An Athletics Compendium

Training forBeginners & Juniors E 201-214 'The Olympic Games,i'nwhich he recounts his victory in the A-OOm hurdles at Los Angeles in1932. 'As Istood on my marks I remember realising thaI htad never before felsto gloriouslyfit, and Icould not believe it was therace over whichhI ad dreamed and schemed for months t-he race omf y life, in which I was pitted against the greatest hurdlers in the world. Somebody blew a whistle. The starter shouted "Get to your marks!" A deathly silence fell on the huge crowd. I thought 1 heard a clock strike three somewhere. Noticing Lord Burghley just in front ofme, I had the strange feeling for tmheoment that we msutsiltl be at Fenners atnhdat the clock watshe old one we used to hear at Cambridge. "Get set!" I tautened my muscles and waited. Heavens! Would the starter never fire that gun? Bang. We were off!' Tisdall's bookis a marvellousevocation ofathletics in the pre-war period. fIetatures a wonderful photograph of Tisdall in the ShrewsburySchool sports, hurdling using the 'OlEdnglish' technique. 201The young athlete: an athlethicandbook for beginner/s edited byGeorge Peat; foreword tbhye Duke of Hamilton. Edinburgh; Scottish Athletic Federation, 1941. 64p; illus; pbk 202Athletics / Jack Crump. London; RaymonPdress for Sporting Record, 1948. 40p; illus; pbk (Play the game; no. 2) ForewordbyHaroldM. Abrahams BL: W.P.7904/2 203 Athletics. London;National Association of Girls' Clubs and Mixed Clubs, 1952. 7p; pbk A small booklet which includes tables and a bibliography. 204 In athletics ... do it this way; leyaronur athletics from photographs / Sandy Duncan; with photographs by John Barlee and aforeword by LordBurghley. London;John Murray, 1952. 96p; illus BL: 7919.a.33 205 Athletics for boys & girl/sJoseph Edmundson and Charles R. E. Burnup; foreword by GeoffHre.yG. Dyson. London; Bell, 1954. 135p; illus BL; 7921.aaa.55 ^ Subsequent ed. E209 206Teach yourself athletics/ F. N. S. Creek. London; English Universities Press, 1954. 192p; illus (Teach yourself books) BL: W.P.706/150 207 The Olympic approach to athlet/icsStan Tomlin. London; A. Wander, 1956. 64p 208 Instructions to young athletes / Robert M. C. Bateman. London; MuseumPress, 1957. 124p; illus BL; 7922.g.l9 One of the lastworks of the Oxbridge culture.Dated and lacking in technical content. 209 Athletics for boys & girl/sJoseph Edmundson and Charles R. E. Burnup. Rev. ed. London; Bell, 1961. 136p; illus BL: 7923.ttt.24 ^ Previous ed. E205; subsequent ed. E214 210 The young athlete's companion; an authoritative guide to training for alltrack and field events / John I. Disley. London; Souvenir, 1962. 142p; illus BL;X.449/96 One of the best books for beginners of the period. Disley is at his best with running events and the sections on middle-distance running and the steeplechase are outstanding. 'Success nowadays is due to 10 per cent inspiration and 90 per cent perspiration. Natural ability will get youstarted but well directed work only willlead you tohe rostrumT. his work may well have tocontinue fosreveral years before success comestra-ining in the winter as wellas the summer. Great athletes are planted in the winter, cultivated itnhe spring anbdloom in the summer. The size and perfection of the flower willincrease each year as the roots dig down each winter and become strong and mature.' 211 Schoolboy athletics / Percy Wells Cerutty. London; Stanley Paul, 1963. 120p; illus BL: 7926.f.29 This is essentially a pot-boiler, for Cerutty had no re l experience inthis area. 212 Tackle athletics this wa/y Denis C. V. Watts; foreword by Jack C. G. Crump. LondoSnta; nley Paul, 1964. 135p; illus BL: X.449/177 A guide for young athletes which covers the technical essentials for each event. ^ Subsequent ed. E225 213 Your book ofathletics / RexVan Rossum. London: Faber & Faber, 1964. 59p; illus (Your book) BL: 7926 .W .1 Another dying Oxbridge flutter. 214 Athletics for boys and gir/lsJoseph Edmundson and Charles R. E. Burnup. 3rded. London: Bell, 1965. 134p; illus BL: X.449/1291 ^ Previous ed. E209 [ 1 1 1 ]