Suggested Readings

This is a list of books that are in my library that I suggest everyone interested in Athletic Development should read.

Historical Works

Bunn,
John. (1955) Scientific Principles of
Coaching. New York, New York: Prentice Hall, Inc.

Dintiman, George B. What
Research Tells The Coach About Sprinting. AAHPER, Washington, D.C. 1974

Doherty,
Ken. Track & Field Omnibook (Fourth
Edition). Los Altos, CA. Tafnews Press. 1985

Doherty,
Ken. Modern Track & Field. Englewood
Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1963

Gillman,
Sid & Roy, Alvin. World Champion San
Diego Chargers Strength Program – In and Out of Season. 1963

Counsilman,
James E. The Science of Swimming. Englewood
Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1968

Dyson,Geoffrey
H.G. The Mechanics of Athletics. New
York. Holmes & Meier Publishers. Seventh Edition, 1977

Hoffman,
Bob. (1959) Better Athletes Through
Weight Training. York, PA: Strength & Health Publishing Company

Jesse John:  Hidden
causes of injury, prevention, and correction for running athletes.  The Athletic Press.  Pasadena, CA 1977

Knotts,
Dorothy E. and Voss, Margaret. Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation: Patterns and Techniques

Miller,
Carl. Olympic Lifting Training Manual

Nideffer,
Robert M. The Inner Athlete – Mind Plus
Muscle for Winning. New York, New York. Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1976.

O’
Shea, Patrick. (1976) Second Edition. Scientific
Principles and Methods of Strength Fitness. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley
Publishing Company

Dominguez,
Richard H. M.D., and Gajda, Robert S. Total
Body Training. New York, N.Y: Warner Books,1982.

Logan,
Gene A. and McKinney, Wayne C.
Kinesiology.  Wm. C. Brown Company
Publishers. 1970

Todd, Mabel E. The Thinking Body.
Princeton Book Company Publishers. Highston, NJ. 1937

Wilt ,Fred. Editor. Second Edition. How They Train Volume III: Sprinting And Hurdling. Tafnews Press.
Los Altos, California. 1973

Youth & Development

Colvin,
Geoff. Talent Is Overrated – What Really
Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else. New York. New York.
Bantam Publishing. 2009

 

Coyle,
Daniel. The Talent Code – Greatness Isn’t
Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How. New York. New York. Penguin Group. 2009

Drabik,
Jo'zef Ph.D., Children & Sports
Training, Island Pond, Vermont: Stadion Publishing Company, Inc. 1996

Farrey,
Tom. Game On – The All-American Race to
Make Champions of Our Children. New York, New York. ESPN Books. 2008

Gabbard,
Carl., Leblanc, Elizabeth., and Lowy, Susan.
Physical Education for Children-Building the Foundation, Englewood Cliffs,
New Jersey. Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1987

Starkes,
Janet L. and Ericsson, K. Anders. Editors. Expert
Performance in Sports – Advances in Research on Sport Expertise. Champaign,
Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, Inc. 2003

 Training

Bosch,
Frans., and Klomp, Ronald. Running –
Biomechanics and exercise Physiology Applied in Practice. London. Elsevier
Churchill Livingstone. 2005

Bosco, Carmelo. Strength
Assessment with Bosco’s Test, Italian Society of Sport Science, Rome, 1999

Bruggemann, G.P. Koszewski, D. & Muller, H. Biomechanical Research Project Athens 1997
– Final Report, International Athletics Foundation. Meyer & Meyer
Sport, Oxford, UK 1999.

Cometti, Gilles. La Pliometrie. Universite
De Bourgogne, 1988

Curwin, Sandra. & Stanish, William D. M.D. and
Mandel, Scott. Tendinitis: it’s Etiology
and Treatment, New New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Gustavsen R, Streeck R: Training Therapy; Prophylaxix and Rehabilitation. New York: Thieme
Medical Publishers 1993

Gambetta, Vernon A. The Gambetta Method – A
Common Sense Guide To Functional Training for Athletic Performance.
Sarasota, FL: Gambetta Sports Training.2002

Gambetta, Vernon A. Athletic Development – The
Art & Science of Functional Sports Conditioning. Champaign, IL: Human
Kinetics Publishing Company. 2007

Kraemer, William J. and Hakkinen, Keijo. Editors.
(2002) Strength Training for Sport.
London, England: Blackwell Science, Ltd

Komi, P. V., Editor(Second Edition) Strength and Power In Sport, London:
Blackwell Scientific Publications. 2003

Training In Sport –
Applying Sport Science. Edited by Elliot, Bruce and Mester, J. John Wiley & Sons
Ltd, West Sussex. England. 1998

Mach, Gerard. Sprints &
Hurdles. Canadian Track & Field Association, Ontario. 1980

Noakes, Tim, MD. The Lore of Running. Fourth Edition. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, Inc.2003.

Platonov, Vladimir N. and Bulatova, Marina M. La Preparacion Fisica – Deporte & Entrenamiento.
Fouth Edition. Barcelona, Spain. Editorial Paidotribo. 2006

Radcliffe, James C. and Faentinos, Robert C. (1999)
High- Powered Plyometrics.
Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishing Company.

Scholich, Manfred. (1986) Circuit Training. Berlin: Sportverlag

Stone, M., and O' Bryant, H. (1987) Weight Training: A Scientific Approach,
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Publishing Company.

Starzynski,
Tadeusz. And Sozanski, Henryk. (1999) Explosive
Power and Jumping Ability for all Sports. Island Pond, VT: Stadion
Publishing Company.

Vittori, Carlo in collaboration with Plinio Castrucci, Ida
Nicolini, Ennio Preatoni. Corse Di Velocita. Atleticastudi. Fidal – Centr Studi & Ricerche, Anno XIV,
May/June 1983

Planed Performance
Training (Periodization)

Berkun,
Scott. The Art of Project Management, Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media,
Inc. 2005

Bondarchuk,
Anatoliy. Transfer of Training in Sports.
Michigan, USA. Ultimate Athlete Concepts. 2007

Harre,
Dietrich. Principles of Sports Training
– Introduction to the Theory and methods of Training. Berlin, GDR:
Sportverlag. 1982

Issurin,
Vladimir. Principles and Basics of
Advanced Athletic Training. Michigan, USA. Ultimate Athlete Concepts. 2008

Issurin,
Vladimir. Block Periodization –
Breakthrough in Sport Training. Michigan, USA. Ultimate Athlete Concepts.
2008

Kurz,
Thomas., Science of Sports Training, Second
Edition. Island Pont, Vt: Stadion
Publishing Company, 2001

Manso, Juan, Valdivielso, Manuel, and Caballero,
Jose. Planificacion del Entrenamento Deportivo. Madrid, Spain. Gymnos,
Editorial Deportiva. 1996.

Mujika, Inigo. Tapering and Peaking for Optimal Performance.
Champaign,
Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, Inc. 2009

Olbrecht, Jan. The Science of Winning – Planning,
Periodizing and Optimizing Swim Training. Swim Shop, Luton, England. 2000

Rapaso, Vasconcelos A. Planificacion Y
Organizacion del Entrenamento Deportivo. Barcelona, Spain. Editorial
Paidotribo. 2000

Sports Science

Calais-Germain,
Blanche. Anatomy of Movement.
Seattle, Washigton. Eastland Press. 1993

Cometti,
Giles. Los Metodos Modernos de
Musculacion. Third Edition.  Barcelona, Spain. Editorial Paidotribo.  2001.

Enoka,
Roger M. Neuromechanical Basis of
Kinesiology Second Edition. Champaign,
Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, Inc.

Kellman,
Michael, Editor. Enhancing Recovery – Preventing
Underperformance in Athletes. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Books,
Inc. 2002

Kreighbaum,
Ellen and Barthels, Katharine M. Biomechanics
– A Qualitative Approach for Studying Human Movement. Fourth edition.
Boston, Allyn and Bacon. 1996.

Lieber, Richard L. (2002) Skeletal Muscle Structure,
Function & Plasticity – The Physiological Basis of Rehabilitation. Second
Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincot Williams & Wilkins.

McArdle, William D. Katch, Frank I. And Katch,
Victor L. (2007) Sixth Edition. Exercise Physiology – Energy,
Nutrition and Human Performance.
Baltimore, MD. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Newton,
Robert U. Expression and Development of Maximal Muscle Power. Doctoral
Dissertation, Southern Cross University, 1997

Winters,
Jack M, Woo, Savio L-Y, Editors. Multiple
Muscle Systems – Biomechanics and Movement Organization. New York, New
York. Springer-Verlag. 1990

Teaching &
Skill Acquisition

Davids,
Keith, Button, Chris, Bennett, Simon. Dynamics
of Skill Acquisition – A Constraints-Led Approach. Champaign, Illinois:
Human Kinetics Books, Inc.2008.

Hannaford,
Carla. Smart Moves – Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head. Great Ocean
Publishers. Arlington, Virginia 1995

Nater,
swen and Gallimore, Ronald. You Haven’t
taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden’s Teaching Principles and
Practices. Morgantown, WV. Fitness Information Technology. 2006.

Creativity & Innovation

Brown, Tim. Change By Design – How Design
Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation. New York, New
York. Harper Collins. 2009

Collins, Jim. How the Mighty Fall – and Why Some
Companies Never Give In. New York, New York. Harper Collins. 2009

Dweck, Carol.
Mindset: The New Psychology of
Success. New
York: Random House.2006

Gardner,
Howard. Five Minds for the Future. Boston: Harvard Business School
Press. 2006

Hargadon, Andrew. How
Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate.
Boston: Harvard Business School Press. 2003

Johansson, Frans. The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the
Intersection of Ideas, Concepts, and Cultures.  Boston: Harvard Business School Press. 2003

Kelly,
Tom. The Art of Innovation. New
York: Doubleday. 2001

Pink,
Daniel H. A Whole New Mind – Moving from
the Information Age to the Conceptual Age. New York: Riverhead Books. 2005