Track & Field Coach's Survival Guide: Practical Techniques and Materials for Building an Effective Program and Success in Every Event [Spiral-bound]

Edward L. Wallace (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1997

This comprehensive, practical resource provides practical tools for building effective programs and winning teams. Written by a coach with over 30 years' experience, the Guide provides tested techniques and strategies with scores of drawings and photos. Over 100 reproducible letters, forms, diagrams, and training schedules are also included.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 402 pages
• Publisher: Parker Publishing Company (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0136165095
• ISBN-13: 978-0136165095
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,036 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #34 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Other Team Sports > Track & Field

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book, valuable to athletes as well as coaches., July 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Track & Field Coach's Survival Guide: Practical Techniques and Materials for Building an Effective Program and Success in Every Event (Spiral-bound)

As a Masters athlete, as well as a sometimes assistant coach, I have found this book to be of immense value. Coach Wallace has taken such technical subjects as periodization of training and exercise physiology and made them accessable to the layperson. From event-specific training plans to unique solutions for performance problems, this book is a tremendous resouce. I highly recommend "Track & Field Coach's Survival Guide" for coaches and athletes.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensible Reference for New Coaches, May 30, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Track & Field Coach's Survival Guide: Practical Techniques and Materials for Building an Effective Program and Success in Every Event (Spiral-bound)

There are wonderful gems of wisdom in this coaching manual. I adapted the information in it to start up a grammar school track and field program and we were highly successful in our first season! Coach Wallace gives you the benefits of his 30+ years coaching and it greatly reduced the learning curve for me. This is especially useful for coaches starting up programs on a "shoestring" budget with less-than-optimal facilities. I would highly recommend it to any track and field coach.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It will help me a lot, as I don't have an asst. coach., March 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Track & Field Coach's Survival Guide: Practical Techniques and Materials for Building an Effective Program and Success in Every Event (Spiral-bound)

I liked the practice sessions/periods broken up. We do not have indoor track and I was wondering how to use the practice sessions when we start March 8, practice for about 3 to 4 weeks and then have meets on Tues. and Sat. till the middle of May and then have our District meet?