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Owen van Niekerk shares his unique secrets with the serious athlete and coach

Want to be the next Usain Bolt, David Rudisha, Dayron Robles, Allyson Felix, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Yelena Isinbayeva, Blanka Vlasic or Sergey Bubka? Are you desperate to be involved in the development and coaching of the next generation of young athletes? Then you need look no further ... Owen van Niekerk, one of South Africa’s most respected coaches has decided to share all the secrets of his success with the world in several publications!

Track and Field Coaching Young Athletes
Track and Field Coaching Young Athletes
by Owen and Maryna van Niekerk

This book is for coaches, teachers and parents who have young athletes in their school or training groups. The book provides many well illustrated activities to use for the selection of young athletes for further coaching. A series of drills and coaching tips, suggestions for planning programmes, and methods for improving the level of safety are provided.

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Track and Field Coaching Sprints
Track and Field Coaching Sprints
by Owen van Niekerk

This book is for coaches, parents, sprinters and all the young beginners, to study the correct art of sprint training, to improve their athletic ability and natural talent. To become a world class sprinter the athlete should first be identified, tested and only then developed in the correct way.

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Mental Health for Competition: Preparing the Mind
Mental Health for Competition: Preparing the Mind
by Maryna van Niekerk

Maryna has been passionate about the mental preparation of her athletes and has now made her guidelines for some of the most important mental skills available to you.

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Peaking for Track and Field Athletes
Peaking for Track and Field Athletes
by Owen van Niekerk

Periodisation is the most successful method in today’s world for organizing, training or competitive athletes. It can be applied to any event in Track and Field.

The book explains periodisation and how to use it effectively in the South African setting.

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Athletics Programmes and Programming
Athletics Programmes and Programming
by Owen van Niekerk

Train like a winner under the guidance of a winner.

Owen van Niekerk the well known South African coach, has written a new book on Programmes and Programming to help coaches, parents and athletes to learn how to make their own training programmes.

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Graduated Tables for Performance Optimization in Track and Field
Graduated Tables for Performance Optimization in Track and Field
by Owen van Niekerk

Making the most of the athlete.

In this publication Owen van Niekerk gives coaches and athletes the necessary tools not only to identify talent, but also to ensure that the talent is channeled in the right direction and developed to its full potential.

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