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Teaching Infant and Preschool Aquatics Book
Get infants and toddlers off to a greataquatic start! Australia has long beenrecognized as one of the world leadersin swimming and aquatic education.Through a new series of books byAUSTSWIM, instructors around the worldcan now incorporate new and better waysto teach aquatics.Teaching Infant and Preschool Aquaticsprovides important guidelines forintroducing infants and toddlers towater safely and effectively. Aquaticeducation experts describe childrensmotor, cognitive, and emotionaldevelopment during six ...
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Rookie Coaches Swimming Guide
Rookie Coaches Swimming Guide > covers all the fundamentals of coaching and swimming in a concise style that's tailor-made for the novice youth swimming coach.The book provides important coaching principles: developing a coaching philosophy, reinforcing kids positively, teaching skills, planning practices, preventing and caring for injuries, and addressing liability concerns. No other resource offers such a unique blend of coaching and youth swimming information.71 pages.
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Fantastic Water Workouts
Have fun, get fit, and stay healthy withFantastic Water Workouts. With morethan 130 exercises that use the naturalresistance of water, you will improveyour body's composition and tone,strengthen muscles, increase aerobic andmuscular endurance, and improveflexibility, coordination, andagility-all with minimal stress on yourbody.In addition to creativeindividual exercises, Fantastic WaterWorkouts includes 14 step-by-stepprograms that can be tailored to yourpersonal needs, interests, and fitnessgoals.Whether ...
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Pool Precision 2nd Edition Book
Whether you are a weekend player or seasoned professional, if you are seriousabout improving your game, Precision Pool is your best shot.Sharpen your strategy and shot-making skills. If you like playing Eight Ball,Nine Ball, One Pocket, or Straight Pool, this book will reveal the secrets thepros know. Authors Gerry "The Ghost" Kanov and Shari "TheShark" Stauch leave nothing to chance , sharing the wealth of experiencethey gained from coaching or competing against virtually every top professionalplayer. The ...
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Water Fun
To help beginners gain confidence in thewater, basic water exercises that may beperformed in a vertical position areprovided, along with workout optionsthat do not require participants to befully submerged in the water. Water Funalso includes activities for exerciserswho want to transition from waterexercise to swimming. Athletes, alongwith instructors, coaches, and athletictrainers, will also find sport-specificand cross-training activities to enhancetheir conditioning regimens. With acomplete collection of ...
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Endurance Sports Nutrition
Find your endurance advantage in thefoods you eat. Endurance SportsNutrition will help you select the bestfoods, fluids, and supplements to trainlonger, recover more quickly, avoidinjuries, and achieve your performancegoals in any endurance endeavor. Sports dietitian and former eliterunner Suzanne Girard Eberle provides aproven fueling program that addressesthe unique needs of endurance athletes:- Road and trail running: 5K to 100+miles- Cycling and mountain biking:time trials to multiday rides-Duathlon and ...
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Vegetarian Sports Nutrition
Relying on the recent evidence-basedresearch, Vegetarian Sports Nutritiondetails performance and health benefits,including enhanced muscle recovery andoptimal bone health. With tailored mealplans and training strategies, you willlearn to make smart nutritionaldecisions and to properly fuel your bodythroughout your training regimen.This comprehensive resource simplifiesthe process of determining your energy,protein, vitamin, and mineral needs andmonitoring carbohydrate and fat intake.You ll learn how to ...
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Essentials of Team Building Book (EA)
Team building is a proven approach for helping people become respectful competitors, cooperative team members, and community leaders. The authors offer a day-by-day guide for implementing activities and challenges for individual sessions, units, or an entire semester. The activities and challenges are geared to beginning through advanced participants in a variety of settings.
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Sport Stretch
Sport Stretch > is the first book of its kind to combine scientific facts about stretching with practical tips you can use to improve your performance and reduce your chances of injury in practice and in competition. Written by an expert in stretching, this easy-to-follow guide contains illustrated instructions for complete stretching routines. Whether you enjoy baseball, bicycling, dance, golf, hockey, soccer, tennis, wrestling, or one of more than a dozen other sports, you'll find a routine to match your ...
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Fuel for Young Athletes
Young athletes need more than practiceto succeed in sport. They need a properdiet that will leave them energized andable to perform their best throughoutthe entire game. Whether you re a coach,parent, or nutritionist, you can helpyoung athletes fuel for energy,development, and performance through thesound nutritional guidelines presentedin Fuel for Young Athletes. Topicscovered include:food and fluid guidelines for youngathletes, >food plans tailored to the specificenergy needs of 11 sports, >recipe and snack ...
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Swimming Past 50
Swimming Past 50 > offers age-appropriate fitness and competition training programs and insights for swimmers who have lapped the 50-year mark. Written by Masters Swimming coaches (Mel Goldstein and Dave Tanner), this book will help you reach your target fitness level, improve performance, and increase your enjoyment of Swimming.Both in-pool and dryland training programs and sample workouts are presented in a clear and ready-to-use format, and they can be easily tailored to meet your specific needs. The ...
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Pool Player's Edge Book
The Pool Player's Edge book is for anyone serious about pool, authors ShariStauch and Gerry Kanov two veteran professional players and highly regardedteachers have created the ultimate reference. This book will teach you advancedtechniques and tactics with graphics that will help you outplay and out-thinkyour opponents. With this book you will learn Advanced Skills, shots, and strategies for8-Ball and 9-Ball. Make pool's most difficult shots with ease. Control thetable, out-think your opponent several shots ...
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In Pursuit of Excellence
In Pursuit of Excellence, Third Edition,shows you how to develop the positiveoutlook that turns ordinary competitors into winners... on theplaying field and off. You ll learn howto focus your commitment, overcomeobstacles to excellence, and achievegreater personal and professionalsatisfaction.
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The Swimming Drill Book
Improve your times by improving your technique! Whether you are a competitive swimmer, coach, triathlete, or dedicated fitness enthusiast, in.The Swimming Drill Bookin. will propel you to better results by maximizing efficiency in the water. With 128 highly effective drills, expert instruction, and more than 375 detailed illustrations, you can use this comprehensive resource to improve every facet of your swimming.
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Mastering Swimming
by Jim Montgomery and Mo Chambers - Forward by Rowdy Gains - Readers over 18 will refine their strokes, improve speed and effciency, and reap the health benefits of swimming.
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PE Assessment Toolkit Book (EA)
In today’s physical education framework, the demands on your time and energy are great. Every second of class time is precious, so an efficient method of assessment that can plug into any lesson or unit being taught is a highly sought-after commodity. Loaded with assessment templates and sample units, the Physical Education Assessment Toolkit provides you with everything you need in order to simultaneously assess and teach students the lifelong value of physical education. Includes CD with ...
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Sport Nutrition Guidebook
in.Easy to reference and easy to follow. Provides straightforward talk and suggestions with no artificial dressings.in. Joan Benoit Samuelson > (Two-time Boston Marathon winner >) in.Contains the best of her first book with more recipes and new sections on body image and body fat.in. Barbara Harris > (Editor-in-chief, SHAPE magazine >).in.Nancy Clark has done it again! Her new edition is packed with medically sound, practical, reader-friendly information and guidance. I am proud to refer patients to this ...
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Championship Triathlon Training
Compete at the elite level!InChampionship Triathlon Training, >renowned experts George Dallam andSteven Jonas provide the same advancedconditioning concepts and programmingused by today's elite triathletes.By understanding the science behind theprinciples, incorporate physiology,biomechanics, nutrition, and injuryprevention into your regimen to addressyour specific needs and the demands ofcompetition. Includes sample programsfor each triathlon distance, techniqueanalysis, training- and race-specificfueling ...
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Coaching Swimming Successfully
Three hundred twenty-three consecutive meets without a loss > - that's just one highlight in Dick Hannula's coaching record. One of the all-time great swimming coaches, Dick Shares the secrets of his success in this book, includingdeveloping a philosophy,planning for the season and preparing for practices,teaching the competitive stroke,maximizing meet preparation and performance, andevaluating your swimmers and your program. >Hannula offers great insights for veteran and beginning coaches. He explains the ...
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PE4Life Book (EA)
This book contains PE4life's seven step action plan for improving a physical education program. Features a wealth of examples of assessments, lesson plans, curricula and more to use as advocacy tools. Includes a DVD which outlines strategies used to build the programs at the first PE4life academy in Naperville, IL.
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