The USA Track and Field Coaching Manual is the official coaching guide of the sport’s national governing body. The manual covers every major event and includes comprehensive, ready-to-apply information from 33 leading American coaches and experts. This book is the most complete and useful track and field coaching resource available today.
Coaches of club, secondary school, and college men’s and women’s track and field teams will find a wealth of information among the 20 chapters. Included among the valuable materials are:

• proven predictive testing procedures,


• detailed event-specific technique instruction,


• carefully crafted training programs, and


• preparation and performance tactics for success in competition.

Avid runners often define their best runs in terms of breaking records and conquering distances, but they intuitively know that this only begins to describe their experiences. Through more than 40 years of training and competing, Joe Henderson has gained an understanding of what really defines the best running experiences and has developed techniques to achieve them. Henderson-America’s premier running writer-has produced perhaps his finest work in Best Runs. He shares his experiences and expertise, offering advice on how you can enhance your running and reap rewards beyond improved running times and race results. Best Runs contains more than 100 essays that will inform, inspire, and amuse all readers, from fitness runners to hardcore competitors. Each of the book’s 25 chapters serves as a valuable lesson in running. You’ll find entertaining tales and proven advice on how to

• reduce the time pressures associated with training and racing;


• decrease down-time by listening to your heart and early warning signals;


• follow an optimal running diet;


• reduce your anxiety before races;


• improve long distance running techniques;


• enjoy running into your later years; and


• much, much more.