Beginning Jazz Dance provides students with the context, background information and basic instruction they need in order to understand the genre and appreciate jazz dance as a performing art. Students
Be confident in the pool or open water with Swimming: Steps to Success. This proven program will help you master these techniques: • Freestyle • Backstroke • Br
Master key techniques on the soccer field with Soccer: Steps to Success. This comprehensive guide features step-by-step instruction on becoming skilled in individual techniques and team
Tumbling Basics helps teachers new to tumbling break down each skill into small, easy-to-teach steps. This book focuses on seven tumbling skills that provide the basis for any tumbling p
Master technique, improve accuracy, and achieve competitive excellence. In Rifle: Steps to Success, Olympic gold medalist, world record holder, and respected coach Launi Meili shares the training secr
Players clocking shuttlecocks at speeds of 200 miles per hour, new scoring rules, and nonstop action make badminton one of the fastest racket sports in the world. With Badminton: Steps to Success you
Build a rock-solid set of foundational skills and knowledge and improve performance with Curling: Steps to Success. Internationally renowned coach Sean Turriff brings his extensive
See your average rise and the pins fall with the second edition of Bowling: Steps to Success. Inside you’ll find progressive, detailed instruction on all aspects of the game.
Basketball: Steps to Success details the skills and tactics needed for excellence on the court. Hal Wissel, renowned college and professional coach, shooting instructor and special consultant to NBA p
Fencing: Steps to Success covers all of the essential skills of the epee and foil forms of fencing. This book will serve as the perfect training guide for less experienced fencers and students of fenc
A photographed, easy-to-follow plan for overall fitness outlines customizable approaches that incorporate nutritional, yoga, recreational and other practices based on the author's philosophy about sta
Helps you learn basic tap dance techniques. Designed for those on introductory tap dance courses, this title contains concise descriptions of exercises, steps and techniques. It also includes learning
Master the skills and techniques to play any position on the field. Football: Steps to Success covers every aspect of the game, from position fundamentals to offensive and defensive sche
This introduction to worksite health promotion (WHP) for students and practitioners details steps for planning and implementing a WHP program. Part 1 overviews economic forces affecting worksites and
Each easy-to-follow lab in this manual includes background information, step-by-step procedures, discussion questions, and a bibliography. Part 1 offers an orientation to lab instruments and procedure
With Big Activity Ball Games, you can - choose from a variety of games to use in school, recreation, or fitness settings—or anywhere you work with youths or adults;- use the easy-to-read game format t
A resource for proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching, an effective and easy-to-use method that involves stretching the muscle, contracting it isometrically against resistance and
If anyone is qualified to write a strategy and guide book on basketball for women it is Hall of Famer and Olympian, Nancy Lieberman. This book is easy on the eyes with bolded titles, stand-out section
Helps equip students with the knowledge and skills to minimise their chances of being the victims of violence and handle an attacker with minimal confrontation. This book provides an easy-to-use resou
Hiking Illinois is your complete guide to 107 of the most scenic day hikes within the Land of Lincoln. No matter what region you wish to explore or how easy or hard a trek you want, this handy guide w
McLeod, a player in the Australian Football League, joins Jaques, the training services manager for the league, in this second edition of a guide for players and coaches. From basic ball handling to m
Now there's a resource that makes it easy to get both female and male students excited about dance, build essential skills, and improve educational outcomes - even for teachers who have never taught m
Provides detailed, illustrated instructions for golf shots, including putts, chip shots, and pitch shots, with over one hundred drills to help improve shotmaking and build a solid game.
Provides instructions on dance styles, from swing and the merengue to the waltz and polka, in a volume complemented by a DVD to demonstrate key movements, footwork, and timing.
Enable your clients and patients to get back in the game and live pain free after injury. In Sports Massage for Injury Care, experienced sports therapist Bob McAtee explains the types of soft tissue i
Physical educators play a critical role in shaping the health and fitness of America’s youth—and Physical Best, Fourth Edition, is the resource that will help them achieve success in that role.Physica
Introduction to Teaching Physical Education: Principles and Strategies—already a popular text for students considering majoring or minoring in physical education—is now even stronger in th
Health Fitness Management, Third Edition, provides an in-depth picture of the challenging and rewarding role of the health and fitness club manager. Leading experts in the fitness industry share their
Most competitive sports require rapid whole-body movements in which athletes need to accelerate, decelerate, and change direction in response to game situations. That’s why coaches
"The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of popular sports to sport enthusiasts and those interested in getting involved in programming multisport opportunities"--
In a textbook for a college course on personal fitness, Arbruster, Evans, and Laughlin emphasize acquiring habits when young to maintain physical and mental health throughout life. Their topics in
Organizational Behavior in Sport Management fills a gap in sport management literature by exploring the key organizational behavior topics in sport organization settings. The
Surveys of pre-service and in-service elementary and secondary physical education teachers in the US show that most are very knowledgeable about one or two specific sports, but lack basic informat
Considering only vertical exercise in both shallow and deep water, this manual is a resource for fitness professionals and students seeking knowledge in aquatic fitness applications, education, and
Psychological Dynamics of Sport and Exercise, Fourth Edition, reflects the latest developments in the field of sport and exercise psychology and presents various applications in a range of physical ac
Monitoring Training and Performance in Athletes provides practitioners with the information needed in order to oversee an athlete monitoring system and to collect, analyze, and interpret monitoring da
Technique is critical in swimming performance. In the pool or open water, coaches and athletes alike know that efficiency in entering the water and in moving through it equates to millis
Through the years a wealth of information has been accumulated in soccer. Experiential and science-based knowledge abounds in the sport. Yet the scientific information has not been suffi
