Athletics is the original sport, built on running, jumping and throwing. This collection of free athletics and track and field books in PDF gathers coaching manuals, training programs and event guides you can download right now.
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Fundamentals
Books on Athletics Fundamentals and History
Start with the basics of athletics: what the sport is, where it comes from, and how each discipline fits together. These books give you the foundation before you move on to training and technique.
A practical introduction to athletics for coaches of young athletes, covering sprints, middle distance, relays, hurdles, jumps and throws. Each event is broken down into simple coaching cues and skill checkpoints.
A practical guide to introducing children to athletics through fun, team based games that teach running, jumping and throwing. Ideal for teachers and animators building a foundation for the sport.
Defines athletic development as an integrated system for building performance, arguing it goes beyond strength and conditioning to address the specific demands of each sport.
Traces the origin and evolution of sport from the ancient Olympic Games through the modern era, including the revival led by Pierre de Coubertin. Useful background for understanding where athletics comes from.
These guides help coaches and athletes plan training, run drills and build season-long programs. Each one turns coaching theory into practical sessions you can use on the track.
The official coaching guide of the world governing body for athletics, covering the coaching process, sport science basics and athlete centered methods. A complete reference for new and developing coaches across every event.
A coaching guide that walks new coaches through everything needed to start in track and field, from equipment and key rules to planning sessions, keeping training records and building team spirit.
A clear starter manual for athletics coaches, covering warm ups, basic technique across the main events, and how to run safe and engaging training sessions for young athletes.
Explains the principles of teaching technical skills to athletes, how to break a skill into teachable parts, and how to shape performance through feedback and progression.
Explains how to build sport specific strength for track and field, covering general strength, maximum strength, power and endurance, with guidance on shifting from general fitness to event ready performance.
A compact collection of teaching drills for athletics, with step by step coaching points for running, jumping and throwing that coaches can drop straight into practice.
Sharpen your technique event by event, from sprints and the long jump to the shot put and javelin. These manuals break down the mechanics of jumps, throws and distance running.
A coaching manual for the sprint events, covering running mechanics, the medium and block start, acceleration, hurdle technique and relay baton exchanges, with fault analysis and training programmes.
A technique focused guide to the four jumping events. It breaks down the high jump, long jump, triple jump and pole vault into approach, take off and flight, with learning progressions and common fault corrections.
Covers the four throwing events from the ground up, explaining the mechanics behind shot put, discus, hammer and javelin and the teaching progressions coaches can use to develop safe, powerful technique.
A coaching manual for the endurance events, covering distance running biomechanics, energy systems, periodisation and technique for middle distance, long distance, cross country and race walking.
An illustrated coaching manual focused on sprinting and relays, covering the phases of sprinting, block starts, running technique and the baton exchange and team selection for the 4x100 metre relay.
Know the rules before you compete, with official competition guides and track-marking references. These books cover track and field events, para athletics and how meets are organized.
The full IAAF Competition Rules, the official reference for how track and field events are organised and judged, from technical rules to records and competition procedures.
A clear summary of the World Para Athletics rules and regulations, covering wheelchair racing, classifications, equipment requirements and competition procedures for para events.
A plain language summary of track and field rules covering uniforms, the order of events, and the procedures for running and field events. A handy quick reference for officials and coaches.
A step by step guide to marking out a regulation 400 metre grass track for school carnivals and competitions, with staggers and measurements explained without advanced geometry.
