101 Youth Athletics Drills

by John Shepherd

Overview

Designed specifically for young athletes, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help players develop.

Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and cover the essential technical skills, including: warming up, running, jumping, hurdling and throwing.

As well as easy-to-follow instructions, each drill contains information on the equipment needed, the space required, how to construct a safe and effective training session and how to organise the athletes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408195857
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/30/2013
Series:	101 Drills
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

John Shepherd is a qualified coach in a number of sports and coaches athletes to Olympic standard. He is also a sports journalist, writing for a number of health and fitness magazines. He has written two leading titles for A&C Black: Ultrafit and The Complete Guide to Sports Training.
Fitness expert John Shepherd is Editor of Outdoor Fitness magazine and the author of a number of fitness books including The Complete Guide to Sports Training and Strength Training for Runners. He is also a former international athlete and coach.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Acknowledgements

1 Athletic development and the growing child
2 Warm-up drills
3 Running drills
4 Jumping drills
5 Hurdling drills
6 Throwing drills
7 Relay drills
8 Miscellaneous drills
9 Useful contracts