Track & Field Coaching Essentials

Author: USA Track & Field
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 145048932X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description
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

Author: Joseph L. Rogers
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 9780880116046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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

Coaching Youth Track and Field

Author: American Sport Education Program
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 9780736069144
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
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.

Coach Education Essentials

Author: Kristen Dieffenbach
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN: 1492521078
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 466

Book Description
In Coach Education Essentials, renowned coach educators and professionals present the key elements of quality coaching and how to cultivate it. This resource is for everyone invested in advancing the abilities and actions of coaches through effective educational and developmental experiences.

Coaching Track & Field Successfully

Author: Mark Guthrie
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 9780736042741
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
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.

Fundamentals of Track and Field

Author: Gerald A. Carr
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 9780736000086
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
Each event includes safety suggestions, teaching steps and drills, common errors and corrections, assessment and suggested performance standards.

Complete Book of Jumps

Author: Ed Jacoby
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN: 9780873226738
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description
Maximize your jumping potential with Complete Book of Jumps! Coaches Ed Jacoby and Bob Fraley draw on their combined 60 years of coaching experience to help long jumpers, triple jumpers, high jumpers, and pole vaulters achieve new personal records. They break down each event into key phases - from approach to landing - to teach proper jumping technique and to show jumpers how to avoid common technical flaws. They also provide a strength and development program specifically for jumpers and 16 event-specific workouts that fine-tune skills. Use the practical, proven techniques in Complete Book of Jumps to go higher and farther than the competition.

101 Shot Put Drills

Author: Rob Lasorsa
Publisher: Coaches Choice Books
ISBN: 9781606790328
Category : Shot putting
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
101 Shot Put Drills features information gained from the last 25 plus years of coaching athletes, being instructed by others, and by connecting with many track & field and strength development coaches worldwide. Chapters and drill types include: Shot-Placement Drills, Release Drills, Standing-Throw Drills, Movement Drills, Glide Drills, Rotational Shot Drills, Turning-Progression Drills for the Rotation Technique, Back-of-the-Circle Drills, Medicine-Ball Drills, and Polymeric and Footwork Drills.

Winning Jumps and Pole Vault

Author: Ed Jacoby
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN: 9780736074193
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Master the long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault with Winning Jumps and Pole Vault. Athletes and coaches alike will benefit from the tactics and strategies that a collection of elite coaches provide in this book. Featuring tips on the approach, takeoff and landing, you can perfect technique and condition yourself for success.

Coaching Athletes to Be Their Best

Author: Stephen Rollnick
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462541267
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 233

Book Description
Part 1. Motivational interviewing -- Part 2. Toolbox -- Part 3. Around the field -- Part 4. MI playbook.