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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in great condition. Some dust marking and tanning due to age. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> An important feature in the development of British track and field athletics coaching has been the spreading of a knowledge of the mech- anical principles essential to its skills. For human motion with its boundless variability obeys the laws of all motion; and athletic skill at the highest level always applies these same principles to the utmost advantage. The scientifically-minded youth of today are ready to accept the truths of mechanics and certainly the subject as applied to sport is of con- siderable interest to young people especially boys. In the classroom it can be used to relate physics to physical education for athletic examples are more alive and meaningful than many normally used in the physics lesson. However in the teaching of skill on the sports ground in the gym- nasium or in the swimming pool mechanical explanation should be used with discretion for athletes differ widely in intelligence educa- tion and interests; while some will be intellectually stimulated