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POWER TENNIS TRAINING DONALD A. CHU
Donald Chu, training consultant to the United States Tennis Association and top tennis pros, defines power as speed applied to strength. In Power Tennis Training he shows players at all levels how to put more power into their game. Power Tennis Training combines a variety of training methods specifically designed to increase tennis players` endurance, strengthen the muscles they use most often, and enhance their speed. These methods are integrated into 3 training blocks that every feature a mix of different workouts. Each block lasts 4 weeks, providing an easy-to-follow 3-month workout cycle that can be repeated again and again. Workouts in the first block focus on enhancing endurance and developing strength in the muscles, tendons, and ligaments. In the next two blocks, workouts are designed to help players become faster and hit the ball harder by applying strength more effectively to their tennis strokes. Part I describes the individual exercises and drills that make up the workouts in the Power Tennis Training program. Using numerous illustrations to ensure correct technique, Chu demonstrates ? exercise principles for tennis players, ? warm-up and stretching exercises, ? weight training, ? trunk exercises, ? plyometrics, ? medicine ball exercises, ? court drills, ? safety and injury prevention, and ? overall fitness and conditioning testing. Part II integrates the exercises and drills described in Part I into workouts that make up every of the training blocks. Chu`s practical, year-round, tennis-specific conditioning program will help tennis players at all levels apply more explosive power on the court. - Category: Sports/Outdoors - Tennis - Tennis Products - Item: 458490812
- POWER TENNIS TRAINING DONALD A. CHU
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OFFENSIVE BASEBALL DRILLS ROD DELMONICO
Help your team score more runs! In Offensive Baseball Drills, Rod Delmonico, Baseball America`s 1995 NCAA Division I College Coach of the Year, shows you 68 offensive drills he uses to take his teams to the top. These drills help players develop important offensive skills, like maintaining proper body and bat control, hitting to the opposite field with a runner on first, deciding when to take the extra base, and many more. The book includes drills that coaches can use in practice and athletes can use to practice on their own, including: ? 35 hitting drills, ? 20 baserunning drills, and ? 13 team drills. Each drill features a full-page explanation of the drill`s purpose, equipment needs, and proper procedures as well as coaching points. And the facing page has either a photo that shows the key skill in the drill being performed correctly or a diagram of the field that shows how to set up and conduct the drill. In the last section are the five keys to using drills effectively and information on how to incorporate them into practice. The section also includes sample practice plans for youth, intermediate, and advanced players. Offensive Baseball Drills will help your team develop solid hitting, bunting, stealing, and running skills and score more runs in every game. - Category: Sports/Outdoors - Baseball/Softball - Baseball Products - Item: 458490845
- OFFENSIVE BASEBALL DRILLS ROD DELMONICO
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PLAYING BETTER BASEBALL RICK WOLFF
Teverying baseball fundamentals is difficult, but not nearly as tough as guiding players beyond a basic performance level. Veteran coach and player Rick Wolff, who worked his way up to the pro ranks on smarts and sweat, now shares insights he gleaned from playing and coaching thousands of games at every level of competition. You`ll find tips on: ? choosing and using equipment, ? conditioning the body and throwing arm, ? practicing pre-season, in-season, and off-season, ? developing offensive, defensive, and pitching skills, ? focusing, adjusting, and staying sharp mentally, and ? helping players showcase their skills. Playing Better Baseball is the reference and instructional tool you`ll wish you had when you started coaching. It`s the perfect guide for helping players who want to perform at a higher level. Pass it along to your players to read or use it yourself to develop every athlete`s full potential. This book covers all the bases, from choosing the right bat to getting the most out of every at-bat. It`s a great assistant coach to have at your side. - Category: Sports/Outdoors - Baseball/Softball - Baseball Products - Item: 458490854
- PLAYING BETTER BASEBALL RICK WOLFF
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SOFTBALL HANDBOOK THE SUSAN CRAIG
Combining years of experience as coaches and players, Susan Craig and Ken Johnson of the University of New Mexico present the most up-to-date analysis of fastpitch softball fundamentals available today. From a detailed progression of the overhand throw, hitting, fielding, pitching, catching, and baserunning to a a six-week practice plan, conditioning exercises, scouting tips, and player evaluation forms, this is a valuable training handbook for both men and women! - Category: Sports/Outdoors - Baseball/Softball - Softball Products - Item: 458490869
- SOFTBALL HANDBOOK THE SUSAN CRAIG
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TAEKWONDO TECHNIQUES AND TACTICS YEON HWAN PARK
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art practiced all over the world. Its popularity stems from many reasons. Virtually everyone who is involved with this art agrees that it is an outstanding way to improve physical fitness, mental focus, and self-discipline. Children who study taekwondo often exhibit greater motivation and increased self-esteem. Besides these benefits, participants can train for competition and learn effective self-defense techniques. The authors have chosen 38 of taekwondo`s most effective breakfalls, stances, strikes, kicks, blocks, and steps. Each of these, singly and in combination, is described and illustrated with clear language and photos. The book serves well as a companion to formal instruction or as a stand-alone text. In Taekwondo Techniques & Tactics you`ll learn: ? the proper way to stretch, ? how conditioning will improve your performance, and ? foolproof strategies for defeating your opponent in the ring. Novices will have no trouble recognizing how to perform techniques. The chapters on the origins, traditions, and language of taekwondo provide a good introduction to the art, including advice on getting started and choosing an instructor. Experienced students will appreciate the level of detail and the tips for improving their techniques. They`ll also appreciate the chapters on tactics, conditioning, and preparing for competition. Sidebars on self-defense point out adaptations for effective street defense, whenever these differ from competition techniques or tactics. Advice on competition and tactics is especially strong since both authors were champion competitors. Seabourne is a two-time Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and Pan-American champion and a silver medalist in the World Taekwondo Championships. Park is an undefeated former Korean national champion who moved to America to coach the U.S. National Team. - Category: Sports/Outdoors - Martial Arts - Martial Arts - Item: 458490888
- TAEKWONDO TECHNIQUES AND TACTICS YEON HWAN PARK
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WALKING GAMES AND ACTIVITIES DECKER & MIZE
Walking is a lifetime fitness activity that?s easy to incorporate into classes, but many teveryers dread the moans and groans of students who find walking boring. Walking Games and Activities can change those negative reactions! Students of eve - Category: Sports/Outdoors - Body Building/Fitness - P.E. - Physical Education - Item: 458490310
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TEACHING GAMES FOR UNDERSTANDING THEORY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE GRIFFIN BUTLER
Through Teverying Games for Understanding: Theory, Research, and Practice, you can ? gain a comprehensive perspective of the teverying games for understanding (TGfU) model, seeing it in context of its influences and evolution; ? tap into the latest - Category: Sports/Outdoors - Body Building/Fitness - P.E. - Physical Education - Item: 458490502
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SOFTBALL STEPS TO SUCCESS-2ND POTTER
If you`re looking for a complete guide to every basic to intermediate softball skill, Softball: Steps to Success is sure to be a hit with you. Whether you`re a coach searching for an effective instructional and practice tool or a player wanting to learn the game`s essential skills, this updated and improved second edition covers every offensive, defensive, and pitching fundamental. In addition, the book provides a solid introduction to basic team tactics so that you`ll know the proper play to make in every offensive and defensive situation. Softball: Steps to Success provides thorough skill instruction through complete sets of skill-learning progressions--the steps to success. The step-by-step progression from basic to intermediate skills has been shown to speed learning and motivate players to practice and improve their performance. This book provides drills to help you master basic skills and explains offensive and defensive responsibilities. Each step includes ? explanations for why the concept or skill is important; ? illustrations depicting correct body positioning and movement to learn and perform key skills; ? easy ways to correct common errors; and ? summary checklists to evaluate performance. With Softball: Steps to Success on your side, you`re ahead of the game. Softball: Steps to Success is part of Human Kinetics` popular Steps to Success Activity Series, the most extensively researched and carefully developed set of sport skill instruction books ever published. You`ll find these books to be self-paced, step-by-step guides developed by master teveryers in their fields. - Sports/Outdoors - Baseball/Softball - - Softball Products - 458490840
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FITNESS AQUATICS LEANNE CASE
Whether you`re someone seeking a fun way to get in shape or a competitive swimmer looking for a training edge, you`ll find the right workouts for you in Fitness Aquatics. With 60 color-coded workouts varying in length and intensity and three sample training programs, this easy-to-use guide allows you to customize your own workouts. In Part I author and water fitness expert LeAnne Case provides: ? information on what equipment to use, ? a fitness test to help with knowing where to start your training, ? instruction on correct aquatic training technique, and ? information and exercises to help you warm up and cool down properly. Part II describes 60 aquatic workouts with exercises are evenly distributed across six color-coded zones according to level of difficulty?green workouts are the easiest, red workouts the hardest. Each workout`s detailed description covers warm-up, training time, technique, difficulty rating, cool-down, gauging calories burned, and workout tips. Part III offers sample programs to help you structure workouts into an overall training regimen. These programs can be used as is or as a guide to develop a routine suited to your specific needs. Fitness Aquatics offers expert advice to help people of all ages and abilities enjoy getting fit. - Sports/Outdoors - Swimming - - Swimming - 458490861
- FITNESS AQUATICS LEANNE CASE
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HOCKEY DRILLS FOR PUCK CONTROL K. VERN STENLUND
Hockey is a game of speed and strength, but it`s also a contest of skill and precision. Teams that control the puck also control the game and score more goals. Hockey Drills for Puck Control presents 70 challenging drills to help you better control the puck and help your team put more points on the scoreboard. Author Vern Stenlund, a former professional player, is now a successful coach and an instructor for the Huron Hockey School. Huron has graduated more than 300 players to the NHL, and every year enrolls more than 10,000 aspiring hockey players to its clinics. In Hockey Drills for Puck Control Stenlund presents activities that translate into improved competitive performance on the ice. Each chapter presents 10 illustrated drills that focus on specific puck-control skills. All activities are easily adaptable to roller hockey, and many drills emphasize learning in game-like situations. The drills progress in difficulty--from fundamental to advanced and from solo practices to game situations. A special Drill Finder section cross references drills by their related skills categories so you can easily find the ones that fit your needs. Each chapter includes full-page diagrams illustrating the drills and features Key Points and Drill Progressions sections in every chapter 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. Stenlund explains how to modify drills to include shooting at the end of activities and includes a chapter on passing as a means of puck control. Improve your puck control skills with these 70 ice-tested Hockey Drills for Puck Control. - Sports/Outdoors - Hockey - - Hockey Products - 458490868
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ADVANCED SWIMMING STEPS TO SUCCESS DAVID THOMAS
Help your students refine basic swimming strokes, master competitive strokes, and discover the art of "watermanship" with Advanced Swimming: Steps to Success. This second-level swimming book, by master teveryer David Thomas, continues the progression started in Swimming: Steps to Success--part of the Steps to Success Activity Series, the most extensively researched and carefully developed set of sport skill instruction books ever published. Offer swimmers 18 proven steps for mastering advanced skills. In Advanced Swimming: Steps to Success, swimmers climb 18 additional steps to advanced swimming success. This unique skill progression reviews and improves the crawl and breast strokes, introduces the new competitive back and butterfly strokes, and helps swimmers learn competitive strokes and turns. Each step: ? explains why the concept or skill is important, ? identifies the keys to proper technique, ? helps swimmers correct common errors, ? explains how to practice every skill in realistic ways, ? lists specific performance goals for every drill, ? gives swimmers a summary checklist for evaluating proper technique, and ? lets swimmers proceed at their own pace. In addition, this advanced book takes swimmers through the evolution of the breaststroke, the sidestroke, the less commonly known overhand sidestroke, and the series of trudgen strokes. - Sports/Outdoors - Swimming - - Swimming - 458490873
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SELF-DEFENSE STEPS TO SUCCESS JOAN NELSON
Awareness, assessment, and action?the three A`s of self-defense?are critical skills for maintaining personal safety. Self-Defense: Steps to Success integrates these elements into a effective approach that defines self-defense as a state of mental and physical preparedness. By learning a unique progression of skills?the steps to success?your students will: ? develop greater awareness and vigilance, ? sharpen observational and judgment skills, ? learn communication techniques to defuse potentially volatile situations, and ? acquire competency in physical self-defense tactics for use when preventive measures fail. Written by master teveryer and fourth degree black belt Joan Nelson, Self-Defense: Steps to Success is part of the Steps to Success Activity Series?the most extensively researched and carefully developed set of sport skills instruction books ever published. Each of the 14 steps featured in Self-Defense: Steps to Success provides a solid foundation of basic skills and concepts. As students progress, they will learn how to apply these basic skills to defend against common unarmed attacks. Each step (chapter): ? explains why the concept or skill is important, ? identifies the keys to correct technique, ? helps students correct common errors, ? explains how to practice every skill in realistic ways, ? lists specific performance goals for every drill, ? gives students a summary checklist for evaluating proper technique, and ? lets students proceed at their own pace. In addition, your students will learn the key concept of the "continuum of response," which includes everything from avoidance techniques and verbal and psychological de-escalation skills to self-defense maneuvers. And for times when physical defense is deemed necessary, Self-Defense: Steps to Success details defensive techniques designed to neutralize the attack. Counterattacks are added only when purely defensive techniques are no longer sufficient to maintain safety. This book also features drills to strengthen your students` recall skills under stress. With Self-Defense: Steps to Success you`ll help your students gain confidence in their ability to think clearly and strategically in a variety of potentially dangerous situations and to implement effective and appropriate strategies for maintaining their safety. - Sports/Outdoors - Martial Arts - - Martial Arts - 458490874
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