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9783891245330

Distance Training for Young Athletes

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  • ISBN13:

    9783891245330

  • ISBN10:

    3891245335

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-06-01
  • Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Sport
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Summary

Providing instruction on distance training for young athletes up to the agef 18, this book contains guidance on how to keep distance running enjoyableor children, teenagers and their coaches. The book discusses the philosophy,hysiology and techniques of running for fun and success; explains therinciples of training; discusses the value of vitamins and minerals coupledith a healthy diet; shows how pupil and coach can best work together; andets out special schedules to guide the training of all age groups. Theethods explained here have been tested on young athletes for more than threeecades, most recently on a large group of youngsters in Auckland.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7(3)
Linking Fitness with Health
10(3)
At What Age Should Youngsters Begin Running and Training?
13(5)
Aims and Principles
18(13)
Stamina
18(3)
Potential
21(3)
Getting Started
24(2)
Commitment
26(1)
Equipment
27(4)
Warming Up, Warming Down
31(2)
The Basics of Speed
33(3)
Techniques
36(6)
Muscular Reactions and Endurance
42(2)
Messages from the Heart
44(4)
Lung Power
48(1)
Facts on Food
49(4)
Motivation and Coach-Kid Relationships
53(7)
From Start to Finish
60(8)
Injuries
68(10)
Vitamins and Minerals
78(7)
THE SCHEDULES 85(15)
The Training Aim
85(3)
Setting Out a Schedule
88(2)
Training Abbreviations
90(10)
Special Schedules
100

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