Authors:Reita Clanton, Mary Phyl Dwight,
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: success, steps, series, activity, handball, team
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1996-09-05
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0873224116
ISBN-13: 9780873224116

Team Handball: Steps to Success provides expert instruction and 62 drills to help you learn and master basic skills and team strategies. By following the book’s sequential lessons and studying the 187 illustrations, you’ll learn how to perform each drill and analyze and correct errors. The drills come with performance goals and a list of key points to remember when executing them. Many also include instructions for increasing or decreasing their level of difficulty. Part of the highly popular Steps to Success Activity Series, this book will help you develop the skills you need to compete in

Author: Karen Sue Clippinger
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: kinesiology, anatomy, dance
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2006-12-13
List price: $68.00
ISBN-10: 0880115319
ISBN-13: 9780880115315

Through Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology, dancers will be able to * apply scientific principles to achieve optimal performance; * help reduce injury risk and enhance performance longevity; and * incorporate strength, stretching, and technique exercises for major regions of the body. All dancers are looking to achieve optimal performance--and Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology will help them do just that. This text helps dancers learn anatomical and biomechanical principles as they apply to dance performance. It focuses on optimal dance movement and the related principles for understanding the functi

Author: American College of Sports Medicine
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: book, fitness, acsm
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2003-04-21
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 073604406X
ISBN-13: 9780736044066

Start where you are—then go wherever your goals take you! The fitness experts from the American College of Sports Medicine have put together a comprehensive plan for developing a personal fitness program and sticking with it. ACSM Fitness Book includes a simple and scientifically proven fitness test to determine your starting point and monitor your ongoing progress. The book includes step-by-step instructions; sample programs; and insights on nutrition, weight control, motivation, and overcoming setbacks. Whether your objective is to improve cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, flexib

Author: American College of Sports Medicine
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: diseases, disabilities, chronic, persons, exercise, management, acsm
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2002-10-01
List price: $59.00
ISBN-10: 0736038728
ISBN-13: 9780736038720

Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia. Comprehensive quick reference provides exercise management of 46 chronic diseases and disabilities. Text includes eight new conditions and updated information. Helps students to prescribe exercise testing and programming, stay informed of current drugs, developments, and specific symptoms. Previous edition: c1997. DNLM: Exercise Therapy--Standards.

Author: Volker Nolte
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: faster, rowing
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-10-04
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0736044655
ISBN-13: 9780736044653

Get a length up on the competition with cutting-edge technique, training, and racing information. Let the top rowing coaches and scientists in the world steer you to ultimate success, starting with sound training and racing principles and adding increasingly advanced instruction, drills, and insights all the way to the finish. Rowing Faster is the most comprehensive and detailed guide for achieving excellence in the sport. Inside you’ll find the following advice: · Techniques, drills, and progressions used by World and Olympic champions to master every phase of the stroke · Tests to assess

Author: Terry Orlick
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: activities, everyone, joyful, sports, games, cooperative
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2006-03-15
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0736057978
ISBN-13: 9780736057974

Children live what they learn through games and play. Through Cooperative Games and Sports, you can teach children how to play with—rather than against—each other, using 150 field-tested games and activities that are designed to build a child’s self-worth through cooperation, acceptance, inclusion, and fun. The premise of cooperative games is that everybody wins and everybody has fun. With activities like cooperative musical chairs, partner gymnastics, and math and spelling games, children learn valuable concepts, plus you aren’t left scrambling for expensive equipment in the process. Thes

Authors:Bess H. Marcus, LeighAnn Forsyth,
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: activity, intervention, series, physical, active, people, physically, motivating
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2008-09-29
List price: $38.00
ISBN-10: 0736072470
ISBN-13: 9780736072472

Motivating People to Be Physically Active, Second Edition, translates research, theories, and concepts of behavioral science into a useful handbook for health professionals involved in the planning, development, implementation, or evaluation of physical activity promotion programs. The book describes proven methods for helping people overcome sedentary behavior and make physical activity a regular part of their lives. Based on the five-stage model of motivational readiness for change, this comprehensive reference will help you design intervention programs for individuals and groups in both wor