Meyer Meyer Sports imprint: 106 books

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...

Culture, Sport, and Physical Activity focuses on the influences of culture and society on human movement, such as sport, physical activity, and fitness. The text introduces and analyses current issues of importance for those concerned with human movement and culture, whether it is in the context of teaching...

Success on the soccer field demands a high degree of fitness, technical skills and tactical ability from players. The challenge for coaches is to devise training programs which meet these requirements while remaining safe, interesting and fun. This is particularly true in amateur soccer where facilities...

In order to enhance your performance, swimming alone is not enough. An effective strength training is crucial if you want to improve your swimming times. Strength Training for Faster Swimming shows you what types of strength training benefit swimming and how to develop a winning routine. It includes swim-specific strength-training and lots of sample workouts.

Water Exercises introduces the numerous possibilities of how to keep fit in the water with the so-called fun- or aqua-noodle. In a short introduction, the book explains the characteristics and the areas of useage of the aqua noodle. In the big practical section plenty of possibilities for exercises,...

- Swimming A Training Program sets out the 300 swimming schedules and 115 weight schedules making up a single six-month training cycle. While David Wright's and Garth Gilmour's Swim to the Top provided the training theory, this book sets the theory into practice. Each week's program, which in most...

Although speed is, along with technique and coordination, one of the most important performance-limiting factors in tennis, apart from a few exceptions it is mentioned only sporadically if at all in the specialist tennis literature. In the rare cases when hints for practical training are given, they...

The first book in the 3-book-series, called "Technique Swim Workouts" contains 100 workouts that focus on improving general swimming efficiency, with specific workouts for each of the competitive swimming strokes. The workouts in this book blend swimming drills and conditioning sets that total up to...

The third book in the series, Challenge Workouts for Advanced Swimmers, contains 100 advanced level workouts that focus on speed and yardage, with specific workouts for freestyle, individual medley, sprint and distance swimming. The workouts in this book use pace work, descending and building sets, and...

The book shows the basics of the challenging sport Muay Thai. Learn the techniques and understand how to apply them. Numerous exercises guarantee a varied and interesting training. Besides the total workout of the body, the sport improves personal awareness, stamina and physical control. Muay Thai...

Novice runners are hungry for good nutrition information. They have lots of food questions: What should I eat before I run? What about sports drinks? How much protein should I be eating? How can I lose weight and have energy to exercise? Is it normal for runners to get dizzy at the end of a run?Nancy...

This is the second in a three book series of swim workouts by Coach Blythe Lucero. This book contains 100 swim workouts designed to generate full body fitness through a conditioning routine focused on building endurance, versatility and applicable power. The workouts in this book use established...

Achieving better swimming is a matter of swimming efficiently. While proper technique is the foundation of good swimming, it is often difficult to isolate a technique problem by simply swimming laps. Stroke flaws can slow a swimmer s progress and can even lead to injury if continued over time. For these...

You have learned to ski and would now like to start cross country skiing? Then Training Cross-country Skiing is the ideal training companion for you. The question "Training correctly, but how?" is answered in an age-appropriate and sophisticated manner. Descriptions of the most important techniques are...