Athletics Books

Ms. Heywood has written a compelling story of a female athlete (runner) coming of age. She presents her memoir in a straight forward manner and does not hold back. She had a sexual relationship with her high school coach. She presents her story with all the emotional ambiguity I'm sure it carried. Ms. Heywood later struggled with an eating disorder. Again, this is presented in a very real manner. Ms. Heywood is also a very gifted writer. I found this book a compelling read and it should have a wide audience.

This book gave me a lot of great ideas on areas of athletics I wasn't totally sure of how to teach before! I highly recommend it!

I found the book, Racewalking, to be a wonderful introduction to the pulse quickening world of racewalking.

To be honest, besides wanting to get into shape through racewalking, I bought the book because of William Finley, the co-author. Why? Go rent Brian DePalma's 1975 movie, The Phantom of the Paradise, which Mr. Finley starred in. He was fantastic in that movie as the Phantom, and equally as wonderful as an author that introduced me to the sport of racewalking.

This book "Racquetball" by P.E. Allsen is part if the Sport and Fitness Series of Brown & Benchmark Publishers. As with other books in the series, it pretty much covers everything you want to know about the sport.
It covers history, rules, procedures, strategies, etc. There are monochrome pictures of how to stand and move. Along with this are several diagrams of angles best for different types of serves. The book covers rules of different groups and how to score.
A very important but overlooked part of the sport is warming up and stretching exercises. They are covered in this book also.
The only thing lacking from the book are the strength and endurance drills that do not use the ball its self.
There is so much information in this 116 page book that it can make your racquet spin. This book is a must if you are even half way serious.

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This book is full of age-appropriate activities for P.E. teachers to use. I have used it in my student teaching at the University of Arizona and plan to use it while teaching. It contains all the areas of a good lesson: intro activity, fitness, game skills, and closing. Give it a try, you won't regret it.

This book provides an excellent historical overview of Western Kentucky University athletics through the late 1970's. Western Kentucky has one of the winningest basketball programs in history. From the early days under the legendary Coach Ed Diddle right on through the 1970s. A must for any Hilltopper fan!

Haley Arthur overhears her beloved skating coach, Kathy Bart, making plans to be with her friend Amy, who tours with the Ice Follies. Oh no! Is Kathy leaving Silver Blades forever? Haley and Co. are finding out! Meanwhile, Haley's partner Patrick has hurt his ankle and is on the grumpy side. To cheer him up, Haley and her friends plan a party for him. But Patrick thinks they're discussing something that he can't hear, and gets mad. Poor Haley! She has so many problems! Some hysterically funny moments. A must read for anyone.

A must read for any Coe fan, or those interested in the history of the sport. An intelligent look at track in the early 80s by one of the greats; this book is about the events and the sport, not ego.

This is an excellent, inspirational book for anybody considering getting into running or even for established runners looking for guidance - it covers the complete range from complete beginner to serious athlete. There is sensible, non technical information on health diet, clothing, competing (or not) track running, road running, cross country, marathon as well as a variety of running programmes you can follow. At time of writing, I have been running for 7 months (to get fit) and regularly re-read parts of this book. The book ensures that you avoid "pitfalls" and helps you to make genuine progress. It is one of the best presents my wife has bought me this year.

This book is great if you're looking for detailed workouts overa whole season of training. It really takes the guess work out oftrying to figure out what workouts to do when. Excellent info for all runners up to elite levels. Well detailed...