Track & Field Omnibook
Ken Doherty's Track & Field Ominbook was the benchmark for track & field textbooks from its first publication in 1971. Eventually, it saw four editions, with the last one going out of print in 1995. Doherty died in 1996. For several years, we sought an editor for the daunting task of bringing Ominbook into the new millennium. Every chapter had to be studied and most had to be updated. Finally, Dr John Kernan took up the challange three years ago and the new, revised and updated, 5th edition is hear. Not much tinkering has been done with Part I (The Human Side of Coaching), since Doherty's humane and sesible approach to the coach-athlete relationship has always been a hallmark of the book. Chapter 4 profiles some of the best coaches of recent times and a couple of new ones have been added since the 4th edition. In Parts II through IV, however, much has been added and changed to provide the latest ideas and methods of technique and training for each event. When appropriate, the best minds in the track community were consulted for input, so that, for instance, an overview of training for the 400 meters from Clyde Hart has been included, BYU's Craig Poole contributes rhythm and speed information for the hurdles chapter, and some of David Bussabarger's excellent sequence drawings of pole vaulters illuminate that event coverage. All event chapters are well illustrated and still include Doherty's historical analysis of how techniques developed and changed in each event over the years. --Track & Field News Publisher