101 Strategies for Coaching Winning Wrestling provides coaches with a plan to maximize the success of their wrestlers. The book provides a very accurate and detailed explanation of how to run a successful wrestling program. The 101 strategies are separated into chapters detailing under what circumstances a specific strategy is best used, including pre-season, the entire season, first week of the season, the day before a match or tournament, the day of a match or tournament, after matches or tournaments, final weeks of the season, and post-season.

Sport First Aid newly revised and updated to reflect the latest research and best practices put forth by the American Heart Association and the American Safety and Health Institute, this fourth edition of Sport First Aid provides high school, collegiate, and club sport coaches with detailed action steps for the care and prevention of more than 110 athletic injuries and illnesses.

Organized for quick reference, Sport First Aid covers protocols for conducting emergency action steps and providing life support; performing the physical assessment; administering first aid for bleeding, tissue damage, and unstable injuries; moving an injured athlete; and returning athletes to play.

Also featured are the most recent guidelines for using cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the Heimlich maneuver, and automated external defibrillators (AED) as well as the latest information on controlling bleeding, treating concussions, and preventing and recognizing methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections (MRSA).

An expanded section on anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs assists coaches in recognizing the effects of performance enhancers and in educating their athletes on the dangers of steroid use. To prevent injuries from occurring in the first place, strategies for reducing athletes’ risk of injury or illness are also featured, such as implementing preseason conditioning programs, creating safe playing environments, planning for weather emergencies, ensuring proper fitting and use of protective equipment, enforcing proper sport skills and safety rules, and developing a medical emergency plan.

While drug and supplement use has increased substantially in recent years, there is a lack of firm understanding about how these substances can affect health and exercise. With Sport and Exercise Pharmacology, physicians and sports medicine specialists will learn how various commonly used drugs and supplements can affect exercise performance in their patients and athletes. Practical guidelines are offered so that professionals can closely monitor and circumvent adverse reactions to drug therapies.

But what are the effects of exercise on the drug itself? This issue is also explored in this valuable reference that covers a wide range of substances including supplements and over-the-counter, prescription, and social drugs, and highlights both sports medicine and clinical medicine issues. The role of exercise in actually preventing the need for drugs is a key message of the reference and a central reason that author Stan Reents, PharmD, has created the book.

With this essential resource, you will learn how drugs affect physical activities and how exercise can change the effects of drugs. The book covers cardiopulmonary agents, hormonal agents (including growth hormone, anabolic steroids, and erythropoietin), metabolic agents (including creatine, NSAIDS, and nutritional supplements), and socially used drugs. The text concludes with an examination of how exercise can be used as a preventive measure in reducing a patient’s need for drug therapy.

The 2007 NTCA Throws Handbook provides a wealth of information for coaches who want to help their throwers perform at their best. The 34 articles included in this book represent some of the best and brightest minds in the track and field community. The compilation of articles in this book addresses a comprehensive array of topics, ranging from both essential coaching guidelines and specific technical instruction in the five throws events to basic information on sports physiology and biomechanics. Collectively, the articles are designed to help coaches and athletes at all competitive levels. Featuring articles by several of America’s most outstanding coaches and sport scientists, including Gary Aldrich, Duncan Atwood, Mike Boyle, Jeanmarie R. Burke, Jeff Chakouian, Joe Donahue, Bonnie Edmonson, Matt Ellis, Jim Giroux, Mark Harsha, Larry W. Judge, Rob Lasorsa, Chad Moreau, Steve Myrland, Joe Napoli, James A. Peterson, Tom Pukstys, Robb Rogers, Mohamad Saatara, Al Schoterman, Paul E. Turner, Bruce Van Horne, and Mike Young. Produced in cooperation with the National Throws Coaches Association (NTCA).