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Fundamentals of Track and Field, Second Edition

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I was happy with this book as soon as I opened the front cover. I am a new track coach who "only has a clue" about track from what I have observed from my star athlete daughter. I am pleased with this book because it has a lot of drawings which show good form in executing running, throwing, and jumping events. It is the perfect book for elementary school, middle school track athletes. It gives coaching tips after every explaination, common errors and corrections, and lots of drills to help reinforce the new skills the students learn. I highly recommend it for the beginning track coach, or the old track coach who is getting stale and needs new games and drills to keep track fun.

I am a middle school track coach and I've found this book very helpful in explaining the basics of all the track and field events. Carr also offers various activities to gradually develop the necessary skills for each event. Some of the technique motion pictures are slightly incorrect but I'd highly recommend this book for anybody just starting in track coaching

This book is a great resource for the physical education teacher or track and field coach. It has broken down each event into simple to understand stages. The coaching tips are of tremendous value to those who work with athletes. The illustrations that show how to perform each event are excellent for visual learners. Information within this book has been used in the preparation of my athletes.

Melvin Baker International Track&Field Coach

Excellent reference.
Author has produced a worthy contribution to this sport.

Very good text and for most of the diagrams.

In many diagrams I dis-agree with how the lead-leg ankle-angles at take-off and landing are illustrated.

Hammer section shows sequences with serious technical errors. Just ignore that chapter.

This book is definately a great resource tool! I use it all the time, I love it definately a good buy!!!!

Great book with many ideas and explanations. Good for experienced coaches and great for new coaches or novices.

Fundamentals of track and field covers all the basics. The exercises are creative and easy to apply. Athletes acquire basic skills without too much conscious effort.

We've adopted this book as our Level 1 Coaches Manual. It gets all the major points of each event discipline in easy to understand terms.