Track & Field Coach's Survival Guide: Practical Techniques and Materials for Building an Effective Program and Success in Every Event

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Although this book has some helpful information, overall I do not feel that it is ideal for a typical high school track program (in Iowa). There is only information on 300m hurdles, not run in Iowa; we run the 400m hurdles in high school. Also the majority of high schools here do not begin track until February or March, and the training schedule in the book is for a much longer season and seems to be geared more for the college level.

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Summary: An excellent book, valuable to athletes as well as coaches.
Review: As a Masters athlete, as well as a sometimes assistant coach, I have found this book to be of immense value. Coach Wallace has taken such technical subjects as periodization of training and exercise physiology and made them accessable to the layperson. From event-specific training plans to unique solutions for performance problems, this book is a tremendous resouce. I highly recommend "Track & Field Coach's Survival Guide" for coaches and athletes.

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Summary: I am still learning from you.
Review: I enjoyed reading the T&F Coaches's Survival Guide. Although I attended Lindbloom H.S. in the late 60's I was able to learn from you then and now I am learning from you in the 90's. This is a great book for new Coaches. Please send me an update on what you are currently doing. If would be great to hear about you current successes.

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Summary: Ok, But!
Review: I found this book to be a valuable resource. I don't like that coach Wallace offers for you to email him for additional info - and when you do, he doesn't reply. Take the offer out of the book then.

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Summary: It will help me a lot, as I don't have an asst. coach.
Review: I liked the practice sessions/periods broken up. We do not have indoor track and I was wondering how to use the practice sessions when we start March 8, practice for about 3 to 4 weeks and then have meets on Tues. and Sat. till the middle of May and then have our District meet?

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Summary: $32.95 for A Poorly Designed Book With No Javelin Coverage?
Review: I'm completely amazed the author failed to provide any Javelin coverage! I can see the justification for leaving out Hammer coverage, but the javelin?! While I found the Certificates & Forms material to be a bonus, this book isn't worth $32.95. There are far better books out there for half the price.

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Summary: Concerning the javelin event
Review: Most of my coaching experience (38 years) has been in the state of Illinois on the high school level. The javelin is not a part of our track and field program. I am presently coaching the jumps, sprints and relays on the collegiate level. Since this book is basically a survival guide for coaches on the high school level I did not feel that it was my bounden duty to include the javelin. My book's major mission is to assist coaches who are without facilities, equipment, assistant coaches or budget. I feel my book accomplishes that objective. I have read 300 books on track and field and none of them have covered EVERY aspect of track and field from A to Z. I wrote 400 pages and my editor cautioned me not write any further.I regret that you have negative feelings about my book, but I wrote what I could within the parameters that I was given.

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Summary: Indispensible Reference for New Coaches
Review: There are wonderful gems of wisdom in this coaching manual. I adapted the information in it to start up a grammar school track and field program and we were highly successful in our first season! Coach Wallace gives you the benefits of his 30+ years coaching and it greatly reduced the learning curve for me. This is especially useful for coaches starting up programs on a "shoestring" budget with less-than-optimal facilities. I would highly recommend it to any track and field coach.