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The Tigerbelles tells the epic story of the 1960 Tennessee State University all-Black women's track team, which found Olympic glory at the 1960 games in Rome. The author tells a story of desire, success and failure--of beating the odds--against the backdrop of a changing America, but tells it in an intimate way. Readers will come to know the individuals' unique struggles and triumphs, while also understanding how these dreams emerged and solidified just as the country was struggling to leave the Jim Crow era behind. Coach Edward Temple pushed each team member to the limit and saw the possibilities in them that they often did not see themselves. The elite group of talent included Wilma Rudolph, Barbara Jones, Lucinda Williams, Martha Hudson, Willye B. White and Shirley Crowder: women who once were and should still be known world-wide. Ultimately the team's drive was for more than medals: Coach Temple and the Tigerbelles wanted to change the world's perception of what a group of young Black women in the Jim Crow south were capable of. Tigerbelles is a multi-layered inspirational tale of triumph over adversity. Based on memoirs and interviews with surviving team members, including Coach Temple, this is the story of an impossible dream come true.
Jason Dunkerley's Visions of Hope: Running Towards My Own Truth is an autobiography of an iconic blind Canadian middle-distance runner who won five Paralympic medals and numerous other laurels during his storied career. In telling his story, Dunkerley introduces the reader to the behind-the-scenes intricacies of top-tier athletics: the rigours of intensive training; the building of rapport among athlete, guide and coach; the development and implementation of winning strategies; the never-ending struggle to excel; the searing letdown of defeat, and the euphoric triumph of victory. Bruce Kidd, a fabled Canadian Olympian and Professor Emeritus of Sport Politics and Policy at the University of Toronto, called Visions of Hope an insightful, at times poetic, account of the life of a Canadian Paralympian.
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A phenomenal portrait of courage and desire that will do for college cross-country what John Feinstein's A Season on the Brink did for college basketball.
Focused on the drama in the lives of 'ordinary' high school runners rather than just the team elites, The Middle Distances is a blend of narratives about their three seasons of a running year and vignettes of past West Genesee competitors and others who helped shape the traditions of Wildcats distance running.
This book chronicles my career in track and field, spanning fifty years and counting.
Coaching track and field is a unique challenge. The number of events, the specific technical skills to teach in each one, the event- and athlete-tailored training programs required for performing at a high level, and the planning and organization needed for practicing and competing effectively as a team can be difficult for even the most educated and experienced coaches.
Track & Field Coaching Essentials provides the information and direction to make your first, or twenty-first, season a success. Starting with the fundamentals, moving on to the sport sciences, and then detailing each of the events, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative coaching resource in the sport.
Experts such as Vern Gambetta on biomotor training for speed and power events, Joe Vigil on endurance events, and Jeremy Fischer on the jumps ensure the book contains the best and most current knowledge on each topic. Common technical faults and their corrections, as well as progressive performance drills, are included for every event, including relays.
This primary text in USA Track & Field's coaching education program is also a go-to reference for veteran coaches. Be it races, jumps, or throws, Track & Field Coaching Essentials has what coaches need to know to help their athletes achieve their performance potential.
Survive and Advance is a tournament strategy athletes employ to advance through the rounds. Whenever possible, athletes will attempt to advance to the next round without expending too much energy. The theory is that their best performance should come at the championships, in the final round, where the medals and titles are decided.
To Tianna Bartoletta, the Survive and Advance strategy is effective away from the field of play as well. To her, it means doing whatever is needed to survive life...moment to moment, to get to tomorrow to fight another day.
Tianna is defiance personified.
Defiant of gravity, and defiant in the face of adversity.
This revealing memoir by 3-time world champion, 2-time Olympian, and 3-time Olympic gold medalist Tianna Bartoletta, chronicles her drive to become an elite athlete and her climb to the top of her game...what you knew about her-and what you didn't-until now.
You may think you know what it means to be a champion,
but you're about to find out that you had no idea.
This book starts with an historical account of the Southwest High School cross-country team, from the beginning in 1942, through to the last state championship in 1980. The author was a member of the cross-country team in 1970, 1971 and 1972. The book chronicles his senior season; the summer lead-in, the mileage run during the summer, then the workouts and meets during the season, culminating in the state championship.
The book switches after this to following Coach Hall's 30+ year coaching career and how he used the Southwest System. It looks at all his coaching stops and how this system helped him with the many successes in his career. Interspersed along the way are coaching and running tips and suggestions on how to be a better runner and coach. There is also a summary at the end of how the Southwest System works and how it still applies and is relevant today.
The author attended Southwest High School where he ran cross-country. After graduating from the University of Minnesota, he started coaching cross-country and track & field in 1979, continuing in one or both sports until 2017. He now makes his home in Louisville, Ky., with his wife and two children and is semi-retired from more than 40 years as a mathematics instructor.
In 1924, the first team representing the newly established Irish Free State travelled to Paris to take part in the 8th Olympic Games of the modern era. At previous Olympic Games and at British and American championships, Irish athletes had distinguished themselves, winning titles, setting world records and helping create the sport of athletics as we know it but in the colours of other countries.
This book celebrates the achievements of 50 carefully chosen Irish athletics greats from the late nineteenth century to the present day. These range chronologically from the Davin brothers to Ireland's greatest Paralympic the sprinter Jason Smyth who retired as recently as 2023. Among the many Olympic gold medal winners whose stories are told are pioneers John Flanagan and Martin Sheridan; Pat O'Callaghan and Bob Tisdall from the first third of the twentieth century, Ronnie Delany, our first track medal winner from 1956, Mary Peters from 1972 and the more recent stars like Eamonn Coghlan, John Treacy and Sonia O'Sullivan. Sprinters, hurdlers, multi-eventers, race walkers, jumpers and throwers as well as middle and long distance runners, from all 32 counties of Ireland and a variety of backgrounds, are included.
Whittling down the list of great Irish athletes came after hours of discussion between the late Colm Murphy, the vastly knowledgeable athletics historian who came up with the idea of this book, and the six contributing writers. Some hard decisions had to be taken - and of course you may find that your favourite Irish athlete is not included in the book. On a more positive note, you may well discover a few new favourites - even some you had never heard of previously!
This is the story of John Hurd, a boy who was so small that he was denied entry to the first grade in his local school because they doubted his mother and his birth certificate. He had to ride a bus to the outlying county school to be accepted for his first year.
In high school he missed out on athletics, because of his diminutive size. In ROTC class, his uniform pants had an 8 inch hem and his belt covered half of the shirt pockets. By graduation he had reached the height of 5 feet 6 1/2 inches and weighed 124 pounds.
At the age of 60 he learned about the National Senior Games Association, also known as Senior Olympics, and they had five year age brackets for Olympic types of athletic competitions for men and women ages 55 and up. They later began accepting members beginning at age 50.
So John began a self-directed program of training in the streets, and at 61 began a hobby of running up and down the oval track as a sprinter. As he gradually progressed he continued training year-round and had some fairly decent successes and awards.
In 2015 John had a book published about his life in general and experiences in the world of track and field titled Johnny Run Lately.
One of the reasons John has continued, well after his retirement in 2000 from the business and academic world, is the people who frequently tell him they were encouraged to get off the couch and become more involved in taking care of the body they were issued.
It is hoped that the reader of this book will also be so encouraged to find an activity that you enjoy, and give it a go. This is not a book dealing with all the technical bio- mechanical movements of the sprint, but a training routine that you can adapt to your needs, and some tips about things to be aware of, and avoid, along the way. The final chapter is about the system John has used all these years to set goals and track his progress along the way.
In all, John has won national championships in three events twice, state championships in six states, 18 undefeated years in Florida, amateur athlete of the year twice, and inducted into the Memphis Amateur Sports Association.
Enjoy, and please remember this. Just getting involved is a big win.
