1. Managing Sports Organizations by Ruben Acosta About the Author Rubén Acosta, PhD is president of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). During his tenure, the volleyball association grew from a $100,000 operation into a powerful $200,000,000 organization, making it one of the most successful marketing efforts in modern sport. Beach volleyball has also been recognized…
Talent Identification Books 1. The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extra Ordinary Athletic Performance The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein “The Sports Gene” is an enjoyable book that shares the latest of modern genetic research as it relates to elite athleticism. In the never-ending quest to settle…
1. Running Movies: Starting Line (Tagalog) This movie looks very similar to Thelma (starring Elma Muros and Maja Salvador). It introduces Cebu athlete ‘Pearl’ Angeline Abellar in her first debut role. However Information on this movie is very limited but i found this on IMDB Starting Line is a film about a promising runner…
Complete Conditioning for Baseball Complete Conditioning for Baseball Today’s players are bigger, stronger, and faster than ever before. So a focused conditioning program has become essential to on-the-field success. Hence Complete Conditioning for Baseball features a comprehensive training approach that builds players’ physical abilities as well as the baseball-specific skills their positions require. Steve…
Excellence in Training: A Race Walking Specific Training Log We all know we should keep a training log. Some of us do, and others don’t get beyond the new season’s resolution to keep better track of our workouts. Those that do keep track, often do so inconsistently. Now let America’s premier team of clinicians Jeff…
100 years of New Zealand Track and Field The book is by the late athletics statistician Peter Heindenstrom. Peter Heidenstrom, who died in 2007 aged 77. He was New Zealand’s most perceptive and widely published writer on athletics. And he put his extensive records and encyclopedic knowledge into the most comprehensive book on 100…
Great Books for Runners 5 Great Books for Runners Runner’s World The Runner’s Body Runner’s World The Runner’s Body: How the Latest Exercise Science Can Help You Run Stronger, Longer, and Faster Every day scientists learn more about how the body adapts to the stress of running. And how various body systems contribute…
David Wallechinsky’s compendious book has long been the preeminent point of reference for sports enthusiasts and journalists alike Every sports writer assigned to cover the Games ensures they have their early copy of this prodigious work of reference, packed with absorbing anecdotes and essential statistics. A treasure trove of 116 years of Olympic history, it is also an amazingly readable book,…
Coaching Youth Track and Field This book was provided to be my former PSC Commissioner Jolly Gomez. To help assist me train the young sprinters in the province of Zamboanga Del Sur in Mindanao. Noted in book: To Andrew, You are helping young kids realize their potential and their dreams! - Jolly Gomez The most…
Maja Salvador Maja Salvador I was finally able to watch my copy of the Movie Thelma. Which stars Maja Salvador as the track runner Thelma. Also, the Interesting thing about this movie is it features the legendary Elma Muros ‘Guest Appearance’ as ‘Coach Rose’ her coach. Who recruits Thelma after she wins what appears to…
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