USA Track & Field Coaching Manual

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Human Kinetics, 2000 - 316 pagine


The USA Track & Field Coaching Manual is the official coaching guide of the sport's national governing body. The manual covers every major event and includes comprehensive, ready-to-apply information from 33 leading American coaches and experts. This book is the most complete and useful track and field coaching resource available today.

Coaches of club, secondary school, and college men's and women's track and field teams will find a wealth of information among the 20 chapters. Included among the valuable materials are:

- proven predictive testing procedures,
- detailed event-specific technique instruction,
- carefully crafted training programs, and
- preparation and performance tactics for success in competition.

Contributing authors to the USA Track & Field Coaching Manual are among the best coaches and experts in the sport of track and field. Many have worked with national, world, and Olympic champions. Each is an event-specific expert who has demonstrated the effective use of coaching art and science to train and inspire their athletes to achieve maximum performance.

The USA Track & Field Coaching Manual is an essential part of any serious track and field coach's library. Whether you use it as a practice tool or prize reference, your athletes and team will benefit from your application of the book's content all the way to the victory stand.

 

Sommario

Organizing a Successful Program
3
Predictive Testing of Athletes
19
RUNNING EVENTS
33
100 and 200 Meters
35
400 Meters
51
100 and 110Meter Hurdles
63
400Meter Hurdles
75
800 Meters to Mile
93
Pole Vault
199
Throwing Events
217
Shot Put
219
Discus
235
Javelin
249
Hammer
265
RACEWALKING AND MULTIPLE EVENTS
279
Racewalking
281

3000 to 10000 Meters
109
Relays
123
Jumping Events
139
Long Jump
141
Triple Jump
159
High Jump
173
Heptathlon
287
Decathlon
299
Bibliography
309
ABOUT USA TRACK FIELD
312
About the Contributors
313
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