Each event includes safety suggestions, teaching steps and drills, common errors and corrections, assessment and suggested performance standards.

Leading USATF coaches present event-specific technical instruction and training regimens in this official level 1 text of USA Track & Field’s coach education program. Experts in sport psychology, physiology, and biomechanics provide coaches knowledge and applications to improve athletes’ performance.

Variant title : USA Track and Field. From USA Track & Field, Inc.

Written by the American Sport Education Program in conjunction with Matt Lydum and other experts from Hersheys Track & Field Games and USA Track & Field, Coaching Youth Track & Field is the only resource available today aimed at coaches of athletes ages 14 and under. Coaching Youth Track & Field includes activities specifically designed for young track and field athletes and fundamentals of all of the events in track and field (USATF and Hersheys Track and Field Games). Coaching Youth Track & Fields 73 activities and 32 age-specific coaching tips are sure to jump-start your planning and practices and help you overcome any hurdle encountered during the season. Plus, sequenced and specific chapters help you learn, retain, and reference in a flash. Endorsed by USATF and named the official handbook of Hersheys Track & Field Games, this book a must-read as you prepare to meet the challenges and enjoy the rewards of coaching young athletes.

"This book is designed to fill a need expressed by the high-school track and field coach for material specifically adapted to the teaching of the high-school athlete." -- p. vii.

Building a solid sprinter on the high school level begins with the success of knowing the fundamentals. Fundamentals of Sprinting give readers a great developing approach to understanding how to properly teach and train sprinters for success. Winning begins somewhere and with the help of this book gaining the basic knowledge to develop great high school sprinters can be achieved. You will find that the goal of the first series will offer high school coaches and athletes basic instructions on sprint techniques, sprint training, sprint starts, and sprint finishes. Fundamentals of Sprinting Book Series will concentrate on teaching: o Progressions/ Workouts Events 100, 200, and 400 meters o Block Starts and Block Drills o Drills Sprint Drills, Acceleration Drills, etc. o Weight Training- Upper Body, Lower Body, and Safety o Core work o Flexibility training o Plyometrics o Each book containing Workout Worksheets As coaches this book will allow you to gain a wealth of information in order to teach and train athletes to have a great and successful season. You will give your young athlete access to learn and improve their work ethics. This series will help you breakdown the way you coach certain events, and it will help you understand how to utilize workouts to help you reach your full potential.