Best book about a coach?

[polevaultpower]

One of my assignments this fall is to write a review on a book about a coach.

Suggestions?

[gh]

Track coach, or ANY?

[gh]

Without waiting for your answer, and without actually having read the book itself (just snippets), I can't imagine you can do better than Kenny Moore's The Men Of Oregon.

[tafnut]

Champions for Life
A biography of Payton Jordan by Jack Scott and Jim Ward

[gh]

ever the homer

[tafnut]

ever the homer

ops: . . . it's still good!

[Bruce Kritzler]

Great (out of print?) biography on Percy Cerruty.
Couple on Arthur Lydiard that are half bio/half training guides.
Many great ones on John Wooden.

[gh]

ever the homer

ops: . . . it's still good!

Only if they fixed all the bad stats that were in the early drafts.

[bambam]

When Pride Still Mattered by David Maraniss - out about 3 years ago, a bio on Vince Lombardi

[polevaultpower]

Track coach, or ANY?

Well any coach, but I would prefer track/XC as I figure that would be of more interest to me.

Or gymnastics. Not that any of you would know any good books on gymnastics coaches.

[tafnut]

Not that any of you would know any good books on gymnastics coaches.

Ya got me there, but Mr. Google do!

Feel No Fear: The Power, Passion, and Politics of a Life in Gymnastics by Bela Karolyi and Nancy Ann Richardson (Paperback - Jul 1996)

[cullman]

Or gymnastics. Not that any of you would know any good books on gymnastics coaches.

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters - Joan Ryan is an interesting read.

cman

[polevaultpower]

Or gymnastics. Not that any of you would know any good books on gymnastics coaches.

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters - Joan Ryan is an interesting read.

cman

I think I own that, I know I have read it. It's not really about any one coach though, more about the system, and I don't think it would fit with what my teacher wants.

It is an interesting read, but it's kind of like reading a book that accuses everyone in track of doping.

[cullman]

There are two books that I know of that are more specifically on gymnastics coaching or coaches. One is How To Create Champions: Theory and Methodology yadda, yadda, something or other by the great Russian coach, Leonid Arkaev...and it's in English. I've read a couple of pages and it's quite technical and waaay over my head.

edit: How To Create Champions - Leonid Arkaev

Another is Gymnastics co-written by Peter Vidmar and Karen Cogan. It more for kids but it deals with the mental side of the sport.

edit: Gymnastic (Sports Psychology Library) Karen D. Cogan, Peter Vidmar

One of my ex's was a former elite junior gymnast and the sport still intrigues me.

cman

[polevaultpower]

This is all making me wish there were more hours in the day and that I had the time and energy to get into coaching gymnastics. I have to remember that I have the rest of my life to get back into that world if I find the time.