The Young Athlete's Handbook Book (Copyright 2001, 208 pages)

If you are looking to develop your skills and techniques and find the perfect balance between training, school, and friends and family, look no further than The Young Athlete's Handbook. Since 1998, Nike-sponsored performance camps have successfully taught more than 1,500 athletes how to manage all aspects of their lives. Now many of the United Kingdom's top coaches have come together to offer you those same lessons, advice, and training tips. Part 1 concentrates on the basicsA<>A-understanding the fundamentals of your chosen sport, training needs, and the outside activities you need to create a healthy balance in your life. Part 2 focuses on the practicalities: getting and keeping fit, anaerobic and aerobic endurance, proper nutrition, mental training, and balancing strength and power with speed and flexibility. A chapter on staying healthy is also included. Part 3 offers information on the serious issues of drugs and doping as well as important information about training and competing abroad. Part 4 helps you put it all together and shows you how to measure and monitor your performance for evaluation and improvement. For whatever sport you choose, this is the book you need to perform your very best! About the Author The Youth Sport Trust is a young, dynamic charity established in 1994 and supported by many of the key names in British sport, such as Sebastian Coe, Sue Barker, and Mike Atherton. The Trust believes that physical activity and sport have a key role in the development of all young people. Therefore, the Trust works to build a brighter future for young people in sport. The Trust's mission is to develop and implement, in close partnership with other organizations, quality physical education (PE) and sport programs for all young people ages 18 months to 18 years in schools and the community. In doing so, the YST has teamed up with Human Kinetics as their official publisher, and this is the first of many ongoing projects between the UK's foremost PE trust and the world's premier publisher in physical activity. The Youth Sport Trust is committed to working with a range of organizations, including schools, universities and sport teams, to provide support to talented and gifted young athletes. The Young Athlete's Handbook is compiled from the notes of some of the UK's top coaches and sport experts. These professionals' techniques have been tested at performance camps run by the Youth Sport Trust at Loughborough University. Steve Cram competed in the