Teach Yourself Running

Contents: 1. The history of running. 2. Skills and techniques of running: i. Middle distance running. ii. Steeplechase. iii. Relay races. 3. The rules of running.

From the Preface: "The book highlights the essential elements of running viz., skill, suppleness, strength, stamina and speed. The detailed and comprehensive book with latest measurements and rules is ideal for athletes and coaches.

The whole book is classified into three sections:

The first chapter deals with the history of the running events.

The second chapter highlights all the important and useful skill and techniques of all the running events. In this chapter, each running events viz., middle distance running, steeplechase, relays races, road races and cross-country races are separately described with their skills, training tactics, playing techniques and strategies along with their relevant court diagrams.

In the last chapter, all the latest rules of the running events are described with their court dimension and upgraded version.

Hopefully, the present study will prove very useful for the physical educators, coaches, sportsperson, teachers, students of physical education as well as for the general readers."