This book was written for parents and high school students who want to earn scholarships for Track & Field and Cross Country. It is a step-by-step guide and peek behind the curtain of collegiate recruiting. - Discover the insider secrets of the college recruiting game! - Learn to start a bidding war which leads to more, and better scholarship offers! - Know the most common mistakes and how to avoid them during the recruiting process. - Discover the best ways to reach out to coaches who haven't reached out first. - Know what to say when coaches ask what other schools are being considered. - Understand what coaches REALLY want to know and why they are asking specific questions. - Find out what intangibles matter to coaches and how they evaluate them in a recruit. - Discover the criteria by which coaches evaluate talent and base their scholarship offers.

Explores substances, from the everyday to the exotic, that can affect human performance; discusses how they work, which are illegal, and how they can be detected; and examines the ethical issues associated.

A book of documentary photographs and essays about competitive masters track & field athletes by photojournalist Angela Jimenez.

Leading USATF coaches present event-specific technical instruction and training regimens in this official level 1 text of USA Track & Field’s coach education program. Experts in sport psychology, physiology, and biomechanics provide coaches knowledge and applications to improve athletes’ performance.

This book covers the most important elements necessary to improve one's performance through the principles of power. Following an illustrative, step-by-step plan, readers will first learn the importance of developing a foundation of strength needed to move on to more advanced exercises. Next, they'll learn how to improve their speed, balance, quickness and agility. Once they've mastered the elements of strength and speed, and have properly conditioned and prepared their body, they will learn how to begin increasing their power to improve their overall performance. Each of the three main parts of this book contains approximately 25 illustrated exercise descriptions. Illustrations consist of a combination of wire frame drawings and photographs.

An Honorable Run revolves around the relationship between a runner and his coach. Only after I left my high school coach, was I truly able to appreciate his wisdom.