Athletics Books

This text was essential in helping me teach our student athletic trainers. It was very well written and should be a model text for every sports medicine/athletic training program. The authors did an uot standing job. By far, the best athletic training text I have ever used.

This text provides a good review of sports medicine and rehabilitation of common injuries for the medical professional. Very readable--a good start for those interested in musculoskeletal medicine and athletics. The chapters are well organized and well-referenced. I think this is one of the better sports medicine books available.

This edition of the book has several new questions. The simulated written sym is a nice additon to the book. Aside fromt he questions, the study hints are helpful in preparing your studying strategies.

I am currently still using this exam review, and am finding it very useful. It divides AT into five separate categories, and it's easy to identify where your weak spots are...and what areas you need to study more closely. If you are taking the BOC in the next year, I would definately recommend using this book as a tool when studying.

When I bought this book I thought it would be a book like better runs but with completely new essays. When I got the book, I noticed that it wasn't really much more than a revised version of Better runs. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the content of this book -- it gives you great running advice. But if you've read Better runs, there's not much new to learn from this book. It does contain some new insights, so it still might be worth the purchase if you enjoy reading Henderson's work.

This book not only offers training tips, but racing strategies and most important- inspiration. I found the look at the mental side of running to be incredibly motivating, and i couldn't wait to get on my shoes and run out the front door. I re-read parts of it before races, just to keep up my mental fitness as well as my physical. I recommend this to ANY runner.

As a first year teacher working with students in grades PK-6, I have found Children Moving to be an invaluable resource when planning my lessons. The diagrams that outline the different locomotor, non-locomotor and manipulative activities help break down all the skills I teach. I recommend this book to any and all physical educators.

Great book! It's a bit long at times but generally very well structued and clear in outlining the guidelines of the skills theme approach. I think it's great.

This book has it all. Skills, drills, tactics, safety, how to organize the team and deal with parents as well as fitness and psychology goals. This is a professional publication, but written with the average youth coach in mind so there are many practical tips and trick that can be immediately implemented with a team. I'll be using this book for YEARS!

A good start for a new coach. Covers all aspects but is very general.

I found this book to be very comprehensive. It is useful as a reference and as a study guide to the broad range of sports medicine problems. I recommend it

Reasonably comprehensive, but apparently rushed to market and has significant number of errors and conflicting data. Good for review of primary care sports medicine, but use with caution. Accompanied by a question-answer book which does not always agree with the information in the text being tested.

I found this book very helpful to me. I'm a novice runner returning to a regular exercise routine after some years off. I'm on the other side of 50 so I needed a workout regimen that would allow me to slowly build up to a more streneous program...if I choose. This book doesn't make you feel like a turtle if your running 12 minute plus miles.

It offers very sane and practical advice and provides a variety of routines if you are a casual runner, 5k, 10k, half marathon or marathon runner. The goal of the book is not to try to have you run races, but, it does provide a road map if you decide you want to do it.

I found it very easy to follow and it allowed me to run to my potential without feeling guilty about not slapping a number on my back and trying to set personal best times.

Good down-to-earth advice for beginning runners. Covers shoe selection, assessing your fitness level, setting goals, stretching, motivation, and many sample workout plans.

I utilize this text for the Introduction to sports medicine elective I designed for my school disrtict. This came as a recommendation from the NYSAHPERD sports medicine chair as he developed a program to teach teachers how to develop sports med classes for high school students. The text is an easy read, clear pictures as well as quite thorough in content. I would recommend to anyone looking to do the same as I did.

There is a lot of information that is crammed into one text. If you are looking to gain basis knowledge for Sports Medicine, Athletic Training in particular, then this is one book to get on your shelf. Good pictures of taping techniques, anatomy, injury basics. Outside of Arnheim, one of the better compilations out there.

The book was a page turner,finished in 3 hours. It tells the tale of peter shifting his energy into a sport instead of getting in to gang activities. It also speaks of the racism that Peter experienced avancing as a black fencer in a mostly white
sport. I especially enjoyed his adventures on the subway and
how he reacted in confrontational situations! A must read for
subway travelers!

Peter Westbrook is one of the true gentlemen of fencing. He is also one of the great competitive fencers of the twentieth century. Needless to say, his rise from tough "street kid" to Olympic medal winner makes interesting reading. This book is a definite must for all fencing enthusiasts, but it should also have appeal for anyone who likes personal stories of challenge and perseverance

because Heavy Hands is an excellent, effective exercise system that is not reliant on apparatus. With just a pair or two of dumbells you are good to go. This makes Heavy Hands especially suited to those who travel or who have limited storage space. I wish that there were video tapes available because the only criticism I have is that the diagrams in the book aren't always the easiest thing to understand. That criticism isn't limited to just this book, though, conveying how to do a motion through still pictures is always difficult.

Dr. Leonard Schwartz documents in rich detail, the secrets to HeavyHands "ing" your way to ultimate fitness.

I have used his HeavyHands books extensively for over 14 years to guide me from a state of obesity with at least 5 life-threatening overweight-related diseases to prime fitness. (This level of fitness is attested to by the fact that I currently compete successfully in U.S.A. Track and Field Masters Championship events nationwide.) (My former obesity is also well documented, but i have continued to maintain top physical condition while using HH`)

While I have read Len Schwartz's HeavyHands books cover-to-cover several times I still refer to them frequently for feedback as I practice one of the many HH drills described in the books.

I have developed a spread-sheet from the information and well-researched data described in "Heavyhands: The Ultimate Exercise System". I use the spread-sheet to determine, the calories burned in a workout session immediately following the workout.

The text data in his books take into account the important contributors to an exercise workload and leads to the way to interpret these workloads into calories-burned.

His formulae, based on laboratory research results, show that one can develop a means to more than triple the "calorie burn" for a given type of exercise by employing these HeavyHand barbells along with walking, running, dancing, etc..

After conditioning with HH for a period a of year or even less, one can build-up to burn unbelievable calorie totals (e.g., 2000 per hour is not unusual).

These books are invaluable references to anybody who is willing and wants to master the ultimate aerobic fitness whether it be for fitness-health or to become a champion competitor in your favorite sport.

The book specializes in illustration and discussion of the benefits of combining major muscle group workouts while using HeavyHands. Dr. Schwartz's research has revealed combinations like these can result in these huge calorie-burns, while the perceived workload is not so intense.

I owe Dr. Schwartz and HeavyHands a huge debt of gratitude. Iconsider these books among my most valued processions.

Bob
Carlsbad, CA