strategies, methods, and experiences to help you enhance the experience and development of your own athletes. Developed in cooperation with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), The Softball Coaching Bible was written by the greatest assembly of college and high school softball coaches ever. The text provides the finer points of coaching softball, presented in an engaging manner that makes the contents easy to apply to your own ball club. The topics range from teaching the best skills and drills to subjects rarely written about, such as developing responsible athletes and building character and loyalty in players. Find out how Mike Candrea develops productive hitters at the University of Arizona, and follow the advice of Fresno State University's Margie Wright for competing in tournaments and playoffs. This landmark work covers all the bases, from recruiting players to attracting fans. The Softball Coaching Bible also contains information on professional development: moving through the coaching ranks, making use of other coaches and professional organizations, avoiding coaching burnout, and attending and running camps and clinics. Chapter after chapter, this book provides the game plan for building a winning program. The Softball Coaching Bible is filled with insights and expert advice to help you learn and grow. Soak it up, enjoy the stories, and discover the wisdom of the sport's finest mentors. About the Editor The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) is the sport's leading professional growth organization for coaches at all competitive levels of play. The NFCA has more than 4,000 members, most of whom are high school, travel-team, and collegiate coaches. The NFCA provides a forum for discussing matters of interest to its members and works to formulate guiding principles, standards, and policies for conducting competitive fastpitch softball programs for girls and women. It recognizes outstanding members through its Victory Club and Coach of the Year awards programs, in addition to All-Region, All-American, and Scholar-Athlete awards programs for members' college and high school players. All members receive the association's newspaper, Fastpitch Delivery, and enjoy discounts on softball coachin  (less)

1,500 athletes how to manage all aspects of their lives. Now many of the United Kingdom's top coaches have come together to offer you those same lessons, advice, and training tips. Part 1 concentrates on the basics-understanding the fundamentals of your chosen sport, training needs, and the outside activities you need to create a healthy balance in your life. Part 2 focuses on the practicalities: getting and keeping fit, anaerobic and aerobic endurance, proper nutrition, mental training, and balancing strength and power with speed and flexibility. A chapter on staying healthy is also included. Part 3 offers information on the serious issues of drugs and doping as well as important information about training and competing abroad. Part 4 helps you put it all together and shows you how to measure and monitor your performance for evaluation and improvement. For whatever sport you choose, this is the book you need to perform your very best! About the Author The Youth Sport Trust is a young, dynamic charity established in 1994 and supported by many of the key names in British sport, such as Sebastian Coe, Sue Barker, and Mike Atherton. The Trust believes that physical activity and sport have a key role in the development of all young people. Therefore, the Trust works to build a brighter future for young people in sport. The Trust's mission is to develop and implement, in close partnership with other organizations, quality physical education (PE) and sport programs for all young people ages 18 months to 18 years in schools and the community. In doing so, the YST has teamed up with Human Kinetics as their official publisher, and this is the first of many ongoing projects between the UK's foremost PE trust and the world's premier publisher in physical activity. The Youth Sport Trust is committed to working with a range of organizations, including schools, universities and sport teams, to provide support to talented and gifted young athletes. The Young Athlete's Handbook is compiled from the notes of some of the UK's top coaches and sport experts. These professionals' techniques have been tested at performance camps run by the Youth Sport Trust at Loughborough University. Steve Cram competed in the  (less)

and playoffs, recruiting players, attracting fans, professional development, attending and running camps and clinics. This book also covers subjects rarely written about, such as developing responsible athletes and building character and loyalty in players. The Softball Coaching Bible is filled with insights and expert advice to help you learn and grow and provide a game plan for building a winning program. 349 pages. 2002. ISBN 0-7360-3827-2.  (less)

you need for quick, creative, and accurate shot making. Through a sequence of competitive and challenging drills, you'll improve shooting technique and learn special ways to light up the scoreboard. The book presents time-tested drills developed by Huron Hockey School, which has graduated more than 350 players to the National Hockey League. Each chapter presents 10 drills that focus on specific scoring skills. All activities are designed to develop practical skills that carry over into game situations. And many activities are easily adaptable to roller hockey. The drills progress in difficulty N from simple activities that even beginners can do to elite-level workouts that would challenge the greatest talents in the world. A special Drill Finder section cross references drills by their related skill categories so you can easily find the drills that fit your needs. Each chapter includes full-page diagrams illustrating the drills and features Key Points and Drill Progressions sections that: tell you what Huron Hockey School coaches have learned over the years to make the drills most effective, offer tips to help players and coaches reduce the time to master skills, and provide helpful ideas to refine the drills to challenge even the most experienced player. The authors provide specific objectives for all drills. Few of these drills require extra equipment or lots of setup time. Basically, all you need are sticks, a puck, and ice or pavement. And sample practice sessions are included to help you make the most of training time. As part of a series of drill books developed in cooperation with Huron Hockey School, Hockey Drills for Scoring provides players and coaches with the best instructional resource for increasing point production. Use it, and score! About the Author From his boyhood involvement at Huron Hockey School camps to a coaching career in the NHL, Newell Brown has seemed destined for success in hockey. Prior to the 1996-97 NHL season, the then 33-year-old Brown was named an assistant coach for the Chicago Blackhawks. His appointment came on the heels of a sterling coaching career in the Detroit Red Wings organization. From 1992 to 1996 Brown coached the top development team for the parent organization, the A  (less)

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argument that the body’s stability and power comes from its center. Stronger Abs and Back shows how to develop the body’s core musculature for maximum fitness and athletic performance. Strong abdominal and torso muscles will enhance physical appearance and mobility as well as contribute to the prevention of low back pain--the most common physical ailment in the industrialized world. Because of its extensive benefits, Stronger Abs and Back applies to a broad readership: office workers who stiffen up while sitting at a desk all week; weekend warriors who play 36 holes on a free day at the course; serious athletes who want the utmost power to perform closer to their potential; and coaches who develop training programs with the best and most comprehensive fitness level of their athletes in mind. The book features 165 exercises for developing flexibility, strength, and power. It also shows how to select and sequence these exercises in a 24-week sample program for abs and back development. About the Author Dean Brittenham is the athletic director at the Shiley Athletic Elite Program at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California. He also is CEO of S.P.O.R.T. Elite, Ltd., an organization that promotes athletic performance, human health, and physical fitness through education, research, training, and service. Dean Brittenham’s background includes more than 40 years of teaching, training, and coaching athletes of all ability levels in many different sports. As a recognized expert in strength and conditioning, he is a popular speaker at camps, clinics, and symposia around the world. He has served as the strength and conditioning coach for both the Indiana Pacers and the New England Patriots, and he has trained a number of top-ranked tennis, volleyball, and cycling athletes. Dean enjoys traveling, reading, and gardening. He lives in Escondido, California, with his wife, Beverly. Greg Brittenham, Dean’s son, is the strength and conditioning coach of the New York Knicks and has helped condition such NBA basketball pros as Patrick Ewing, Doc Rivers, and Derek Harper as well as players from the Orlando Magic and the Indiana Pacers. He also is the president of S.P.O.R.T. Elite, Ltd. Greg has been a leader in athletic conditioning since 1978. He and his father were codirectors of the Center for Athletic Development at the National Institute for Fitness and Sport in Indianapolis. Greg holds a master’s degree in kinesiology from Indiana University and is author of Complete Conditioning for Basketball. An avid spokesperson for the importance of athletic conditioning, Greg has presented and demonstrated his training methods and programs to several prominent athletic groups, including the United States Tennis Ass  (less)