An Athletics Compendium

E 104 - 115 Training for Adults 104 Weight training for athletics / Oscar State. London: Amateur Athletic Association, 1955. 90p; illus BL: 7922.de.19 The definitive work ofits period onweight training. ^ Subsequent ed. El 13 105 Track and field athletics / G. T. Bresnahan and W. W. Tuttie and FrancisX. Cretzmeyer. 4th ed. London: Kimpton, 1956. 528p; illus BL: 7922.f.30 ^ Previous ed. E96; subsequent ed. Bill 106 The Oxfordpocket book of athletic traini/ng Sandy Duncan and KennethBone; forewords by Jack Lovelock and Roger Bannister. 2nd ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1957. xiv, 93p; illus BL: 7923.f.l8 ^ Previous ed. E90 107 Modern athletics / by Memboerfsthe AchillesClub; edited byH. A. Meyer. London: Oxford University Press, 1958. x, 21Op; illus H. A. Meyeris pseudonymfor HughMerrick BL: 7923 .n .27 Contributors: W.R. MilligaDn,. (5. A. Lowe, T. Hampson, H. M. Abrahams, I 3 . J. Noel-E5aker,R. St. (5.Harper, K.. P. Bone, A. G. K. Brown, K. 5. Duncan, R. G. Bannister, C. J. Chataway, C. W. Brasher, I. H. Boyd, P. B. Hildreth, D. J. N. Johnson, W. B. L. Palmer, A. P. Malcolm, SirArthur E. Porritt, N. D. McWhirter. AlthoughBritish athletics coaching, driven by the AAAcoaching scheme,had by this time progressed to a more clinical, scientific approach, there wastill room for athlete-based books of this type. The authors of the final edition (E124), sensitive to thechange itnhe athletic environment, moved to a more general, less technical, approach. ^ Subsequent ed. El03; subsequent ed. El 24 108 Athletics: a coaching handbook ftororpical areas / Douglas J. T. Millar anJdohn E. Cawley; foreword by Malvin G. Whitfield. London: Evans, 1960. 128p; illus BL: 7925.1.7 An illustrated handbook which covers thoerganisation of athletics in schools, standards, the eventsindetail, training andhints to officials. 109 Athletics: how to become a champion: a discursive textbook / Percy Wells Cerutty; photographs by M. A. Stratton. London: Stanley Paul, 1960. 190p; illus BL: 7925.bb.19 Afine inspirational wobrky one of the world's greatest middle-distance coaches. 'Athleticism, inmy view, is not a spnoorrt:a culti:t isa way of life. In my day, I have tried many things a-nd from all I turned away, eventually, to turn to athleticism .... It meansme,toall activities that are based insweat and effo-rtand are something added to our normal, ordinary everyday way of life.' Cerutty, coach to 1960Olympic 1500m champion. Herb Elliott, was an eccentric, a coaching maverick whose technical and physiological theories do not bear much scrutiny. He was, however, possessed of great inspirational qualities, and the sands of Portsea became the testing-ground for some of th greatest middle-distance runners of the period. 110 Ballet exercises for athlete/s devised byAndrew Hardie; illustrated byFougasse. London: Issued tbhye Amateur Athletic Association in collaboration wthiteh Royal Academy of Dancing, 1960. 24p; illus Fougasseis a pseudonym for Cyril KennethBird BL: 7926 .C .26 As with early books on weight-training, Hardieb'sook ignores the specificity atohfletic fitness, making the assumption that thessentially balletic mobility of dancers would automatically benefit track and field athletes. Thtyispe ofexercise gainedlittle credence during the 1960s. ^ Subsequent ed. El 61 111 Track and field athletics / George T. Bresnahan, W. W. Tuttie, Francis X. Cretzmeyer. 5th ed. London: Kimpton, 1960. 538p; illus BL: 7925.b.90 ^ Previous ed. El05; subsequent ed. El26 112 Track and fieldfor coach and athlete/ Jesse P. Mortensen and John Miller Cooper. London: Prentice-Hall, 1960. x, 246p; illus BL: 7925 .C .31 ^ Subsequent ed. El 38 113 Weight training for athletic/s Oscar State. London: Amateur Athletic Association, 1960. 84p; illus BL: 7922.de.19 The definitive workof its period onweight training. ^ Previous ed. El04 114 Athletics / Peter Bird; foreword by Jack Crump. London: Foyle, 1961. 94p; illus; index BL: W.P.2940/251 A survey of thesport which gives a brief account of the events, but little on trainiTnhge. book is recommended for its lucid chapters on the structure and facilities of the sport. 115 Track and fieldathletics / HughA. L. Chapman; edited and introduced bHyarold M. Abrahams. London: Foulsham, 1961. 96p; illus (New sports library; no. 10) BL: 7923.nn.l/10 Possibly the best pocket-book yet written on athletics. Pungent and concise. [ 1 0 4 ]