Athletics Books

This book is made up of 29 chapters, one for each Olympic Marathon race (through 1996). The chapters average 6 pages each, which makes this book very easy to read. Each chapter/race is a fascinating story. And the book is very well written. A great read.

We bought this book after our rugby team had two concussions during a match. This book breaks down possible injuries and gives a list of warning signs and how to stabilize injuries until you can reach a hospital. I was very impressed with the clear writing style which makes it possible for anyone to understand and apply the techniques described. I recommend this book for sports teams to keep with their medicine chest.

Perhaps the best book to ever capture the true essence and spirit of long distance running, this well written book features interviews with both amateur and Olympic long distance runners and captures that unique rush that runners get (through the sense of challenge and accomplishment). The book also traces the history of marathon running and its place in human history. Truly a great book that any distance runner should read.

If you have an sense of the rich tradition of Wisconsin athletics, this book is a must-have.

This book has been updated and published by lippincott. It is written in the same format as the first edition.

This book was exactly what I was looking for to review for the NATABOC exam as well as to have for future reference. The layout is perfect as it goes step by step through each evaluation of the different areas of the body.

This one of the best taping, brace, wrapp and padd books I ever have, because it ilustrate all procedures needed to help the athletic injuries prevention. It gives the best and alternative ways to ensure the athlete protection and also the best explanation of these methods through great pictures

This book will provide more then what you paid for. Easy to read for every student and jet great reminder of Musculoskeletal System for any doctor or specialist. Must have if you are serious about your learning.

This edition goes with excellent design, making of "Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine" an intellectual and didactic attractive. Moreover, in this second edition the sections are reviewed, having important topics for physicians and all people interesting in sports medicine. The chapters are completes and concise in the same time, a great point for the editors, authors and principally for readers. In the beginning, the book presents a brief review of exercise physiology, following with general topics in sports as nutrition and growing. After, some chapters show for the reader some of the most common injuries in sports, having special considerations the injuries in ankle and knee. The last chapters describe about special populations in sports, as women in pregnancy and elders. I really recommend this book.

Before I bought this book, I was looking all over the internet for a couple of new paintball games to play (to change things up a bit on the field). I searched through chat sites, forums, and practically every website I could find containing what I found to be was basically the same 20 games, tops....until I found this book! I checked out the book's preview on their web site paintballersalmanac.com and learned that these guys really did their homework! I WAS BLOWN AWAY WHEN I SAW THE INDEX OF GAMES! My list of 20 games that I spent weeks accumulating turned out to be a big waste of time compared to the 200 games in this book- I should have just bought this book from the beginning.

PROS:
Every game imaginable has been included, and then there's another 150 on top of that! I'm not exaggerating. I found that practically every game was a unique and challenging scenario. I didn't spot any "cheap knock-off variations" to "fluff up the book" - like, "Give the Captain a gun and call it a new game". Every game was legitimate. There were tons of games that I thought were purely brilliant, ranging from extremely simple to very challenging. What I really liked was the practical yet creative use of props, ranging from using a combination lock to using "cup-and-string-posts" for color changing beacons (Domination p.37) Games are organized alphabetically, one page at a time for easy reference, and the index in the back allows you to find games by alternative names. The classic games were in there too, so you can have all the "official rules" for the new guys in your group.

CONS:
There's a game or two that takes a bit more setup than your typical newbie might want to do - but almost every game can be set up in less than 5 minutes and the games that do require props are minimal, like "A plastic pipe" or "a foam ball". I just wish I had this book 10 years ago when I first started playing paintball (There's enough games in this book that I would still be playing new ones to this day!)

SUMMARY:
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR NEW GAMES -GET THIS BOOK!
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