Table Of ContentA TRAINING* MANUAL FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE
A Project
Presented to
the Faculty of the School of Education
The University of Southern California
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Science in Education
by
Charles 0. Moore
June 1950
UMI Number: EP45979
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has been presented to and accepted by the Faculty
of the School of Education in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of Master of
Science in Education.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PACE
PART I. OVERALL TRAINING
HOW TO CONDITION YOURSELF FOR ALL ACTIVITIES
1. ALERT PLAY; HOW TO KEEP YOURSELF IN MENTAL
SHAPE THROUGH REST AND RELAXATION............. 2
2. PERSONAL HEALTH: HOW TO MAINTAIN PHYSICAL
CONDITION THROUGH PREVENTION OF ILLNESS
AND ACCIDENTS . . . . . . . . . ............... 11
S. TRAINING TABLE: HOW TO EAT AND DRINK YOUR
WAY TO TOP PERFORMANCE........... 22
4. CASUALTY LIST: HOW TO SPEED YOUR RECOVERY
FROM AILMENTS COMMON TO ATHLETICS ............. 34
PART II. MAJOR EVENTS
HOW TO TRAIN FOR THE MAJOR HIGH.SCHOOL SPORTS
5. GRIDIRON MAGIC: HOW TO EXCEL IN FOOTBALL
THROUGH PROPER CONDITIONING ............... 49
6. MAPLEWOOD ANTICS: HOW TO CONDITION YOUR BODY
FOR BASKETBALL................. 64
7. OLYMPIC CANDIDATES: HOW TO TRAIN FOR THE
VARIOUS TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS ................. 77
S. FUTURE YANKS: HOW TO MASTER THE TRICKS OF
BASEBALL THROUGH TRAINING . . ................. 100
BIBLIOGRAPHY • '........... U S
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT PAGE
A. The Paddy Gake . . .......................... . . 50
B. The Boll and Sit Through......... 52
G. The Sit^Ups.................................. 54
B. The Pincer Movement.......................... 56
E. Exercises for the Knees ♦...................... 58
F. The Grass Drill............................ . . 60
G. Abdominal Exercises . . . . . . . . .......... . 78
H. Agility Exercises............................ 80
I# The Sprinting Starts......... 82
J. Bunnlng Forms........... 85
K. Baton Passing Techniques . . . ................. 90
L. Broad Jumping Form ............ 93
M. Tagging the Runner.................. 112
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IHTRODBCT ION
In the field of high school athletics there seems to
he a lack of material written on the student level that
gives a clear insight into the problems of training for the
sports. There are to be found many books dealing with the
techniques of playing the game, the mastery of the funda
mental aspects, etc. It is hoped that a manual dealing with
the various questions of condition for the major high school
sports will be a helpful contribution to the field of high
school coaching.
Outstanding coaches throughout the United? States have
written books concerning the techniques of playing football,
basketball, and baseball. Excellent books are available on
training for the track and field events. The books, for the
most part, are directed to coaches and deal briefly with the
training aspects of the sports.
Crisler, in Modern Football, shows a fine coverage of
the techniques of the football game, but little is shown of
the conditioning phase. Killinger*s Football covers the
various phases of football play, but again nothing is found
dealing with training for the game.
Bean1s Progressive Basketball devotes one chapter to
the training and conditioning for basketball. Hupp1s
Championship Basketball contains a chapter on diet for the
basketball player.
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Conger1s Track and Field deals extensively with the
training and conditioning for track and field events. An
excellent book, Baseball, by Coombs, deals with the finer
points of playing baseball, but attempts no overall train
ing program for the player*
Numerous articles appear in various publications deal
ing with the techniques concerned in eoachlng and playing,
but the training articles are primarily concerned with some
particular phase of a sport.
The approach of this manual is along the lines of a gen
eral coverage of the training problems concerning the high
school athlete and his participation in the major high school
sports*
Part I covers the training problems common to all sports.
The contribution that rest and proper diet make to mental
condition is shown. The problem of the diet for all sports
and its Importance is explained. A chapter deals with the
athletic injuries common to all sports, and the methods of
prevention and treatment are pointed out* The importance
of personal health to the athlete is presented. The con
tribution which good health makes to the athlete in the way
of good performance is emphasized.
Part II deals with the various training pointers with
regard to the particular sport. Football, basketball, track
and field, and baseball are discussed respectively.
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The manual is written in such a manner that the high
school athlete can easily see and grasp the fundamental mean
ing of training and the part it plays in his development as
an outstanding athlete. The student can read and quickly
understand the reasons for training and conditioning for all
sports.
Students in four high school physical education classes
were requested to Indicate problems or questions in their
mind as to the reasons for training in any sport. Hundreds
of questions were collected in this manner. The chapters
of the manual were organized to meet the needs of the
students. An effort was made to answer all questions. The
questions were first divided into several categories such
as diet, exercise, training rules, etc. Out of this
division the eight chapters of the manual emerged.
It is believed that through an understanding of the
techniques of training the high school athletes will realize
its necessity. The rigorous conditioning routine the
athlete goes through in preparation for sports is usually
looked upon by the athlete as a dull, monotonous grind. The
problem can be made somewhat easier if the student under
stands why he trains and the rewards he receives from
training. .
The? coach will be able to put his conditioning program
over with ease and effectiveness when the athletes realize
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the rewards they receive from training.
The entire manual has as its purpose the motivation of
the high school athlete towards honest and faithful training
for whichever sport he may select* A secondary purpose is
to make the job of conditioning his squad easier for the
coach, through an understanding by his players of what con
ditioning really is and the rewards they will receive through
intelligent and faithful training.
