Written by Dennis Graver, an internationally acclaimed scuba diving educator, Scuba Diving has everything today's divers need to know for underwater excitement and safety. This beautifully illustrated, full-color text will teach you how to 
• perform essential diving skills; 
• use diving equipment in both warm and cold water; 
• avoid the risks and hazards associated with diving; and 
• take advantage of the advances in diving medicine, diving equipment, and dive-planning devices. 
In addition to his expert instruction on diving technique, Graver draws on his personal diving experiences to share special insights into scuba. He explains how to adapt to the underwater environment, prevent potential injuries, identify and appreciate the wonderful plant and animal sea life, achieve an adequate fitness level for diving, and much more. Whether you're a novice or a certified diver, Scuba Diving is your most complete guide to great underwater adventures.

Scuba Diving

Sports & Outdoors

Dennis K. Graver

Water Sports

Human Kinetics (Trade)

Coaching Youth Basketball is an excellent introduction to youth coaching and teaching young basketball players valuable skills. It provides all the information you need to coach effectively and help 8- to 14-year-old athletes learn and enjoy the game. 
This third edition features the games approach to coaching basketball, which makes practice more fun for the kids and teaching more effective for you, the coach. Also included are chapters on communicating with athletes and parents, planning and conducting practice, and coaching during games. 
Developed by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP), the nation’s number one coaching education program, Coaching Youth Basketball provides volunteer coaches with both an explanation of their role and concrete instructions on how to fulfill that role.

Coaching Youth Basketball

American Sport Education Program

Basketball

Features 63 movement exploration exercises that illustrate choreographic principles. Readers will learn how to solve common choreography problems, design and shape movements, and organize dance performances.

Choreography: A Basic Approach Using Improvisation

Arts & Photography

Sandra C. Minton

Performing Arts

This greatly revised and expanded edition of The Soccer Goalkeeper is in authoritative guide to the most important and demanding position in soccer. From drills and tactics to equipment and fitness, expert coaches Joe Luxbacher and Gene Klein detail all of the unique mental and physical skills a goalkeeper needs to maximize performance on the field. This second edition features the updated information players and coaches require to keep up with the evolving role of the goalkeeper, including revised illustrations and photos, new and improved drills and game-simulated competitions, modern training regimens such as plyometrics, chapters on footwork and defending against restart situations, more information on positioning, including the role of the keeper / sweeper, and updates on the attacking role of the goalkeeper. Each chapter also presents a variety of drills that help players learn and refine skills such as receiving low, medium, and high balls; footwork; diving; distribution; boxing; and more. Plus, The Soccer Goalkeeper provides players and coaches with details on important soccer fundamentals: Choosing the best equipment. Combining the proper mental approach with physical ability. Developing effective strategies and tactics. Maintaining a physical fitness regimen throughout the year. Other special features include a glossary of soccer terms related to the goalkeeper and an appendix featuring updated Federation International de Football Association laws that directly apply to the goalkeeper.

The Soccer Goalkeeper

Joseph A. Luxbacher

Soccer

For years, PNF stretching has been used in therapeutic settings. With Facilitated Stretching, you can now learn how to use PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) stretching techniques to increase range of motion in healthy athletes.

Facilitated Stretching

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Robert E. McAtee

Exercise & Fitness

Coaching Soccer Successfully is a complete guide to building and maintaining a winning soccer program! It's filled with expert instruction on teaching the techniques and tactics of soccer as well as practical advice for guiding your team throughout the season. 
The 51 drills, which cover position-specific and overall soccer skills, will help you develop complete players. The book also explains how to 
• develop a coaching philosophy, 
• communicate with your players, 
• plan practices, 
• teach offensive and defensive skills and tactics, 
• prepare for matches, and 
• evaluate your players and program. 
Coaching Soccer Successfully is a sure winner at any level of competition!

Coaching Soccer Successfully

Rees, Roy

Literature & Fiction

The first complete history of the world's oldest and most celebrated marathon. Derderian takes readers on a tour of the Boston Marathon from 1897 through 1993 and tells about the people who shaped each race, how they trained, the problems they encountered, and the results from each year. Over 100 illus.

Boston Marathon: The History of the World's Premier Running Event

Derderian, Tom.

Individual Sports

This is a practical guide full of information for pitchers and coaches at every level from Little League to the major league. It covers the three keys to pitching success: technique, training and thinking. The section on technique shows how to apply 3-D motion analysis to pitching mechanics. The training section details the latest methods for conditioning the pitcher's total body and throwing arm, whilst the thinking section focuses on the mental aspects of ptiching, including preventing game anxiety, handling postgame anxiety, and more.

The Pitching Edge

Tom House

This book is designed to help women achieve a fitter body and a healthier, more exhilarating life. This book is the result of eight years of research and study at the Melpomene Institute. In order to help women make informed choices about health and lifestyle, it answers such questions as: what are the reasons for menstrual dysfunction?; Is it dangerous for pregnant women to exercise?; Why do women consistently choose ideal body shapes that are 20% underweight?; Will phycisical activity relieve menstrual cramps?; What is the most important positive influence on your child's desire to be physically fit?; Which of the changes that occur with ageing are normal, and which are not?; What are the best ways to avoid injury while playing sports? The Melpomene Institute specializes in health-related issues affecting physically active women, and is a leading source of information on the relationship between women's health and physical activity. Its staff and researchers include physicians, nutritionists, exercise physiologists and health educators.

The Bodywise Woman: Reliable Information About Physical Activity and Health

Melpomene Institute

This book includes all the information needed to evaluate and improve every aspect of cycling training and performance and shows how to create the most personalized and efficient program possible. Tables make it easy to determine optimal training levels based on readers' equipment, physiology, and cycling objectives.

Serious Cycling

Burke, Ed

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