Coaching Youth Track and Field

by American Sport Education Program

Author	: American Sport Education Program
Publisher	: Human Kinetics
Total Pages	: 236
Release	: 2008
Genre	: Sports & Recreation
ISBN	: 9780736069144

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Written by the American Sport Education Program in conjunction with Matt Lydum and other experts from Hersheys Track & Field Games and USA Track & Field, Coaching Youth Track & Field is the only resource available today aimed at coaches of athletes ages 14 and under. Coaching Youth Track & Field includes activities specifically designed for young track and field athletes and fundamentals of all of the events in track and field (USATF and Hersheys Track and Field Games). Coaching Youth Track & Fields 73 activities and 32 age-specific coaching tips are sure to jump-start your planning and practices and help you overcome any hurdle encountered during the season. Plus, sequenced and specific chapters help you learn, retain, and reference in a flash. Endorsed by USATF and named the official handbook of Hersheys Track & Field Games, this book a must-read as you prepare to meet the challenges and enjoy the rewards of coaching young athletes.

Track & Field Coaching Essentials

by USA Track & Field

Author	: USA Track & Field
Publisher	: Human Kinetics
Total Pages	: 368
Release	: 2014-11-10
Genre	: Sports & Recreation
ISBN	: 145048932X

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Leading USATF coaches present event-specific technical instruction and training regimens in this official level 1 text of USA Track & Field’s coach education program. Experts in sport psychology, physiology, and biomechanics provide coaches knowledge and applications to improve athletes’ performance.

USA Track & Field Coaching Manual

by Joseph L. Rogers

Author	: Joseph L. Rogers
Publisher	: Human Kinetics
Total Pages	: 332
Release	: 2000
Genre	: Electronic books
ISBN	: 9780880116046

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Variant title : USA Track and Field. From USA Track & Field, Inc.

Coaching Youth Cricket

by Luke Sellers

Author	: Luke Sellers
Publisher	: Crowood
Total Pages	: 328
Release	: 2014-09-30
Genre	: Sports & Recreation
ISBN	: 1847977952

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Written by an experienced youth cricket coach, Coaching Youth Cricket is an essential guide for all coaches, parents and teachers. This one-stop practical resource will give a new coach everything they need to deliver fun, dynamic, player-centred practice sessions and guidance on how to run a team. Information is given on lots of practical games and drills, enabling coaches to run active and fun sessions for young players. The fundamental cricket skills are covered including batting, wicket-keeping and fielding to spin, seam and swing bowling. Advice is given on how to manage your team on match days and measures suggested for ensuring player safety. Coaches at all levels of the game will find material and ideas in this book helpful for them to formulate simple strategies to suit their level of player ability. It presents coaching theories in an uncomplicated and easy-to-understand manner and offers field-tested, age-specific information to help you learn how to communicate with players, parents, other coaches and officials. Illustrated with 97 colour images and 42 diagrams.

Athletic Development

by Vern Gambetta

Author	: Vern Gambetta
Publisher	: New World Library
Total Pages	: 322
Release	: 2007
Genre	: Health & Fitness
ISBN	: 9780736051002

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Athletic Development offers a rare opportunity to learn and apply a career full of knowledge from the best. World-renowned strength and conditioning coach Vern Gambetta condenses the wisdom he's gained through more than 40 years of experience of working with athletes across sports, age groups, and levels of competition, including members of the Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, and U.S. men's 1998 World Cup soccer team. The result is an information-packed, myth-busting explanation of the most effective methods and prescriptions in each facet of an athlete's physical preparation. Gambetta includes never-before-published and ready-to-use training approaches in - sport-specific demands analysis, - work capacity enhancements, - movement skills development, - long- and short-term training program progressions, and - rest and regeneration techniques. Athletic Development explains what works, what doesn't, and why. Gambetta's no-nonsense approach emphasizes results that pay off in the competitive season and reflect his work at the highest echelons of sport. Merging principles of anatomy, biomechanics, and exercise physiology with sports conditioning applications and four decades of professional practice, this is the definitive guide to performance-enhancing training.

Coaching Track & Field Successfully

by Mark Guthrie

Author	: Mark Guthrie
Publisher	: Human Kinetics
Total Pages	: 228
Release	: 2003
Genre	: Sports & Recreation
ISBN	: 9780736042741

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Guthrie presents coaches with a blueprint for building a successful track and field program including information on managing off the track, planning for big events, and motivating athletes to excel.

Coaching Middle School Cross Country and Track & Field

by Timothy Rayle Ph D

Author	: Timothy Rayle Ph D
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 148
Release	: 2019-08-06
Genre	:
ISBN	: 9781074791384

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In Coaching Middle School Cross Country and Track & Field, Practical Guidance and Sample Workouts for Beginner Coaches, author and coach Timothy Rayle focuses on helping coaches new to the sports navigate with administrative guidance and sample workout plans for successful coaching at the middle school level. The thorough yet simple presentation provides coaches helpful information to be utilized starting from the first day on the job through the end of the season, all while keeping the interest of the athlete in the forefront.

Conditioning Young Athletes

by Bompa, Tudor

Author	: Bompa, Tudor
Publisher	: Human Kinetics
Total Pages	: 304
Release	: 2015-05-27
Genre	: Sports & Recreation
ISBN	: 1492503096

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Renowned exercise scientist Tudor Bompa provides the latest research, proven programs, and expert advice to improve the athletic performance of young athletes ages 6 to 18. Conditioning Young Athletes offers 182 exercises and 17 programs spanning 14 popular sports, along with coverage of the impact early specialization has on a young athlete’s development.

Training Young Distance Runners

by Larry Greene

Author	: Larry Greene
Publisher	: Human Kinetics
Total Pages	: 256
Release	: 2014-12-30
Genre	: Sports & Recreation
ISBN	: 1492584940

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As the best-selling guide in the sport, Training Young Distance Runners has helped countless runners achieve their best times, avoid injuries, and improve their performance progressively from season to season. Updated, expanded, and enhanced, this new edition further solidifies its standing as a must-have for athletes and coaches in cross country, track and field, and road racing. Running experts Larry Greene and Russ Pate combine the latest research with training, development, and conditioning plans from the most successful high school and college programs in the world. You’ll learn to optimize performance through tempo running, interval training, and technique work to improve form. You’ll gain a competitive advantage with expert advice and strategies for event-specific training, avoiding injuries, and overcoming setbacks. With guidelines for designing customized daily, weekly, and seasonal programs—as well as coverage of hot topics including nutritional supplements, barefoot running and minimalist shoes, and gearing training to the specific needs of girls and boys—Training Young Distance Runners is the most complete and current training guide for the sport. Essential reading for coaches, parents, and young runners, this book has everything you need to get and stay ahead of the pack.