Juggernauts : The Making of a Runner & a Team in the First American Running Boom
ISBN: 9781432733391 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Destined to be a cult classic. As the first running boom was sprouting in the early 1970's, a group of Kentucky teenagers were brought together by a young coach who was ahead of his time. Cross country was regarded as a sport for the slightly odd and unathletic, a means of "getting an easy varsity letter." Among this group of runners was a particularly odd (though strangely athletic) teenager who was taken in by the joy of running over the grass, hills, and mud of cross country courses. The coach and seasonally growing team rose to dominance of Kentucky cross country in the span of... Destined to be a cult classic. As the first running boom was sprouting in the early 1970's, a group of Kentucky teenagers were brought togethe... |
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82,32 zł |
A Passion for Running: Portraits of the Everyday Runner
ISBN: 9781440178351 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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95,18 zł |
The End of Amateurism in American Track and Field
ISBN: 9780252077074 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Discusses the revolutionary transformation of track and field. This book details the efforts of athletes to reorder labour relations in track and field and to end their decades-long power struggle with governing bodies. It shows how the athletes thoroughly transformed their sport to end the amateur system in the early 1990s.
Discusses the revolutionary transformation of track and field. This book details the efforts of athletes to reorder labour relations in track and fiel...
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124,44 zł |
The End of Amateurism in American Track and Field
ISBN: 9780252035159 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique sports and labor history charts the revolutionary transformation of track and field over the past thirty years. In this time, the sport has changed from an amateur effort whose governing bodies unfairly controlled its athletes' lives to a professional arena in which athletes have the power to make decisions in their own best interests. While historians have chronicled labor history in team sports such as baseball and football or have lumped track and field into larger studies of Olympic history, Joseph M. Turrini is the first to scrupulously detail the efforts of athletes to... This unique sports and labor history charts the revolutionary transformation of track and field over the past thirty years. In this time, the sport... |
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472,02 zł |
Fundamentals of Sprinting
ISBN: 9781441599001 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,81 zł |
Personal Record: A Love Affair with Running
ISBN: 9780803234260 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rachel Toor was a bookish egghead who ran only to catch a bus. How such an unlikely athlete became a runner of ultramarathons is the story of Personal Record, an exhilarating meditation on the making, and the minutiae, of a runner s life. The food, the clothes, the races, the injuries, and the watch are all essential to the runner, as readers discover here, and discover why.A chronicle of Toor s relationship with the sport of running, from her early incarnation as an Oreo-eating couch potato to her emergence as a hard-bodied marathoner, this book explores the sport of running, the...
Rachel Toor was a bookish egghead who ran only to catch a bus. How such an unlikely athlete became a runner of ultramarathons is the story of Perso...
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77,75 zł |
Williams Track
ISBN: 9780615314402 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A book about the history of the Williams College track team, including detailed history of meets and behind-the-scenes stories.
A book about the history of the Williams College track team, including detailed history of meets and behind-the-scenes stories.
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90,84 zł |
The AMERICAS and the World Cup in Athletics
ISBN: 9781452868424 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive account of the process of selecting, marshalling and outfitting a multi-lingual continental team of athletes, coaches and officials from as many as 15 countries in the Americas (ex USA) to compete in the World Cup in Athletics organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations from its inception in Dusseldorf in 1977 to the tenth edition in 2007.
A comprehensive account of the process of selecting, marshalling and outfitting a multi-lingual continental team of athletes, coaches and officials fr...
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90,84 zł |
Running with the Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado Men's Cross Country Team
ISBN: 9780762773985 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Top five Best Books About Running, Runner's World Magazine Top three Best Books About Running, readers of Runner's World Magazine (December 2009) In RUNNING WITH THE BUFFALOES, writer Chris Lear follows the University of Colorado cross-country team through an unforgettable NCAA season. Allowed unparalleled access to team practices, private moments, and the mind of Mark Wetmore--one of the country's most renowned and controversial coaches--Lear provides a riveting look inside the triumphs and heartaches of a perennial national contender and the men who will stop at nothing to achieve...
Top five Best Books About Running, Runner's World Magazine Top three Best Books About Running, readers of Runner's World Magazine (December 2009) In R...
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70,93 zł |
Historical Dictionary of Track and Field
ISBN: 9780810867819 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While the earliest evidence of organized running can be traced back to Egypt in 3800 BCE, the modern sport of track and field evolved from rural games and church and folk festivals, and rules were drawn up in the final quarter of the 19th century in those advanced societies where enough people had the leisure time to indulge their fancies. Today, in addition to the running events, track and field includes such events as the high jump, pole vault, long jump, shot, discus, javelin, hammer, and decathlon. The Historical Dictionary of Track and Field covers the history of this sport through a...
While the earliest evidence of organized running can be traced back to Egypt in 3800 BCE, the modern sport of track and field evolved from rural games...
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868,39 zł |
Run: A Journal for Running and Sharing Insight on Your Identity, Community and Spirituality
ISBN: 9781426974298 / Angielski / Twarda / 852 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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243,26 zł |
Running Through Life
ISBN: 9781467879415 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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102,95 zł |
Secrets to Becoming a Successful Track & Field Coach: A book written by a proven National Championship and Olympic Track & Field Coach
ISBN: 9781470086510 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A special book designed to help middle school, high school, college and track club coaches with becoming a better track and field coach. You have found your personal mentor in Track and Field Training. Gain or expand your knowledge utilizing Coach Steve Silvey's many years of track and field coaching experience. Coach Silvey has produced numerous Olympians and World Championship performers and medalists. This is his finest and largest book ever produced with over 271 pages of important coaching information and sample workouts. Let Coach Steve Silvey share his coaching secrets that have...
A special book designed to help middle school, high school, college and track club coaches with becoming a better track and field coach. You have foun...
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272,97 zł |
Secrets To Becoming A Successful Hurdler: A special book designed to help parents, coaches and athletes with improving HURDLE performance.
ISBN: 9781470054090 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A special book designed for parents, coaches and athletes to improve HURDLE performance. You have found your personal mentor in Hurdle Training. Gain or expand your knowledge utilizing Coach Steve Silvey's many years of Hurdle & Speed training/track and field coaching experience. Coach Silvey has produced numerous Olympians and World Championship performers and medalists. This is his finest and largest book ever produced with over 188 pages of important coaching information and sample workouts. Let Coach Steve Silvey share his coaching secrets that have produced many national championship...
A special book designed for parents, coaches and athletes to improve HURDLE performance. You have found your personal mentor in Hurdle Training. Gain ...
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272,97 zł |
The 49 Minute Championship Workout for Track & Field: Written by a Proven National Championship and Olympic Track and Field Coach
ISBN: 9781470178697 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A special "Cookbook" of workouts designed to help middle school, high school, college and track club coaches, with becoming a better track and field coach. You have found your personal mentor in Track & Field Training. Gain or expand your knowledge utilizing Coach Steve Silvey's many years of track and field coaching experience. Coach Silvey has produced numerous Olympians and World Championship performers and medalists. This is his finest and largest book ever produced with over 209 pages of important coaching information and sample workouts. Let Coach Steve Silvey share his coaching secrets...
A special "Cookbook" of workouts designed to help middle school, high school, college and track club coaches, with becoming a better track and field c...
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272,97 zł |
The Quantico Marines
ISBN: 9781468186543 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The unique story of a US Marine athletic team competing for a national championship at the height of the Vietnam War. In the summer of American riots, at the height of the Vietnam War, two junior officers and three enlisted men gather at Virginia's Marine Base Quantico to train - not for combat, but for cross country running. The Quantico Marines tells the unlikely story of the team-combat veterans and new recruits, misfits and heroes - whose job is to represent the Corps on the college campuses and backcountry trails of the East Coast. The runners have a lot working against them, from...
The unique story of a US Marine athletic team competing for a national championship at the height of the Vietnam War. In the summer of American riots,...
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68,25 zł |
Gold Medal Field Event Workouts For Track & Field: A book written by a proven National Championship and Olympic Track & Field Coach
ISBN: 9781475245875 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You have found your personal mentor in Field Event Training for the sport of Track and Field. Gain or expand your knowledge utilizing Coach Steve Silvey's many years of track & field and cross country coaching experience. Coach Silvey has produced numerous Olympians and World Championship performers and medalists. This is one of his finest books ever produced with over 191 pages of important coaching information and sample workouts. Let Coach Steve Silvey share his coaching secrets that have produced many national championship teams and athletes. Let Coach Steve Silvey share his coaching...
You have found your personal mentor in Field Event Training for the sport of Track and Field. Gain or expand your knowledge utilizing Coach Steve Silv...
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272,97 zł |
The Horizontal Jumps: Planning for Long Term Development
ISBN: 9781467979009 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive insight into how to develop the Horizontal Jumper. Detailing every aspect of long term preparation, training periodization, technical guidelines, and much more. Chapter breakdowns include: 1) Introduction to the horizontal jumps, a look at past, present, and future jumpers and details of all the major jumps in history. 2) Detailed breakdown of all technical components related to the long and triple jump. Step by step picture guides, common errors and corrections, and strongly contested topics all included. 3) A look at every physical component needed for success in the...
A comprehensive insight into how to develop the Horizontal Jumper. Detailing every aspect of long term preparation, training periodization, technical ...
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109,64 zł |
A Guide To Organizing A Successful High School Cross Country Meet
ISBN: 9781479322350 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most comprehensive, step-by-step guide for organizing a high school cross country meet ever published. Written by a coach with 40 years of experience in directing cross country meets at the high school, college, and national levels. Starts with choosing your date, selecting the format and schedule of events, confirming certified officials, and creating a meet budget. Continues with the meet management volunteers and event officials you will need, their job descriptions, and how to recruit and train them and your meet announcers and concludes with preparing your venue for competition and...
The most comprehensive, step-by-step guide for organizing a high school cross country meet ever published. Written by a coach with 40 years of experie...
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68,25 zł |
The Blinn National Championship Track & Field Training Program
ISBN: 9781480198586 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You have found your personal mentor in track and field. The Blinn National Championship Track & Field Training Program is one of the finest and largest books ever produced by Coach Silvey. This book contains 230 pages of important coaching information and sample workouts used by one of the most dominate track and field programs in the United States at any level The Blinn National Championship Track & Field Training Program has detailed workouts for Cross Country, Track & Field General Conditioning phase and Event Specific Training for the following events: Sprints, Hurdles, Relays, 400...
You have found your personal mentor in track and field. The Blinn National Championship Track & Field Training Program is one of the finest and larges...
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272,97 zł |