Human Kinetics Library Platform

Human Kinetics Sports Skills is a practical and instruction-focused collection of ebooks and videos, designed to support students and teaching staff of sport and physical activity. Digitally exclusive on an unlimited access basis, this product’s content is geared around maximizing the training, performance, and enjoyment of 38 different sports and physical activities. 1000s of training and coaching tools are included as part of the ebooks, including drills, rules, diagrams, and game strategies.

Video highlights include a feature-length series on championship basketball strategies, advanced wrestling, a complete guide to pitching, as well as video demonstrating softball, tennis, soccer, and skating techniques.

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The collection covers skills, techniques, and tactics from 38 different sports and disciplines, including:

American Football	Field Hockey	Softball
Archery	Ice Hockey	Squash
Australian Football	Lacrosse	Swimming
Baseball	Martial Arts	Table Tennis
Basketball	Pickleball	Tennis
Bowling	Pool	Track and Field
Cricket	Rowing	Triathlon
Curling	Rugby	Volleyball
Cycling and Mountain Biking	Scuba Diving	Water Skiing
Distance Running	Skiing and Snowboarding	Wrestling
Fencing	Soccer

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Running Formula, Fourth Edition

Join the thousands of runners who have relied on Jack Daniels to help them reach their peak running performance. Using the programs outlined in Daniels’ Running Formula, you too can achieve the results you seek every time you train and race.

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Advanced Marathoning, Third Edition

Gives ambitious marathoners the information needed to train smarter, remain injury-free, and cross the next finish line stronger and faster than ever.

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The Archery Drill Book

Covers all aspects of the sport, with 130 of the best drills for developing superior technique, skill, physical stamina, and the focused mind-set needed to shoot under pressure.

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Basketball Skills & Drills, Fourth Edition

The fourth edition of the best-selling instructional resource Basketball Skills & Drills provides the perfect blueprint for building the foundation that all well-rounded players and championship teams need.

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Triathlon 2.0: Data-Driven Performance Training

Examines the sport's most popular devices, including cycling power meters, GPS trackers, and heart rate monitors. Capture the most accurate readings, learn what they mean, and, just as important, what they don't.

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Archery Fundamentals, Second Edition

Inside are all of the essentials you need to succeed and get on target. From stringing your bow to learning basic shooting technique, instructions and accompanying photographs will guide you through every step of the shot.

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Pickleball Fundamentals

Learn proper execution of the sport’s essential skills and tactics. All the shots—groundstroke, serve and return, volley, dink, lob, overhead smash, and drop–provide a base for solid technique.

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Running for Women

Provides comprehensive information on training female runners based on their cardiovascular, hormonal, metabolic, muscular, and anatomical characteristics.

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Basketball for Women, Second Edition

Arguably the greatest women's basketball player to step onto the court and the first woman to be head coach of a professional men's team, Nancy Lieberman has accomplished it all throughout her career.

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Rowing Faster, Second Edition

The most comprehensive and detailed guide for achieving excellence in the sport. You’ll find techniques for mastering every phase of the stroke; training strategies for increasing strength and efficiency for maximizing speed; and tapering plans for peak performance at the highest levels of competition.

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Rugby, Second Edition

With 13 progressive instructional steps, you’ll learn all aspects of the game. Detailed descriptions, illustrations and photo sequences demonstrate the essential skills, including footwork, ball handing, tackling and kicking.

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Ultimate Skiing

Offers readers a fitness programme specifically designed for the rigours of skiing, beginning with an overview of the most common injuries that skiers suffer, plus a look at what areas of fitness you need to focus on in order to get the most out of your skiing - strength, CV fitness and flexibility.

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Premier Soccer

The Premier League is the highest level of the men’s English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League. Seasons typically run from August to May with each team playing 38 matches.

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