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