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

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

Roy Rees

Cor Van der Meer

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

Completely updated and redesigned, this book has been a staple of fitness professionals for years. It is the ideal reference for those who want to learn how to improve and maintain their health through regular and enjoyable physical activity. Logically organized, clearly written and effectively illustrated, this text incorporates the latest in fitness research.

Fitness and Health

Sharkey, Brian J.

Reference

An introduction to coaching philosophy, and to teaching basketball skills, this book contains 32 illustrated practice drills, with all the information needed to coach effectively. Step-by-step techniques are included, identifying each drill for beginner, intermediate or advanced players. The text provides a self-test for coaches to examine their basketball knowledge; it describes how to teach basketball techniques and strategies, and explains how to detect and correct the common errors young basketball players make; it outlines practice drills for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players, and illustrates basketball skills, tactics and drills, including footwork, ballhandling, shooting, rebounding, and defensive play. The book, which has been developed by ASEP, America's sport education programme, gives coaches advice on their major responsibilites, how to become an effective coach, how to communicate with young athletes, how to plan and teach sports skills sequentially; how to prevent and care for injuries; and how to protect themselves from legal liability.

Coaching Youth Tennis

Education & Teaching

Corporate Author-American Sport Education Program

Schools & Teaching

Finally, there's a comprehensive guide that offers a blueprint for designing a quality middle school physical education program. Teaching Middle School Physical Education describes how to create a program that addresses the specific needs and capabilities of middle school students while helping them through the transition from childhood to young adulthood. 
Written by a veteran middle school physical educator, this book provides practical information that's flexible enough to use in a variety of settings. It's packed with exciting ideas and proven strategies that cover all aspects of teaching middle school physical education: 
• Selecting instructional units 
• Integrating with other subject areas 
• Developing unit and lesson plans 
• Assessing and grading students 
• Motivating students 
• Demonstrating positive teaching behaviors 
• Selecting teaching styles and strategies 
• Choosing instructional materials 
• Incorporating technology effectively 
• Much, much more 
The book also examines current reform efforts in the middle school, discusses the physical and psychological environments of a quality program, and encourages physical educators to become equal partners in their school's entire education program. 
In addition, the book includes sample programs for sixth, seventh, and eighth grade that illustrate how all of the elements of a successful program fit together. Plus, you'll find handy checklists, insightful anecdotes, and detailed examples to help you put the information into practice. 
Whether you've been teaching for years or are preparing for your first class, this complete reference has everything you need to bring your program into the 21st century.

Teaching Middle School Physical Education

Bonnie S. Mohnsen

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Scuba Diving

Coaching Youth Basketball

Facilitated Stretching

Coaching Soccer Successfully

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

The Pitching Edge

Fitness and Health

Coaching Youth Basketball

Coaching Youth Tennis

Teaching Middle School Physical Education