An Athletics Compendium

E 127 - 142 Training forAdults 127 Strength training for athletics / Ron Pickering. London: Amateur Athletic Association, 1965. 72p; illus; pbk (Instructional booklet) BL; X.449/1579 Pickering brings greater specificity to the use of weights inathletics, inwhawtas the definitive work of its period. ^ Subsequent ed. El33 128 Athletics for student and coa/chIan Ward and Denis Watts. London: Pelham, 1967. 176p; illus BL: X.449/2688 A work written 'primarily forthe clubcoach and the student in collegoer university'. ^ Subsequent ed. El49 129 Better athletics (with illustrationsbased on films of Olympic athletics) / A. G. L. Ventre. London: Educational Productions, 1967. 25p; illus; pbk BL: X.449/2510 Largely a bookof illustrations. 130 The manual owf eight-training / editebdy George Kirkley andJohn Goodbody. LondoSnta:nley Paul, 1967. x, 161p; illus BL: X.449/2360 Includes 17pages onweight trainingfor athletics by Ron Pickering. 131 The mechanics oafthletics / Geoffrey H. G. Dyson; illustrations by D. R. Dimmock. 4thLoedn.don: University of London Press, 1967. 224p; illus; index ISBN: 0-340-08905-9 ^ Previous ed. El23; subsequent ed. El39 132 Illustrated guide to Olympic track and fiteeldchniques / edited by Tom Eckearnd Fred Wilt. London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 256p; illus Each Olympic event is illustrated by action-sequence photographs by Toni Nett and John L. Griffith. Commentaries are written by John Disley, Geoff Elliott, Mike Ellis, Dick Gansien, Geoff Gowan, Peter Hildreth, Fred Housden, Pon Jewkes, Payton Jordan, John Le Masurier, Les Mitchell, Geoffrey Pearson, Pon Pickering, John Powell, Tony Ward, Cornelius Warmerdam andDenis Watts. 133 Strength training foarthletics / Ron Pickering. 2endd. London: Amateur Athletic Association, 1968. 72p; illus; pbk BL:W.P.3877/36 ^ Previous ed. E127; subsequent ed. E148 134 Better athletics / John Heaton. London: Kaye & Ward, 1969. 96p; illus ISBN: 0-7182-0155-8 BL: X.449/3897 135 Bresnahan and Tuttle's traacnkd field athletics / Francis X. Cretzmeyer, Louis E. Alley, Charles M. Tipton. 7th ed. London: Kimpton, 1969. ix,317p; illus ISBN: 0-85313-689-0 BL: X.441/1315 ^ Previous ed. El 26; subsequent ed. El45 136 Champions inthe making: quality training for traacnkd field / Payton Jordan, Bud Spencer. London: Pelham, 1969. vii, 280p; illus; index Originally published: HnglewoodCliffs, USA: Prentice-Hall, 1968 ISBN: 0-7207-0016-7 BL: X.441/1232 A strong technical manual, though lacking in theoretical basis. 137 Track and field/ consultant Don Canham. Folkestone: Bailey & Swinfen, 1970. 128p; chiefly illus (Athletic Institute series) ISBN: 0-561-00082-4 BL: X.629/3134 For beginners, but not necessarily children. 138 Track andfield for coach and athlet/eJohn M. Cooper with James Lavery, William Perrin. 2nd ed. Hemel Hempstead: Prentice-Hall, 1970. xvii, 270p; illus; index ISBN: 0-13-925750-0 ^ Previous ed. El 12 139 The mechanics of athletic/s Geoffrey H. G. Dyson. 5th ed. London: University of London Press, 1971. 229p; illus; index Bibliography:p222-224 ISBN: 0-340-08905-9 ^ Previous ed. El31; El42 140 Mobility exercises/ Peter R. Harper. London: British Amateur Athletic Board, 1972. 63p; illus; pbk (Instructional booklet) ISBN: 0-85134-030-X 141 Athletics for the 70's: a training manu/al Denis Watts and Antony Ward. London: Barker, 1973. vii, 225p; illus ISBN: 0-213-16417-5 BL: X.629/5326 142 The mechanics of athletic/s Geoffrey H. G. Dyson. 6th ed. London: University of London Press, 1973. 240p; illus; index ISBN: 0-340-17442-0 BL: X.629/5603 ^ Previous ed. El39; subsequent ed. E151 [ 106 ]