| Sportspeed | 
 enlarge | Authors: George B. Dintiman, Robert D. Ward, Tom Tellez
Creator: Leroy Burrell
Publisher: Human Kinetics Europe Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 678518
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0880116072
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.707
EAN: 9780880116077
ASIN: 0880116072
Publication Date: April 30, 1997
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 Most comphrensive book on speed! November 20, 1999
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
At first glance this book appears to be for team sports; however,upon reading it, it can readily be applied to a yearly sprint program as well. It is not for younger athletes and a knowledge of yearly periodization is required to apply to a sprint program. At first, being a sprinter, i was skeptical of attempting plyometrics at the end of a workout, however i solved this by completing this stage prior to going into the speed endurance-form phase, and as a result, my monthly sprint tests amazed me. The diet section drastically changed my views on the way i was eating both prior to workouts and after, consequently i recover much quicker from workouts and feel stronger as well. I suggest a high school athlete confer with his or her coach before attempting this program, but nonetheless a great book.
 Good book for the non-track athlete August 9, 1999
Unfortunately this book ignores periodization issues with the 100-200 meter runner. Excellent ideas are presented here for the track athlete, but the focus of this book is on the football, basketball, and baseball players of the world. One good thing about this book is that it does not believe in the defeatest attitudes of many coaches: "Speed can't be taught", "Sprinters are born, not made". Houston McTear, being the exception, most sprinters have to be developed.
 Don't believe the hype! March 29, 1999
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The book deserves some credit because it does list contemporary training techniques in a comprehensive fashion, but it does not bring them together in a practical manner. There are also certain errors: 1) That you should do plyometrics last in a training program. Yeah right, high intensity training when you're tired. That removes the benefits and sets an individual up for injury. 2) Not mentioning true periodization for strength training. 3) Presenting impractical programs, especially for high school athletes. 4) Giving credibility to a fad diet (i.e. The Zone). That's almost shameful. If I had time, I'd list some other complaints. It's sad, but I have to admit that this is the best book out there for speed training. Just read it critically!
comprehensive, informative book for improving speed. November 26, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very thorough approach to speed and conditioning for specific sports and activities. May want to expand weight training and resistance section. Too advanced for younger athletes (high school coaching).
 this is the book that will help yo get faster!!! November 11, 1998
If anyone wants to see results in sports, they will have to work at it very hard. this book helps you with this. It breaks up the act of moving as fast as possible from a to b into segments and then tells you how to improve these segments. The book gives you advice and encouragement like only Americans can convince you to be as great as you can possibly be. The book is written for multiple sports and gives examples for several sports. As a sprinter, after using the book for a few weeks, I was running as fast in training as I had only done in competition . great book.
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