USA Track & Field Coaching Manual


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







Complete Book of Throws


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Jay Silvester's guide presents the reader with in-depth analysis and teaching of the skills and techniques required for the shot put, discus, javelin and the hammer.




The Complete Guide to Running


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In "The Complete Guide to Running", the secrets of Earl Fee, a world master's champion, are revealed that helped him achieve over 30 world records in running. This material is supported by hundreds of references. Fifteen chapters explain how to improve general physical and mental fitness with major emphasis on mental training, nutrition, physiology, inspiration, and motivation. Ten chapters reveal the how and why of running training for sprinting, middle and long distance, hurdles, and running in the pool. Athletes from 9 to 90 will benefit from this information since all are bound by the same training principles. Precautions and training are explained for the extreme young and old.







Periodicals Circulation Statistics at a Mid-sized Academic Library


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This study has implications for collection management at most academic libraries. It provides an indication of the relative use of journals in an average academic library, and hence will help librarians to decide which titles to subscribe to and how they should be maintained.




New Serial Titles


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A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.




Jumping Into Plyometrics


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Detailing plyometric exercises for a variety of sports, this guide explains how plyometrics work and how to incorporate plyometrics into a comprehensive strength and power training program. Illustrations.




In the Zone


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DIVDIVMichael Murphy, bestselling author of Golf in the Kingdom, explains the power of athletics to transform the body, mind, and spirit/divDIV /divDIVAthletes and coaches often say they feel “in the zone” while participating in sports or other endeavors, and Esalen Institute cofounder Michael Murphy carefully documents this phenomenon in one of the most comprehensive works of its kind. Murphy and coauthor Rhea A. White categorize twenty types of extraordinary athletic feats, exalted states of consciousness, and altered perceptions that, they say, evoke the richness of a spiritual practice./divDIV /divDIVThis wide-ranging compendium includes insights from amateur, Olympic, and professional athletes, such as Michael Jordan, Mario Andretti, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Schwarzenegger./div /div




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