Featuring 100 of the best day hikes, Hiking Minnesota makes it easy to enjoy self-guided tours of trails winding through the natural beauty of the state. The book features many of the area`s most popular as well as least-known hiking trails, including routes from Grand Portage National Monument at the very northeast corner to Blue Mounds State P..
Get in the best shape of your running career with the scientifically based training in Daniels' Running Formula . In the book that Runner's World magazine called the best training book, premier running coach Jack Daniels provides you with his proven VDOT formula to guide you through training at exactly the right intensity to become a faster, s..
This new edition of the Climber's Guide to Devil's Lake by Sven Olof Swartling is your guide to the fractures, cracks, ledges, slabs, chimneys, and other rock formations of Devil's Lake State Park, the most popular climbing spot in the Midwest. This Climber's Guide to Devil's Lake book is a comprehensive guide to rock climbing in Devil’s Lake State..
Ground too lumpy to sleep on? Then try a hammock! This book tells of the advantages of sleeping in, and even cooking from, a hammock. Additionally, it tells what to look for when shopping for one, and even how to make your own. 200 pages.
Packed with 180 drills straight from the practice sessions of the game's most successful programs, The Softball Drill Book will add variety to your practices and precision to your game-day performances. The comprehensive collection covers every aspect of the game. From warm-up to conditioning, throwing to hitting, bunting to base-running, you'll..
Survive the realities of teaching dance in public schools. Explore new methods for teaching children the creative process. Obtain tips on teaching children the art of performance. Prepare to handle the common and uncommon obstacles that every creative dance teacher faces-obstacles that you never learned about in methods courses. Dance Education ..
Now, for the first time in the sport of volleyball, you can learn from the most successful U.S. coaches and apply their approaches to your own program. In The Volleyball Coaching Bible , 24 of the top U.S. men's and women's volleyball coaches share their principles, insights, strategies, methods, and experiences to help you learn new and better wa..
Some books teach coaches and players what to do; this also explains why. Developed by an all-star cast of coaches selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball Strategies is the most comprehensive resource ever written on the tactical aspects of the game. Providing the content are 18 of the game's top strategists, including seve..
From great golf games to invaluable tips from one of the greatest golfers ever, Chi Chi Rodriguez scores a hole in one in Chi Chi's Golf Games You Gotta Play . Designed to break the monotony of hit it, chase it, find it, count-Ôem-up golf, Golf Games You Gotta Play provides unique insights to improve your shot making abilities and bring a whole ..
Teaching baseball fundamentals is difficult, but not nearly as tough as guiding players beyond a basic performance level. Veteran coach and player Rick Wolff, who worked his way up to the pro ranks on smarts and sweat, now shares insights he gleaned from playing and coaching thousands of games at every level of competition. You`ll find tips on: ch..
Much more than a book on skills, strategies, or drills, The Baseball Coaching Bible represents a landmark work for the sport. Many of the greatest coaches the game has ever known Ñ including Coaches of the Century at the high school, junior college, NAIA, and Division I, II, III levels, as named by Collegiate Baseball Ñ combine to cover all aspects..
With the Raymond C. Rumpf & Son Fly Tying Made Clear And Simple book expert tier Skip Morris shows how easy it is to tie excellent flies. There are over 220 color photographs that show all the techniques you need to know.
Formerly one volume, this book has so much new stuff in it that there are now 2 volumes. This one covers the southern part of the state (Crested Butte down to Antonito). The other volume is Northern & Central . Colorado's hut system is the most extensive in North America, and this series covers it all! Maps, photos and detailed text give you trail..
Golf enthusiasts and lovers of a good comic tale will be delighted by this fresh and frolicking new novel. With farcical fun, readers are given a unique and ironic inside glimpse into the world of standup comedy as a group of comics plans a charity golf tournament. Plans for the charity tournament move from the ridiculous to downright illegal. Pr..
Today's athletes are breaking records that many thought were untouchable Ñ in large part due to the major advances in sports training. High-Performance Sports Conditioning combines these superior modern methods with sample training programs, workouts, and drills to serve as the only conditioning guide you'll need this season. This landmark book pre..
Playing to your talent level involves far more than the second and a half you spend swinging the club. Thirty seconds, give or take a few, is the time it takes to plan, execute, and evaluate every shot. To have the best chance for success, your must learn to apply all your resources to each and every shot you hit, both in practice and in play. ..
Master volleyball's key techniques and elevate performance in all facets of the sport. Volleyball Skills & Drills teaches the fundamentals and contains the proper progressions to help players master and apply those skills on the court when it counts. Featuring 90 of the sport's best drills, this guide will maximize both the rate and quality of le..
Five-time U.S. singles and 11-time doubles champion Dan Seemiller, possibly the best American table tennis player ever, shares his secrets for top-level play in Winning Table Tennis: Skills, Drills, and Strategies. Readers will learn the best table tennis techniques, strategies, and conditioning methods for success. The authors provide beginning..
The strength training strategy of linear periodization has long been recognized as an efficient system of resistance training. But-until now-no one had researched and explored the potential benefits of a nonlinear periodization training program. Authors William Kraemer and Steven Fleck delve into nonlinear, or undulating, periodization to examine ..
The first in Big Earth Publishing's Explore series, this book goes beyond the boundaries of a typical travel guide. Explore Wisconsin Rivers gives its readers a deeper understanding of Wisconsin's land while tracing the natural and cultural paths of various rivers as they wind through the Badger State. From the Mississippi to the Menomonee, readers..