ACROBATICS BOOK. by Jack Wiley.
History of acrobats from entertainment of royalty to the popular sport of today. Instructs on clothing, equipment, and workout areas. Describes acrobatic movements as well as teaching techniques and methods and aids. Then presents fundamental movements for individuals--various handstands, squats, backsprings, somersaults. Movements are included for pairs and for groups. A practical use is for by cheerleaders or coaching them. Drawings, 183 pages. ISBN: 0-89037-141-5. 1978. Order #: WORK3386 paper$6.95.

 

 

#THE BASIC SOCCER GUIDE. Moffat.
ISBN: . Order #: MACM3185 paper$6.95.

BETTER ROLLER SKATING: the key to improved performance. by Richard Arnold.
Basic steps and positions, curves, turns, edges, and cross-overs. Gives information on getting skates, skate parts and their names, basic positions. Provides details of how to move the feet for maneuvers, and goes into figure and dance skating both simple and advanced as well as free skating. Do jumps and spins, spread eagle, make a teapot, more. Drawings and photographs, 93 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-8069-8902-5 1977. Order #: STER3389 paper$4.95.

 

CANYON COUNTRY OFF-ROAD VEHICLE TRAILS: Island Area. by F.A. Barnes.
Covers the large area west of Moab, Utah, including the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park, listing and describing all of the backcountry access roads and 29 (most)of the major off-road vehicle segments. This is a land of unusual, often spectacular scenery including tall cliffs, narrow (even slot) canyons, desert landscape, spires, arches, colored rock, occasional wide rivers, more common dry sandy wash streambeds and potential heat and flash floods or wet and slick dirt roads. Trail notes give times and distances with notes on special features to see and situations to negotiate, often with notes on abandoned mines or settlements and geological features. Photographs, drawings, maps, 96 pages.
ISBN: 0-915272-15-6. 1978. bent cover. Order #: WASA1679 paper$4.95.

 

 

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF RACQUETBALL. Keeley.
A comprehensive guide to the sport for novice and intermediate by a leading professional and instructor.
ISBN: 0-69580651-3. Order #: DBIB3057 paper$11.95.

 

 

#THE COMPLETE BOOK OF ROLLER SKATING. Phillips.
ISBN: 0-8069-8902-5. 1977. Order #: WORK3101 paper$6.95.

GUINNESS BOOK OF COLLEGE RECORDS & FACTS. by the editors of Guineess.
Facts and feats from America's colleges and universities. There are great events in college history, halls of fame, outrageous and otherwise pranks, and a section on college sports. Records of significance and trivial. Oldest orchestra, mascots, women college presidents, enrollment sizes, naming. Photographs, 159 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-8069-0230-2. 1982. Order #: STER3380 cloth$7.95.

 

 

EXPOSURE. by editors Outside Magazine; introduction by Robert Redford.
100 stunning photographs of the outdoors, its wildlife and scenery and of outdoor sports. A wide range of themes that convey a passion for the beauty of nature and the pleasures to be found in the world outside. Contributors include Galen Roswell, Frans Lanting, John Kelly, Eric Meola, Wolfgang Kaeher, Robert Glenn Ketchum, and Carr Clifton. Brief biographies of photographers and notes on their photographs. Color photographs, 145 large-format pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN: 0-671-75464-5 1992. Order #: SISC6048 cloth with dust jacket$45.00.

MEN'S GYMNASTICS. by Jack Wiley.
A complete guide to the men's all-around events, from beginning to championship levels. Gets started with clothing, equipment, and workout areas. Floor exercises are shown in detail with progressions of movements described in both text and illustration. Consider hand care as there is friction on some of the workout devices when you get to the pommel horse, parallel bars, rings, and horizontal bar--all of which are further described as you learn. Photographs and drawings, 192 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-89037-165-2. 1980. Order #: MACM3051 paper$7.95.

 

 

MODEL FLYING HANDBOOK. by Ottar Stensbol.
Learn how to build your own scale-model aircraft and fly them through basic patterns as well as daring ones. Information on engines, propellers, radio-control equipment, tools and building materials., transporting your model, flying safety, flying terms (in glossary). Information for both beginners and those who are already enthusiasts. Drawings, charts, photographs, 16 pages, index.,
ISBN: 0-8069-8848-7. 1979.Order #:STER3408 paper$6.95.

 

 

THE OFFICIAL SOCCER BOOK OF THE UNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION. by Walter Chyzowych.
Complete discussion of fundamentals and advanced strategy, plus fitness and training. The world's most popular sport is described as to field and players plus equipment and how the game is played. Presents basic skills, goalkeeping, exercises to improve technique, plus individual, group, and team tactics. Training and nutrition plus soccer injuries are covered. And how to be a coach. Over 300 illustrations, glossary, 256 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-528-88125-6. 1978. Order #: RAMC3107 paper$9.95.

 

 

OUT OF THE NOOSPHERE: adventure, sports, travel, and the environment--the best of Outside Magazine. by Editors Outside Magazine.
41 articles gleaned from Outside Magazine that were selected as the best and reprinted here, including works from Edward Abbey, Tim Cahill, Barry Lopez, Jon Krakauer, Bill Bryson, and Donald Katz. Collections include "The People", "The Home Front", "The Natural World",and "The World Out There". 480 pages.
ISBN: 0-671-75466-1. 1992. Order #: SISC6020 paper$14.00.

 

 

THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT. by Julian May.
Story and history of this golf contest, with performances by many of the early pros: Walter Hagen, Paul Runyan, "Slammin' Sammy" Snead, Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, and more. Written in a style for young readers. Color and black-and-white photos, 46 large-format pages.
ISBN: 087191-524-3. 1976. Order #: MISC3817 cloth$8.95.

 

 

REACH FOR THE SKY: the romance and techniques of hang-gliding. by Don Severance.
Presents the history of hang-gliding; principles of flight; design elements of gliders; sites for flying--and landing; feting instruction; assembling the glider and carrying it and the takeoff; responsibility and safety with causes of accidents; maneuvers while in the air and changing course; clothing and helmets. Drawings, photographs, 202 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-915190-13-3. 1978. Covers scuffed. Order #: JALM3392 paper$6.00.

SKY DIVING. by Uwe Beckmann.
History and development of the parachute and of planes that can be used in parachuting and skydiving. Discusses equipment, training including parachute packing and proper landing positions. What sky diving is like and discusses everything you need to know about sky diving. Steering of parachutes, hazardous landings in water or trees. Diving positions and doing rolls and tricks in freefall. Games to play with other divers: holding hands, passing batons, target landings. And advice on safety. Diagrams and 200+ photos, 87 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-8069-8852-5. 1979. Order #: MISC3219 paper$7.95.

 

 

SKYDIVING BOOK. by Thoms Fensch.
A treasury of the best writing ever on the thrills, humor, and mystique of skydiving. The first jump, the stimulus of addiction, learning the language of special skydiving terms, pioneers of and leaders in the sport, stunts holding group hands in the free fall. A complete survey of the mechanics and mystique of skydiving. There are both splendors and catastrophes, a classic case of risk versus reward based on individual valuations of those factors. Illustrated, 208 pages.
ISBN: 0-89037-173-3. 1980. Order #: ANWO3223 paper$11.95.

 

 

SOARING FOR DIAMONDS: flying for the highest international soaring emblem. by Jopseph Colville Lincoln.
Account of the world of soaring--first powerless flight and then first solo flight. Understand what keeps the gliders up; rising thermals, mountain-wave clouds. With this knowledge and understanding it is possible to make long-distance flights and several are described of even hundreds of miles. Mention of instruments used. Medals and awards that may be achieved for levels of skill and performances. Appendixes give glossary of terms, lists of records soars. 25 photos, 223 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-87358-104-0. 1964. Order #: NOLA3221 paper$3.95.

 

 

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY: how to take great action shots. by Arthur Shay.
Includes "How to Market sports photos". Gives techniques to capture people in action with technical details as well as artistic and creative styles of sports shooting. Includes chapters on composition, cameras, zoom lenses, filters, equipment care, and exposures --with an advanced technical section. Covers individual sports from boxing to racquetball to swimming plus more difficult shots in snow and underwater photography. Photographs, 119 large-format pages, index.
ISBN: 0-8092-5961-3. 1981. Order #: CONT3652 paper$7.95.

 

SPORTS-VISION: Dr. Revien's eye exercise program for athletes. Dr. Leon Revien & Mark Gabor.
So many sports require quick reactions to rapid movements or fleeting glimpses. Here is a 15-minute per day training method to develop better depth perceptions, perfect peripheral awareness, strengthen acuity, increase handy-eye coordination, and build speed and span of recognition. Eye exercises are explained, use of contact lenses encouraged for those who would use prescription lenses, and an eye diet is recommended. Photographs, 127 pages.
ISBN:0-89480-152-X . 1981. Order #: WORK3059 paper$4.95.

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