect range of motion, such as age, gender, joint laxity, muscle balance, type of activity, and, most important, stretching. You'll get a fascinating look at the physiology of stretching, including what actually happens to muscles and tissues when they're stretched. And, you'll learn how
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As a soccer coach, you need to know how to teach basic skills and run solid practices. Teaching Soccer Fundamentals explains how to maximize young athletes' learning of essential techniques and tactics through fun and efficient practice sessions. Including helpful photographs and illustrations as well as instructions that are easy to understand and apply, this book shares more than 30 years of soccer coaching experience. Author Nelson McAvoy offers tips for maintaining kids' short attention span and methods for boosting participation, including short-sided games. Teaching Soccer Fundamentals will make next season a more rewarding experience for you and your players. About the Author Nelson McAvoy retired as a head scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and is now involved in what truly brings him joy-helping kids enjoy the game of soccer. The director of the Potomac Highlands Soccer Club, McAvoy has coached youth soccer in widely different locations, including Eastern Euro
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Discover a new and better way to teach aquatics! Australia has long been recognized as one of the world leaders in swimming and aquatics education. Through a new series of books by AUSTSWIM, instructors around the world can now incorporate new and better ways to teach aquatics. In Teaching Swimming and Water Safety, aquatic education experts at AUSTSWIM provide a proven, effective program for teaching swimming and water safety to children. You will learn how to: implement important safety procedures; use a variety of water familiarization techniques; develop floating, propulsion, and deep water skills; introduce diving; and teach and refine the six common strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, side stroke, and survival backstroke. Highly illustrated and easy to follow, Teaching Swimming and Water Safety gives you valuable information on how to safely and effectively teach young swimmers important beginning swimming and water safety skills. About the Editor The
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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. Playing the net requires anticipation, good preparation, and proper technique on approach shots, volleys, half volleys, and overheads. Bollettieri teaches how to set up the point to get to the net and how to finish once you get there. 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, Monica Seles, Anna Kournikova, Jim Courier, Tommy Haas, Mary Pierce, and Boris Becker.
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This high-quality, full-color poster complements the Teaching Flexibility and Flexibility for Sport and Fitness videos, accentuating the importance of stretching and serving as a thorough reference-at-a-glance for fitness enthusiasts or athletes. Testing Your Flexibility depicts 13 simple tests for testing range of motion for all major joints and muscle groups, with easy-to-read instructions for every test pictured. Laminated and printed on durable matte paper, it's so striking and informative that you'll want to have it framed! Part of the Flexibility Poster Series, this poster can be used alone or with the other posters and related videos to help athletes and clients increase whole body flexibility for improved performance and reduced risk of injury.
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In Throws, Randy Heisler demonstrates how athletes can get the greatest distance on each attempt. He provides training exercises and practice sessions to improve strength and power, technique, and performance for the four throwing events-shot, discus, javelin, and hammer. Heisler's drills will help athletes develop: sound technique with speed for the shot put; effective footwork, spin mechanics, and other essential skills for the discus; proper grip, body alignment, runway strides, and launch for the javelin; and controlled rhythmic movements that synchronize turns of the body with swings of the hammer's head for the hammer throw. These information-rich videos are essential for track and field coaches who need to be well-versed in all events. Their detailed demonstration of correct technique in each event also makes them excellent educational tools for athletes. Since 1988, Heisler has coached more than 30 All-American performances in the throws and 22 Big Ten Conference Throws cham
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Few athletes will be among the best in their sport at such a young age as Martina Hingis and Tiger Woods. But accelerated athletic development is now possible because of better, smarter training starting at an early age. Total Training for Young Champions provides coaches, instructors, teachers, and parents of potential future sports stars the best conditioning advice and programs for establishing an overall fitness base and maximizing the athletic development of young people ages 6 to 18. Specifically, the book outlines how to increase a young athlete's coordination, flexibility, speed, endurance, and strength, thereby enabling them to excel in sports. Tudor Bompa, one of the world's foremost sports conditioning experts who has trained 11 Olympic medalists, presents a safe, proven training regimen that builds upon each of the four stages of youth development: Initiation-prepuberty Athletic formation-puberty Specialization-postpuberty High performance-maturation For the first three p
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In Triathlon 101, John Mora offers a book full of valuable lessons and insights to help you prepare for and compete in your first triathlon or improve your results the next time out. No other triathlon resource focuses on the unique needs of newcomers to the sport. Inside you will learn how to: design your own triathlon training calendar and logbook, choose the proper equipment to fit you and your budget, eat during training and 'load up' for racing, prevent over training and recover quickly from common injuries, swim and navigate safely in open water, smoothly transition from one sport to the next, and taper your training to peak on race day. Sample training programs, photos featuring the best and most current equipment and correct technique, and expert advice from top pros and coaches-Terry Laughlin, Lauren Jensen, and Troy Jacobson - are provided to help you get off to a great start. Success stories from triathletes who started just like you will increase your motivation and con
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