Athletics Books

Peaceful Playgrounds is jam packed of useful information for any educator to incorporate into the elementary school setting. The content is presented in a simple and staight forward manner so that anyone could implement this program. I definately recommend this book for anyone that is interested in improving an existing or designing a new playground program. There are a variety of ideas, games and outlines for one to get started.

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I have found it very helpful in my after school program

league. This book has a lot of information about the American Basketball League(ABL), the other women's pro basketball league. One problem is that there isn't enough information about teams and players from the east coast. The ABL rules!!

The book has provided comprehensive information on
postoperative rehabilitation of the knee and shoulder.
But, we havent understood some of exercises exactly.
We would recommend this book for physiotherapists who
work on sports rehabilitation.

You must know volleyball if you found this book. Written by a man who helped change the face of American volleyball, it contains a lot of knowledge written very simply. Whether a beginner or someone who's been playing a long time, it'll add something to your game.

Journalists Alexander Wolff and Armen Keteyian show the underside of college basketball recruiting in this still relevant and hard-hitting book. As many know, the key to winning is recruiting the top players. Since the NCAA forbids paying athletes in cash - recruiters, scouts, coaches, and hustlers have alternative methods for landing the top jocks. As the authors show, those methods include gifts of athletic shoes, summer camps, and fun-filled recruiting trips. Parents of top athletes and their high school coaches sometimes receive dollars, favors and/or jobs. I particularly liked the authors' description of Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro, who skillfully exploits the process with his popular athletic shoes. Simply put, the game is awash in corruption,

Many realize that amateurism - paying athletes not in cash but with scholarships - is unworkable in big-money sports. Others know that too many top players leave college without a pro contract, and with little education. We fans may enjoy college basketball, but that cannot obscure the sport's dark underside.

This book has helped me a lot with the rehabilitation aspect of Athletic Training, which is my major at school. Two of the grad assistance have it and loved it, so I decided to get the book! So far it has been the best move, I have learned new exercises to help with athlete's that I didn't know about prior to this book. The only downfall was I bought it used from someone whom claimed the book had "NO writing or Highlighting" inside and once I received the book it was filled with highlighting. If it doesn't bother you when other people have highlighted information that you might not want highlighted than go ahead and buy it used. If not than I really recommend buying it new, especially if you are in a physical therapy or sports medicine field.

Excellent reference. Along the lines of, but just not as good as, Miller's classic Review of Orthopaedics.

Many years ago when I started running, "The Runner's Book" was the first publication I purchased about running. In it I learned many basic stretching techniques, running styles, and ways to prevent common injuries. I learned about shoe design, and how to get the most out of every workout. This book served as my "beginners bible" of running. It sat on my bookshelf right next to Jim Fixx's "Complete Book of Running."