New Training & Coaching Books

Bowling is a one-stop shop for all cricket coaches, teachers and players looking for ways to improve play. It sets out coaching advice in clear, jargon-free language, with plenty of photographs to add further explanation. Content includes: The basics, e.g. the run-up, the delivery stride Technique ...

Batting is a one-stop shop for all cricket coaches, teachers and players looking for ways to improve batting play. It sets out coaching advice in clear, jargon-free language, with plenty of photographs to add further explanation. Content includes: The basics, e.g. getting a good position, the grip ...

This is the only book to provide straightforward advice, tips, and techniques to the thousands of new parent/volunteer coaches who each year are charged with introducing the sport of soccer to preschoolers and kindergartners in school, club, and parks - and - recreation programs across the country. ...

Softcover reprint of Spalding's Football Guide for 1892 includes photographs of Walter Camp and 1891 All Americans. The introduction to the book is a basic explanation of the game for beginers written by Walter Camp. The rules to be in effect for the 1892 season comprise an entire chapteras does the...

This memoir of Coach David Vince is an inspirational walk through his 29-year coaching career. He is a double amputee from birth who never was able to play sports, yet he coached baseball and other sports at the high school and college level and was names Coach of the Year ten times.

This book is a biography of the life and times of an enigmatic and unforgettable high school football coach in the 1950's as told by one of his players, Gale Maag. The book recounts the exploits of both coach and student as they negotiate life's challenges.

In 2010, Tristan Miller ran 52 marathons in 52 weeks, in 47 countries, across seven continents. Why on earth would anyone do that, you may ask. First of all, he wanted to see if he could. Secondly, he'd lost his well-paid IT job and took the opportunity to follow his dream, in a now-or-never kind of...

"When the going gets tough, stillpower--not willpower--is the best response." In this revolutionary yet simple paradigm for performance, you will find the zone from within, achieve excellence with ease, and seek clarity of mind to succeed on and off the field.In "Stillpower," Garret Kramer reveals t...

The most beloved golf book of all time, "Harvey Penick's Little Red Book "has become required reading for all players and fans of the game, from beginners to seasoned pros. The legendary Harvey Penick, whom "Sports Illustrated "called the "Socrates of the golf world," began his golfing career as a c...

Imagine being able to achieve the perfect mental state to make your best possible swing over every shot. Being fearless at critical putts and stepping up with an inner calm that allows you to play great golf every time you stand over the ball. Now, Silent Mind Golf , the first in a major four-book s...

Whether amateur or Tour professional, every golfer will experience that crucial moment when victory hinges on just one shot. Make it, they win; blow it and they will re-live the memory on the golf course for years to come. They have arrived at their personal 'moment of truth'. The question is: can t...

The perfect game is one of the rarest accomplishments in sports. No hits, no walks, no men reaching base. Twenty-seven up, twenty-seven down. In nearly four hundred thousand contests in more than 130 years of Major League Baseball, it has only happened twenty times. On June 2, 2010, Detroit Tigers p...

How to achieve powerlifting success? The greatest 148-pound powerlifter of all time is bringing his expertise to competitive powerlifters everywhere to help them increase their bench press, squat and deadlift. Dan Austin, winner of nine World Powerlifting Championships and 15 US National Championshi...

This title presents a new set of commandments for swim coaches. In the ten years since the original volume of the "Swim Coaches Bible" was published swimming records have been smashed and coaching techniques have been constantly evolving, so rather than update the old version, it was decided to repl...

This powerful book, based on firsthand interviews with legendary coaches and their players, reveals their secrets for success that apply to sports, business, and life. Mike Harrity, an Associate Athletics Director at the University of Notre Dame, has had remarkable access to the top coaches of our t...

Stretching to relieve musculoskeletal conditions and injuries. Covering all forms of stretches for able-bodied, injured and selected special populations, "Therapeutic Stretching" is a comprehensive resource for both practitioners and students of massage therapy, osteopathy, physiotherapy, occupation...

This simple, authoritative guide shows triathletes of all levels how to effectively strength train at home with functional moves that challenge the body in multiple planes of motion to enhance stability and ignite the neuromuscular system for better performance. Detailed instructions show you ho...

This is the number one guide for fitness professionals. "Fitness Professional's Handbook, Sixth Edition", meets the demands of the evolving fitness profession with a fully updated text based on the latest standards, guidelines and research from the leading authorities on the subject. With the expand...

Today, aspiring athletes have to work harder and be more dedicated than athletes of previous generations who did not have to contend with the messages of a popular culture that promotes winning at all costs and implicitly condones "shortcuts" to winning. Many of today's athletic superstars glorify a...

What makes some men drive themselves to succeed in their chosen sport, no matter how daunting the odds? And what are the struggles that victory almost inevitably brings? Meet the swiftest and saddest cyclist of his time, a man whose craving for speed was outstripped by a terrible urge toward self-an...

Drugs in sport are big news and the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is common. Here, Chris Cooper, a top biochemist at the University of Essex, looks at the science behind drugs in sport. Using the performance of top athletes, Cooper begins by outlining the limits of human performance. S...

From Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long--the man who coaches all-stars like Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, and Robinson Cano--comes the inspiring story of one man's road to the big leagues, full of practical advice, behind-the-scenes baseball action, and an enduring, inspiring love for America's nationa...

FROM THE AUTHORS OF THE BESTSELLING "CHIRUNNING, "A GAME-CHANGING TRAINING GUIDE FOR INJURY-FREE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNINGIn "Chi Marathon," Danny Dreyer, creator of the revolutionary ChiRunning program, highly respected running coach, and accomplished distance runner, takes a whole-body approach to lon...

A user's guide to the most cutting edge knowledge in cycling science. If you're a keen cyclist but want to know more about the science behind the bike, this is the book for you. Get the practical application of this knowledge to give you the performance edge and put you ahead of the peleton. Perform...

A how-to-manual for developing athleticism and fitness through athletic conditioning. Includes detailed information on warm-up, flexibility, sprinting mechanics, speed development, agility training, strength training and program development. This book breaks down the mechanics of athleticism into an...

Written especially for exercise science and physical education students, this text provides a solid foundation in theory illuminated by application and performance models to increase understanding and to help students apply what they've learned in the classroom and beyond.Table of ContentsSECTION 1:...

Authored by two leading experts in the field, the new eighth edition of Introduction to Physical Education, Fitness and Sport introduces readers to the history and philosophies underlying today's professions while focusing on current trends and issues facing school Physical Education, fitness and sp...

"Exercise Personal Training 101" provides a message of empowerment for personal trainers who believe in the holistic development of their clients. The key philosophy of the book is to help personal trainers of exercise to empower their clients with good problem-solving and decision-making skills con...

This new Five-Star book presents a collection of defensive skill training, drills and coaching strategies from a selection of the Five-Star coaching staff. The purpose of this book is to inspire thought and to give both experienced and aspiring coaches the tools, techniques and philosophies that hav...

If there's a recurrent theme that runs through any team sport, it's fairly obvious that it's likely to have something to do with teamwork. But strangely, there seems to be an epidemic in the modern world of sports that breeds personal agendas, selfish attitudes and win-at-all-cost mentalities. The T...

Coaching Basketball, 3rd edition, is a revision of one of the bestselling basketball instructionals on our backlist. First published by Masters Press in 1990, it has sold more than 60,000 copies in two editions. This is a comprehensive basketball coaching book that includes concepts and ideas from a...

We live in an instant world and yet we sometimes wonder why the quality of life isn't always what we expected. Perhaps that's because, at the end of the day, shortcuts and paths that offer little to no resistance don't usually produce excellence, but instead a watered down version. What is excellenc...

"Exploring Exercise Science" is written from a practical standpoint. It blends scientific elements such as metabolic responses to exercise or the amount of force needed to generate an overhand throw with professional issues such as legal liability and employment opportunities. Each chapter is writte...

This second edition has been updated and expanded to include all the different tactics that may be employed to out-manoeuvre the opposition throughout all the stages of sailboat racing. The book covers all variables of wind, water and course, and types of race from class races, handicaps, team racin...

Before there was a Nike camp or an Adidas camp for the nation's elite high-school players to attend, there was Five Star. Now in it's 37th year of operation, Howard Garfinkle's Five-Star camp has produced more than 290 NBA players and hundreds more Division 1-A college players, including such supers...

This collection of splash resistant cards are designed to be carried on board. They contain all the weather information people find hard to remember such as sea areas, coastal stations, times of broadcasts and cloud systems.'

Why do fans live and die with their teams? For Yankee, Cowboy, and Laker fans the answer is fairly clear: the return on investment is relatively high. But why do people root so passionately for tragically inept teams like the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Cubs, and the Philadelphia Phillies? Why do pe...

Outlines a complete schedule of drills and fundamentals for each Sports Session, including step-by-step instructions and simple illustrations. Order one for every Head Coach (we suggest that you have one Head Coach for every 16 kids).Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Environmental Impacts Asso...

Outlines a complete schedule of drills and fundamentals for each Sports Session, including step-by-step instructions and simple illustrations. Order one for every Head Coach (we suggest that you have one Head Coach for every 16 kids).

Outlines a complete schedule of drills and fundamentals for each Sports Session, including step-by-step instructions and simple illustrations. Order one for every Head Coach (we suggest that you have one Head Coach for every 16 kids).