track athletics

Each title in this series will focus on one sport (or a group of related sports) that will give readers an overview of the sport, scientific principles and concepts related to the sport, biomechanics and physiology related to playing the sport, and relevant elements of related sports medicine.

A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.

Follows the Roadrunners, a team of young runners, through a warm-up and practice session.

Provides information and advice to young athletes interested in track and field sports, with photographic sequences that illustrate equipment, warm-up exercises, and techniques for activities such as jumping hurdles, discus, long jump, and sprints.

A biography of the track and field champion who has won Olympic gold medals in both the long jump and the heptathlon.

Contains the history of track and field, the various sports included, how to play them, and where to get more information.

Describes the skills and techniques used in the running, jumping, throwing, and vaulting events that make up track and field sports.