Author: Harry L. Gill

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Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9781332205677

Excerpt from Track and Field Athletics for Coach and Contestant Interest in all forms of physical education is today more marked than ever before, and the value of training, such as a boy receives in track and field athletics, is now recognized as of great importance in his education, in teaching him the elements of sportsmanship, and in helping him to build a strong, virile body which will be an asset to him throughout his life. The college and ex-college track and field athletes who enrolled for military or naval service in the great war were almost without exception found to be free from physical defects. In the majority of cases the coaches charged with the instruction of the young track athletes in the schools in this country, have not had practical experience in all of the events which are found on the usual program. The author of these pages, who has had considerable experience both as a competitor and a coach, is pleased to offer the result of his experience to such as these, hoping that the suggestions may be of some value to them. While the following chapters have been written primarily for track and field coaches and athletes, at the same time it is hoped that they may be of some value to others who may be interested in track and field athletics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.