Recommended Readings for Coaches
by Gerald Lafon
The following books present to coaches core information necessary to become an educated coach. While certainly not a complete list of all the books available to coaches, it does contain important works in the field of sports and human performance. Although many of these books are more appropriately geared towards coaching national and international level athletes, all coaches will benefit from the data, ideas and principles presented. Judo America encourages you to continue learning about the sport and all the interrelated disciplines for it is this knowledge that will elevate the entire status of Judo in the United States.
General Coaching and Training
- Successful Coaching by Rainer Martens
- Training for Sports and Fitness by Brent S. Rushall and Frank S. Pyke
- Theory and Methodology of Training by Tudor Bumpa
- Fundamentals of Sports Training by L. Matveyev
- Training Theory by F. W. Dick
- Secrets of Soviet Sports Fitness and Training by Michael Yessis
- A Taxonomy of the Psychomotor Domain by Anita Harrow
- Sports Physiology by Edward Fox
- Plyometric Training by Michael Yessis and Fred Hatfield
- Plyometrics by James Radcliffe and Robert Farentinos
Judo Coaching
- Judo for the West by Geof Gleeson
- Anatomy of Judo by Geof Gleeson
- Judo Inside Out by Geof Gleeson
- Judo from the Beginning by Phil Porter
- Championship Judo Drill Training by Ben Campbell
- Barnettís Judo to Win by P. M. Barnett
- Barnettís Judo Groundplay to Win by P. M. Barnett
Sports Psychology
- Sustaining Motivation in Sports by Robert Singer
- Act and Think Like a Champion by Brent S. Rushall
- Imagery Training in Sports by Brent Rushall
- Psyching in Sport by Brent Rushall
- In Pursuit of Excellence by Terry Orlick
- Psyching for Sport by Terry Orlick
- Psychological Dynamics of Sport by Diane Gill
- Sports Psyching by Thomas Tutko and Umberto Tosi
Judo Techniques
- Contest Judo by Roy Inman
- Judo for Woman by Roy Inman
- Vital Judo: Throwing by Isao Okano and T. Sato
- Vital Judo: Grappling by Isao Okano
Warm Ups, Games, Fun Drills
- Judo Games by Geof Gleeson
- Strength Speed and Endurance for Athletes by Jurgen Hartmann
- Strong Together by Walter Gain, Jurgen Hartmann
- Fun and Games for Judo by Jim Sheedy
Miscellaneous
- The Big Red Machine by Yuri Brokhin
- The Soviet Road to Olympus by Norman Shneidman
- The Miracle Machine by Doug Gilbert
- Dumbing Down Our Kids by Charles Sykes
- Victory Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts
- Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts
