Vern Gambetta’s Reading List

Last Updated on October 1, 2013 by Jimson Lee

This is part one of a series entitled, What’s on Your Bookshelf?

I’m always inspired by someone else’s reading list.  Or Bookshelf.

Have you ever watched a comedy movie with a group of people?  Do you notice how some people laugh at certain scenes, while others laugh at other scenes?

It’s the same with reading a book.  I may have a different “take home” message than you. Certain parts will inspire me emotionally while other readers will have a different meaning or impact.

This is a list of books from Vern Gambetta for anyone interested in Athletic Development.

Youth & Development

Colvin, Geoff. Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else New York. New York. Bantam Publishing. 2009

Coyle, Daniel. The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How. New York. New York. Penguin Group. 2009

Drabik, Jo’zef Ph.D., Children and Sports Training: How your Future Champions Should Exercise to Be Healthy, Fit and Happy, Island Pond, Vermont: Stadion Publishing Company, Inc. 1996

Farrey, Tom. Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children New York, New York. ESPN Books. 2008

Gabbard, Carl., Leblanc, Elizabeth., and Lowy, Susan Physical Education for Children: Building the Foundation, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1987

Starkes, Janet L. and Ericsson, K. Anders. Editors. Expert Performance in Sports: Advances in Research on Sport Expertise Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, Inc. 2003

Training

Bosch, Frans., and Klomp, Ronald. Running: Biomechanics and Exercise Physiology in Practice. London. Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. 2005

Bosco, Carmelo. Strength Assessment with Bosco’s Test, Italian Society of Sport Science, Rome, 1999

Bruggemann, G.P. Koszewski, D. & Muller, H. Biomechanical Research Project Athens 1997: Final Report, International Athletics Foundation. Meyer & Meyer Sport, Oxford, UK 1999.

Cometti, Gilles. La Pliometrie. Universite De Bourgogne, 1988

Curwin, Sandra. & Stanish, William D. M.D. and Mandel, Scott. Tendinitis: Etiology and Treatment, New New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Gustavsen R, Streeck R: Training Therapy: Prophylaxis and Rehabilitation (How It Works (Ziff-Davis/Que)). New York: Thieme Medical Publishers 1993

Gambetta, Vernon A. The Gambetta Method (2nd edition): Common Sense Training for Athletic Performance. Sarasota, FL: Gambetta Sports Training.2002

Gambetta, Vernon A. Athletic Development: Art & Science of Functionl Sprts Conditiong Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishing Company. 2007

Kraemer, William J. and Hakkinen, Keijo. Editors. (2002) Strength Training for Sport. London, England: Blackwell Science, Ltd

Komi, P. V., Editor(Second Edition) Strength and Power in Sport: Olympic Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine (The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine), London: Blackwell Scientific Publications. 2003

Training in Sport: Applying Sports Science. Edited by Elliot, Bruce and Mester, J. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, West Sussex. England. 1998

Mach, Gerard. Sprints & Hurdles. Canadian Track & Field Association, Ontario. 1980

Noakes, Tim, MD. Lore of Running . Fourth Edition. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, Inc.2003.

Platonov, Vladimir N. and Bulatova, Marina M. Preparacion Fisica (Coleccion: DePorte y Entrenamiento) (Spanish Edition) Fouth Edition. Barcelona, Spain. Editorial Paidotribo. 2006

Radcliffe, James C. and Faentinos, Robert C. (1999) High-Powered Plyometrics Book/DVD Package. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishing Company.

Scholich, Manfred. (1986) Circuit Training. Berlin: Sportverlag

Stone, M., and O’ Bryant, H. (1987) Weight Training: A Scientific Approach, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Publishing Company.

Starzynski, Tadeusz. And Sozanski, Henryk. (1999) Explosive Power and Jumping Ability for All Sports. Island Pond, VT: Stadion Publishing Company.

Vittori, Carlo in collaboration with Plinio Castrucci, Ida Nicolini, Ennio Preatoni. Corse Di Velocita. Atleticastudi. Fidal – Centr Studi & Ricerche, Anno XIV, May/June 1983

Planned Performance Training (Periodization)

Berkun, Scott. The Art of Project Management (Theory in Practice (O’Reilly)), Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media, Inc. 2005

Bondarchuk, Anatoliy. Transfer of Training Michigan, USA. Ultimate Athlete Concepts. 2007

Harre, Dietrich. Principles of Sports Training: Introduction to the Theory and Methods of Training Berlin, GDR: Sportverlag. 1982

Issurin, Vladimir. Advanced Athletic Training Michigan, USA. Ultimate Athlete Concepts. 2008

Issurin, Vladimir. Block Periodization Michigan, USA. Ultimate Athlete Concepts. 2008

Kurz, Thomas., Science of Sports Training: How to Plan and Control Training for Peak Performance Island Pont, Vt: Stadion Publishing Company, 2001

Manso, Juan, Valdivielso, Manuel, and Caballero, Jose. Planificacion del Entrenamiento Deportivo (Spanish Edition). Madrid, Spain. Gymnos, Editorial Deportiva. 1996.

Mujika, Inigo. Tapering and Peaking for Optimal Performance Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, Inc. 2009

Olbrecht, Jan. The Science of Winning: Planning, Periodizing and Optimizing Swim Training Swim Shop, Luton, England. 2000

Rapaso, Vasconcelos A. Planificacion y Organizacion del Entrenamiento Deportivo (Spanish Edition). Barcelona, Spain. Editorial Paidotribo. 2000

Sports Science

Calais-Germain, Blanche. Anatomy of Movement (Revised Edition) Seattle, Washigton. Eastland Press. 1993

Cometti, Giles. Los Metodos Modernos de Musculacion (Spanish Edition) Third Edition. Barcelona, Spain. Editorial Paidotribo. 2001.

Enoka, Roger M. Neuromechanics of Human Movement – 4th Edition Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, Inc.

Kellman, Michael, Editor. Enhancing Recovery: Preventing UnderPerformance in Athletes Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, Inc. 2002

Kreighbaum, Ellen and Barthels, Katharine M. Biomechanics: A Qualitative Approach for Studying Human Movement (4th Edition) Fourth edition. Boston, Allyn and Bacon. 1996.

Lieber, Richard L. (2002)Skeletal Muscle Structure, Function, and Plasticity: The Physiological Basis of Rehabilitation Second Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincot Williams & Wilkins.

McArdle, William D. Katch, Frank I. And Katch, Victor L. (2007) Sixth Edition. Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, and Human Performance (Exercise Physiology ( MC Ardle)) Baltimore, MD. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Newton, Robert U. Expression and Development of Maximal Muscle Power. Doctoral Dissertation, Southern Cross University, 1997

Winters, Jack M, Woo, Savio L-Y, Editors. Multiple Muscle Systems: Biomechanics and Movement Organization New York, New York. Springer-Verlag. 1990

Teaching & Skill Acquisition

Davids, Keith, Button, Chris, Bennett, Simon. Dynamics of Skill Acquisition: A Constraints-Led Approach Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, Inc.2008.

Hannaford, Carla. Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head. Great Ocean Publishers. Arlington, Virginia 1995

Nater, swen and Gallimore, Ronald. You Haven’t Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden’s Teaching Principles and Practices Morgantown, WV. Fitness Information Technology. 2006.

Creativity & Innovation

Brown, Tim. Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation New York, New York. Harper Collins. 2009

Collins, Jim. How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In New York, New York. Harper Collins. 2009

Dweck, Carol. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. New York: Random House.2006

Gardner, Howard. Five Minds for the Future. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. 2006

Hargadon, Andrew. How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. 2003

Johansson, Frans. The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts, and Cultures. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. 2003

Kelly, Tom. The Art of Innovation: Success Through Innovation the IDEO Way. New York: Doubleday. 2001

Pink, Daniel H. A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age New York: Riverhead Books. 2005

Historical Works

Bunn, John. (1955) Scientific Principles of Coaching. New York, New York: Prentice Hall, Inc.

Dintiman, George B. What Research Tells The Coach About Sprinting. AAHPER, Washington, D.C. 1974

Doherty, Ken. Track & Field Omnibook (Fourth Edition). Los Altos, CA. Tafnews Press. 1985

Doherty, Ken. Modern Track & Field. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1963

Gillman, Sid & Roy, Alvin. World Champion San Diego Chargers Strength Program – In and Out of Season. 1963

Counsilman, James E. The Science of Swimming. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1968

Dyson,Geoffrey H.G. The Mechanics of Athletics. New York. Holmes & Meier Publishers. Seventh Edition, 1977

Hoffman, Bob. (1959) Better Athletes Through Weight Training. York, PA: Strength & Health Publishing Company

Jesse John: Hidden causes of injury, prevention, and correction for running athletes. The Athletic Press. Pasadena, CA 1977

Knotts, Dorothy E. and Voss, Margaret Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation, Patterns and Techniques

Miller, Carl. Olympic lifting: Training manual

Nideffer, Robert M. The Inner Athlete – Mind Plus Muscle for Winning. New York, New York. Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1976.

O’ Shea, Patrick. (1976) Second Edition. Scientific Principles and Methods of Strength Fitness. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

Dominguez, Richard H. M.D., and Gajda, Robert S. Total Body Training. New York, N.Y: Warner Books,1982.

Logan, Gene A. and McKinney, Wayne C. Kinesiology. Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers. 1970

Todd, Mabel E. The Thinking Body. Princeton Book Company Publishers. Highston, NJ. 1937

Wilt ,Fred. Editor. Second Edition. How They Train Volume III: Sprinting And Hurdling. Tafnews Press. Los Altos, California. 1973