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MAY 2012 Basketball Store Rewards Program Newsletters Catalogs Coaching Education   In the Spotlight:     New edition of America’s best-selling coaching text now available Successful Coaching has helped over a million coaches gain confidence and competence. Now, the updated fourth edition can help you identify and develop a coaching philosophy, clarify your coaching objectives, and determine your coaching style; enhance your communication and behavior management skills; incorporate proven techniques for teaching technical and tactical skills; learn tools for safely improving athletic performance through physical training and sport nutrition; prepare to take on seven key management functions faced by all coaches; understand your legal responsibilities; and manage relationships with athletes, staff, administrators, officials, parents, and the media. Rainer Martens, a respected sport psychologist and longtime coach, offers the latest information in the sport sciences, proven methods for teaching technical and tactical skills, and essentials of sport management. Successful Coaching will help you establish a coaching philosophy and style that paves the way for a fulfilling sport experience for you and your athletes. Read more.     A flash can create a scoring opportunity Read an excerpt from Basketball: Steps to Success, Third Edition Any time you see a teammate being denied the pass and you are the next player away, you should automatically flash to an open area between the passer and the overplayed teammate. Flashing to the ball relieves defensive pressure on your teammates by giving the passer another outlet. Continue excerpt. Make sense of the hydration hype with new release     An overhydrated athlete is at a performance disadvantage and at risk of exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH)--a potentially fatal condition. In Waterlogged, Tim Noakes, medical doctor, exercise physiologist, and internationally recognized expert on human performance, sets the record straight, exposing the myths surrounding dehydration and presenting up-to-date hydration guidelines for endurance sport and prolonged training activities. Noakes takes you inside the science of athlete hydration for a fascinating look at the human body’s need for water and how it uses the liquids it ingests. He also chronicles the shaky research that reported findings contrary to results in nearly all of Noakes’ extensive and since-confirmed studies. Waterlogged outlines practices that athletes should follow, variables they should consider, and guidelines they should use to maintain proper fluid balance in sport training and performance. Read more.     New release provides sport nutrition advice to help you on the court     Expanded and updated, the fifth edition of Gold Medal Nutrition sports a new look, illustrations, and current discussions of key topics, like what nutrients are needed for peak performance, how best to plan food purchasing and how to control body fat stores and gain muscle. Glenn Cardwell created a resource that contains universal principles that anyone will find useful—recreational and elite athletes, coaches and health professionals. In a comprehensive—yet accessible—text, he explains how to get enough protein, find the best nutritional supplements, eat to bulk up, select the best pre-sport meals, drink the best fluids for sports, and travel well and avoid jet lag. Clear and concise, the easy-to-follow format allows you to find the advice you need in a matter of seconds. Read more.     Coming soon: Coaching Youth Basketball, Fifth Edition     Coaching Youth Basketball will help you run organized practices as you develop your players’ fundamental skills. Written by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP), in conjunction with expert coach Don Showalter of USA Basketball, this book covers all aspects of player development: Preparing for and conducting efficient, age-specific practices Teaching and developing skills Providing a safe playing environment Identifying and correcting errors in performance Communicating with and encouraging players Ideal for coaches of players ages 5 to 14, the fifth edition of Coaching Youth Basketball will help you create an environment in which your players can learn, progress in their skill development, increase their understanding of the game, and, most important, have fun. This new edition will be available in late June. Find out more.     Train and play better with these bestselling resources                 Stay connected with HK Subscribe, unsubscribe, or customize your email preferences, here. Human Kinetics | 1607 N. Market St. | Champaign | IL | 61820