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Thursday 1 July 2010

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Bud Winter’s “So You Want to be a Sprinter” now re-released

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 07:30 AM PDT

In 1956, Bud Winter of San Jose State University and Speed City fame published a landmark book titled So You Want to be a Sprinter. It was updated in 1973 and became foundation for many coaches back then who would later become world class coaches.

Those coaches include Usain Bolt's coach Glen Mills, Frank Dick, Dan Pfaff and Loren Seagrave, just to name a few.

His former athletes-turned-coach included Lee Evans, Dennis Johnson, Ray Norton and Bob Poynter also used and endorsed this book.

That book was only available as a rare book which sold for over $150 on eBay and Abebooks.

Until now.

54 years after the original release, and 37 years after the last version, I am proud to announce it is re-released and available today. I am honored to be the technical editor for this landmark book.

John Stallcup, the primary editor, and I amalgamated the different versions as well as updated some of the terminology and imperial to metric distances. 98% of the original book remains intact.

What is So You Want to be a Sprinter?

So You Want to be a Sprinter covers:

The 3 ways to be a faster sprinter
Starting technique and using blocks
8 essential drills for proper sprint form
The gather and the finish lean
Full detailed training plans for the year 'round athlete AND those starting in January
Lee Evans specialized Training plan
Relaxation
The 7 attributes that makes a champion

It is a complete concise book with simple cues and uses his classic Champ vs Chump analogies to get the point across to new sprinters.

The book is reasonably priced at $19.95 and to celebrate Ray Norton's 50^th anniversary of his 20.5 200m World record, the official launch date is Friday July 2, 2010.

SpeedEndurance readers can get 10% OFF (sale price $17.95) using this link until midnight (EDT) Friday July 2nd.

There is also a "Coaches Edition" spiral bound book. In the past, many coaches used this book as a field journal and scribbled their own notes in the book. This book is $21.95 and with a sale price $19.95.

Whether you are a High School coach or a Track and Field fan, So You Want to be a Sprinter is definitely a book for your collection.

I certainly can endorse this book!