The Best of Soccer Journal
edited by Jay Martin

This book offers some of the best articles from the NSCAA's Soccer Journal from the last twenty years. Soccer Journal is the official publication of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

The book offers articles that cover the Four Pillars of soccer. Those pillars are: Technique, Tactics, the Mental and the Physical. The fifth section describes to the reader how to coach. Once the reader examines the Four Pillars of Soccer, chapter five deals with how to coach and manage a team. Coaching is examined at all levels from U6 to professional. This chapter offers answers to many questions that coaches will have every season.

This book is the first in a new series of books from the NSCAA. Future editions will examine each of the pillars again in more detail. more

Half-Marathon - You can do it
by Jeff Galloway

If you are thinking about training for a half-marathon, Jeff Galloway can help you prepare well, enjoy the training and glow from the achievement of crossing the finish line. Author of the best-seller "Marathon – You can do it!", Galloway now offers a state-of-the-art book on the highly popular half-marathon distance. Jeff's trademarked run-walk-run method has helped hundreds of thousands of average people to get off the couch, train for marathons and half-marathons without injury and has helped veterans to improve times. This book offers a step-by-step program that starts with setting up your training each week. more

Unicycling
by Andreas Anders-Wilkens & Robert Mager

This book is written in the first place for beginners, but also offers good and sound advice for readers that have become proficient in this sport, and now seek further challenges. With the help of detailed description, and illustrated by over a hundred explanatory pictures, the reader learns how to get started and the possible mistakes to avoid. It will also be of use to those people learning to help and support the beginner to learn to ride, whilst avoiding accidents and injury. Once capable, the reader can go on to learn about more advanced techniques, such as riding backwards, idling, bunny hopping and Mountain Unicycling (MUni), as well as teaching others to unicycle. The authors also cover the team sport of Unicyclehokey, and describe a variety of other games that can be played on unicycles. The book details the varieties of unicycle that are available (see inside back cover flap) such as "Giraffes" and "Monocycles", describes how a number of basic tricks are performed. Finally the important aspects of buying a suitable unicycle are covered, with tips on how to maintain and repair them, complete with a useful list of unicycling links on the internet. more

 Galloway's 5k and 10k Running
by Jeff Galloway

 Olympian Jeff Galloway offers an easy and time-efficient system to train for, and then enter, a 5K or a 10K. His training has been used successfully by over 500,000 through e-coaching, running schools, fitness retreats, training programs and books. His unique system gives you control over fatigue, while reducing or eliminating aches and pains. Successful schedules help beginners finish each workout strong, with time goal programs for veterans. Easy-to-read advice is given on medical checks, nutrition, fat-burning, aches and pains, shoes, and how to stay motivated. The race day checklist prepares you for the big day, with inside information from one who has entered over 1000 races, and represented the United States in the 10K in the Munich Olympics.  more 

 Running Until You're 100 
by Jeff Galloway

 Olympian Jeff Galloway has worked with tens of thousands of runners in their 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. By using his run-walk-runtm method, most are able to enjoy running with fewer aches and pains. At the age of 60, Jeff reports no injuries in 27 years. This book explains how to achieve this, how to stay motivated, and increase the enjoyment.  more 

 The Ultimate Parkour & Freerunning Book
by Jan Witfeld, Ilona Gerling & Alexander Pach

 The increasing number of followers of the two movement cultures, Parkour and Freerunning, has given rise to the need for safe, methodical orientation, which the reader will find in this book. Parkour, a new movement culture from France, is all about moving as efficiently as possible between points A and B by sprinting fluently over obstacles. The sport of Freerunning has developed from it, involving developing and showing off the most creative, extreme, flowing, acrobatic moves possible on obstacles. This book contains precise illustrations for the teaching of all basic techniques, easy to follow movement breakdowns and methodical tips for indoor and outdoor training. All the most common terms from the scene are listed for reference in English and French. History, philosophy, rules of behavior, training advice based on the latest sports science knowledge, interviews from the scene about motivations and trends, advice for schools and explanations of competitions and competition criteria are a few examples of the book’s contents.  more 

Start to Finish
by Roch Frey, Paul Huddle & T.J. Murphy

Okay, you’ve finished your first shortdistance triathlon, maybe even an Olympic distance triathlon or an Ironman 70.3. Now it’s time to up the ante and go further and faster. Paul Huddle and Roch Frey are up to the challenge. Longer workouts, balancing work, family and training, adding speed work, recovery and the mental game are all essential when you decide to move up to the Ironman distance. No one has more training or racing experience than Roch and Paul. They will get you to your target race healthy, happy and ready for more. Guaranteed. more

Running - Getting Started 
by Jeff Galloway

"Running - Getting Started" will take anyone, at any level of fitness, into the running lifestyle. Jeff Galloway, a US Olympian in 1972, has helped over 150,000 people make this journey while reducing or eliminating aches, pains, and injuries suffered during most training programs. Jeff developed the Run-Walk method of training, in which running is repeatedly interrupted by walk breaks, and offers a step by step program that is easy to use and easy to understand. Included will be lots of tips on nutrition, staying motivated, building endurance, shoes, stretching and strengthening and much more. more

Soccer - Perfect Ball Control
by Peter Schreiner

In modern soccer, players of all abilities experience enormous time pressure and pressure from opponents. They rarely get the chance to receive the ball calmly and then dribble, pass or shoot at the goal. Only by being able to bring the ball quickly and safely under control – often while on the run – can one play attractive and successful soccer. However, perfect ball control does not just start when the ball is at the player's feet, but must always be seen in the context of a game situation and an opponent. This practical book contains more than 160 drills and ball games and over 200 photos and 120 illustrations covering ball control, dribbling, feinting, passing, crossing and shooting at the goal. Each chapter starts with clear theoretical principles that give the coach valuable information for effective and learning-intensive team and individual training. more

Walking: A Complete Guide for Women 
by Jeff and Barbara Galloway

This is a book that will take any woman, at any level of fitness into the walking lifestyle. Women will find information on their unique issues, with inspirational stories of individuals who have made changes. Olympian Jeff Galloway and his wife Barbara have helped more than 200,000 people change their lives in a positive way through their coaching, fitness schools, retreats and training programs. The nutrition section offers specific eating suggestions, with advice from highly recognized sports nutritionist Nancy Clark, MS, RD. more

Mental Training for Runners 
by Jeff Galloway

This book explains how to improve motivation, why and how you lose motivation and it gives specific tips and methods for staying at your best. Generations of exercisers and athletes have struggled with the motivation to get out the door, to continue on tough days, or to push through the final barrier of discomfort to the long awaited goal. This book describes the source of problems, how to diffuse them, with methods that can keep one motivated. The unconscious process of stress build-up often sends body and mind on separate missions. Galloway provides a series of mental training methods which can bring body, mind, and spirit into a powerful team. Each major area of low motivation is noted with proven ways of overcoming the problems. Many runners have applied these methods at work, in the home and in other areas of life. more