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Soviet Sports Review 1966
Soviet Sports Review 1966
Our Price: $49.95

XL Athlete is excited to offer its clients the Soviet Sports Review. The journals are comprised of translated articles from Soviet coaches' journals and also contain original articles from Dr. Michael Yessis and Dr. Mel Siff.

The 1966 edition contains the following articles:
Some Psychological Problems of Children's Play (Sport Psychology)
Physical Education: A Means of Raising the Work Ability of Students
To Raise Everyone Healthy, Migelina Kobain and Galina Mitrokhina on the Track
Scientific Investigations in Sport: Competitive Level Problem
Morning Gymnastics (Exercise), Instruction in the Take-Off Technique (High Jump)
The Run of a High Jumper, Teaching to Educate
Outstanding Participation at Home by Students (Exercise at Home)
Training Feelings in Play, Acts, Habits and Character (Physical Education Preparation)
Several Questions on the Theory of Training Loads
The Bridge in Classical and Free Style Wrestling
Seminar in Biomechanics
On the Way to a Record (Track)
On Tactics (Track)
Short Items of Importance
Further Improvement in Physical Culture Departments
Experimental Schools in Czechoslovakia (Elementary)
Children Should Sit Correctly
Mastery of Movement in Children Realized
The Influence of Words in Raising the Effectiveness of Undertakings in Physical Exercise by School Children
Athleticism, Sports, Health
Short Items of Importance
Trials of Educational Work with Sportsmen
Generalizations and Analyzations Of the Training of Qualified Sportsmen
Improving the Presentation of Gymnastics in Schools
Undertaking Exercise by Elderly People
Change in the Maintenance of Blood Ketone Bodies in Elderly People with Arterioselerotic Cardiosclerosis
The Character of the Brain Root Processes During Muscular Work
First Conference of Socialistic Nations in Sports Medicine
The New School Program in Physical Education in the United States
Do Not Copy but Create (High Jump)
Preparation of Road-Cyclists for the III Spartakiad of the USSR
Fundamentals of Health and Sports Records Formation of the Physically Improved Man: An Important Problem
Volume and Intensity of Training and Competitive Loads in Volleyball
The Preparation of Children for School
Distribution of Effort in Lifting Barbells of Various Weights
Training Load Dynamics of the Strongest Soviet Gymnasts
Basic Training Factors with Decathlon Athletes
Oscillographic Observations of Field Athletes
The Influence of Systematic Physical Education on the Mental Work Efficiency of Children
The Influence of Shortening the Work Day on Work Efficiency
Distribution of Work Periods and Free Time
Regulated Training Loads of Weightlifters According to Liability of the Nerve-Muscle Apparatus
Dry Land Training for Swimmers
Pulse, Arterial Blood Pressure and Breathing in Sportswomen in Various Phases of the Menstrual Cycle
Weight Training for an Increase in Muscle Mass Development of Speed-Strength Qualities in Youngsters
Functional Asymmetry of the Legs (Jumping)
Preparations of Weightlifters to Unaccustomed Competitive Conditions
For the Health of Children: Lessons in the III and IV Classes
Carry-Over of Training.
Soviet Sports Review 1967
Soviet Sports Review 1967
Our Price: $49.95

XL Athlete is excited to offer its clients the Soviet Sports Review. The journals are comprised of translated articles from Soviet coaches' journals and also contain original articles from Dr. Michael Yessis and Dr. Mel Siff.

The 1967 edition includes the following articles:

The Legacies of Lenin are Being Fulfilled
Cybernetics and Sport: Beginning Status
Health and Culture Movement of Children
Middle Distance Problems (Track)
The Influence of the Training Lesson on the Heart-Circulatory System of Young Gymnasts
Analysis of the Rhythm of Movement of the Discobolus
Development of Mobility in the Hip Joint in Sportsmen (Biomechanics)
Physical Development and Physical Preparation of Young Athletes in Track and Field, Soccer and Basketball
The Dependence of Achievement in Wrestling on Strength Preparation
Effect of Physical Loads on Somatic and Vegetative Functions
The Influence of Several Food Stuffs on the Antitoxic-Synthetic Function of the Liver in Sportsmen
The Physical Culture Program in the Secondary Schools
The Physical Preparation of Youth
Age Changes in Muscular Strength in Girls of School Age
On the Track with D. Lindner and S. Bondarenko (Walking)
Backward Somersault with a Full Twist Dismount (Gymnastics)
Psychological Functions During Especially Difficult Activity (sport psychology)
Physical Education of Students in the Litov Veterinary Academy
The Law of the Dollar (U.S.) (Politics in sports)
The General Physical Preparation Section (Physical Education)
Strength Preparation of Young Track and Fielders
Dependency of the Sportsman's physical Qualities from the Level of Muscle Mass Development
Moldavian Union of Socialist Republics: Development of Physical Culture and Sport
Djula Zhivotski Throws the Hammer
The Physical Culture Program in the Secondary Schools
The Physical Culture Program in the Secondary Schools (Conclusion of the article first begun in Volume 2 #2)
Soviet Sports Review 1968
Soviet Sports Review 1968
Our Price: $49.95

XL Athlete is excited to offer its clients the Soviet Sports Review. The journals are comprised of translated articles from Soviet coaches' journals and also contain original articles from Dr. Michael Yessis and Dr. Mel Siff.

The 1968 edition includes the following articles:

Physical Education (Elementary)
Dissertations in Physical Culture and Sports (Physical Education)
Various Complexes of the Physical Culture Rest Break (Industry)
Dynamics of Physical Workability of Students
The Dueling Regime in Fencing Competition Oxygen During the Time of Competition
Variants in Contemporary Techniques of Pole Vaulting
Scientific Bases of Sports Technique
Sports Ontogenesis of Weightlifters in Various Weight Classes
Weight of the Thrower (Track and Field)
Exercises in Walking and Running
Physical Development and Sports Mastery (Selecting Athletes)
The Peoples University (Physical Education)
Raising the Functional Capabilities of the Body in Sports Training
Heart-Circulatory System Changes in Competitive Conditions
Fifty Years of Soviet Psychology of Sports (Sport Psychology)
Basic Principles of Motor Activity Coordination
Man is Standing Taller (Physical Development)
Physical Preparation Indices of School Children
Are Depth Jumps Useful? (Jumping)
Physiological Laws Dictate (Physical Education)
Development of Physical Culture and Sports in Estonia
Electronic Vectorgraphic Systems of Express-Analysis of Movement and Their Possibilities in Sport
Problems of School Sport
Every Student a Researcher
Basic Structural Components of Volition in Gymnasts
Science: Practice (Physical Education)
Hydrodynamic Resistance and Forward Force of the Swimmer
Soviet Sports Review 1969
Soviet Sports Review 1969
Our Price: $49.95

XL Athlete is excited to offer its clients the Soviet Sports Review. The journals are comprised of translated articles from Soviet coaches' journals and also contain original articles from Dr. Michael Yessis and Dr. Mel Siff.

The 1969 edition includes the following articles:

Social Aspects Of Physical Education in Russian Belles Lettres
Questions on Methods of Instruction and the Planning of Training
Loads for Weightlifters in the Junior Ranks
Several Regularities in the Formation of a Motor Skill
Learning Motor Skills (Physical Education in Secondary School)
A Defended Dissertation (Gymnastics)
Sport and Free Time of Students
Improvement of Speed-Strength Preparation of Jumpers
Relationship Between Breathing and Movement in MS Gymnasts
A New Machine for Training Skiers
Physical and Mental Load Dynamics of Students During the Year
Overcoming Steady States of Fear in Sports
Protest on a Pedestal (U.S.) (Mexico City Olympics)
Principles of Choosing Exercises in Training
Cybernetics and Sports
How to Communicate Theoretical Information in Physical Education
R. Matson, E. Gushchin and D. Hoffman in the Shot Put
Physical Exercises and Their Combinations
Development of Speed-Strength in Young Girls and Young Women Who Systematically Participate in Sports
A Device for Determining the Amount of Hip Joint Flexion in Gymnasts
Short Items of Importance (Psychology and Gymnastics)
Searching (Physical Education)
Problems in Child and Youth Sport
The Hit in Flight (Soccer)
Soccer and Age
The Sense of Distance (Various Sports)
Great Sport and Specialized Harmony (Weightlifting)
Relationships Between Physical Qualities
The Influence of Physical Exercises on the Tonus of Arterial Vessels of the Head During Mental Loads (Physiology)
Soviet Sports Review 1970
Soviet Sports Review 1970
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XL Athlete is excited to offer its clients the Soviet Sports Review. The journals are comprised of translated articles from Soviet coaches' journals and also contain original articles from Dr. Michael Yessis and Dr. Mel Siff.

The 1970 edition includes the following articles:

Scientific Work in the U.S.S.R. Gymnastics Team
A Method of Investigating Exercise Technique on the Side Horse (Gymnastics)
Vera Savenkova Throws the Javelin
Breathing and Movement in Gymnasts During Execution of Apparatus Routines
Development of Muscles in the Lumbar Region in Athletes
A New Battery: A New View (GTO) (Ready for Work and Defense)
Investigation of the Volleyball Spike by Means of the Accelerograph
The Influence of Training Methods on Development of Endurance (Track)
On the Attacking Position (Tennis)
To Train the Nerves (Table Tennis)
Diagonal Foot Placement Prior to the Jerk of the Barbell from the Chest in the Clean and Jerk
What Attracts Children? (Physical Education)
Norms for the All-Union Battery of Physical Education (GTO)
Urgent Matters Concerning the Theory and Methods of Women's Sports
A Device for Determining Muscular Sensitivity of Volleyball Players
V. Kozirand N. Brintseva in the High Jump
Theoretical Mechanics in Gymnastics
Accurate Aim (Volleyball)
Optimal Loads in Development of Endurance in Youngsters
Do Not Simplify the Training program (Training Preparation)
On the Track with Valery Borzov
Typological Differences for Individualization of Teaching
Final Effort Technique in the Discus Throw
A Conditional Form of Modeling Movements (Gymnastics)
Development of A Child's Movement in Their Second Year
Soviet Sports Review 1971
Soviet Sports Review 1971
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XL Athlete is excited to offer its clients the Soviet Sports Review. The journals are comprised of translated articles from Soviet coaches' journals and also contain original articles from Dr. Michael Yessis and Dr. Mel Siff.

The 1971 edition includes the following articles:

The Biological Clock (Biorhythms)
Improvements of Circulo-Respiratory Functions In Tennis Players
Athlete Heart Measurements (Cardiopulmonary)
The American Hurdlers
Volleyball Technique
Teaching Breathing
Flexibility Competition
In Search of an Optimal Motor Routine (Secondary School)
The Effect of Interference an Memorization of Movement
The Psycho-Prophylactic Method Prior to Competition in Wrestling
Isometric Training of Weightlifters in the Lower Ranks
Non-Parametric Correlation Between Strength and Endurance
Psychological Characterization of the Athlete (Sport psychology)
Volleyball Technique
T. Danilova and F. Melnik Throw the Discus
Directing Movements of Gymnasts by Modeling Spatial Positions
Many Channeled Electromyography Cinematography
Mechanical and Impulse Strobophotography
Attention to Functional Harmony (Physical Education)
Consideration of Typological Features of Children
Recent Titles
Psychological Characterization of the Athlete (Sport Psychology)
Breathing Rhythm in Pre-Mountain Preparation of Skiers
Kestutis Shapka in the High Jump
Rational Selection of Exercises in the Training of Weightlifters
Spontaneous and Provoked Influences on Movement Coordination (Gymnastics)
Recent Titles
Criterion of Power (Weightlifting, Track and Field)
Effect of Physical Loads on Speed and Precision of Movements by Musicians
Valery Podluzhny in the Long Jump
A Mechanographical Method of Recording Kinematic Characteristics of the Approach Run and Jump in the Volleyball Spike
False Start, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (U.S.) (Track and Field)
A New Method of Strength Preparation (Isokinetics)
Recent Titles
Soviet Sports Review 1972
Soviet Sports Review 1972
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XL Athlete is excited to offer its clients the Soviet Sports Review. The journals are comprised of translated articles from Soviet coaches' journals and also contain original articles from Dr. Michael Yessis and Dr. Mel Siff.

The 1972 edition includes the following articles:

Coordination of Muscular Activity in the Barbell Press
Interpersonal Relationships Between Members of Sports Teams
Jorma Kinnunen in the Javelin Throw
Study of Technique in Acrobatics Through Three-Plane Cinematography
Organization of Sports in the German Democratic Republic
Comparative Characteristics of the Restorative Period After Intense Physical and Mental Work
Recent Titles
Head Resistance of Alpine Skiers
The Phasic Structure of the Arm Cycle in Swimmers and Its Changes
Under the Influence of Fatigue
Final Effort in the Javelin Throw
The European Champion Throws the Discus (Danek)
Training of Weightlifters in Hot Climatic Conditions
Classification of Specialized Training Methods (Track)
Specialized Exercises for Shot Putters
Recent Titles
Norm Template for Women Hurdlers
Relationships Between the Three Classical Weightlifting Events
Preparation of the Strongest Marathon Runners
E, Gushchin and V. Voikin in the Shot Put
New Strength Development (Track and Field, Throwing)
From Models to Movement (Track and Field)
The New Battery of "Preparedness for Work and Defense" (GTO)
Recent Titles
Investigating Motor Behavior Under Changing (Stochastic) Conditions
WE KNOW , BUT DO NOT DO IT
Problems in Improving the System of Training Track and Field Athletes of the Highest Ranks
J. Gamski Throws the Hammer
iscussion on Criteria of the Training State (Physiology)
Tremor as a Psychological Indice of Training (Shooting)
So that the Small Ones Will Grow Faster (Youth Basketball)
Recent Titles
Soviet Sports Review 1973
Soviet Sports Review 1973
Our Price: $49.95

XL Athlete is excited to offer its clients the Soviet Sports Review. The journals are comprised of translated articles from Soviet coaches' journals and also contain original articles from Dr. Michael Yessis and Dr. Mel Siff.

The 1973 edition includes the following articles:

Relationships Among Running Parameters
he Push-Off Mechanism in Walking and Running
The Foot and Running (Physiological View)
On the Track With Ludmila Bragina
More on the Relationships Among the Three Weightlifting Events
Measuring Time, Pathway, Speed and Acceleration in the Barbell Lift
Vitamin E Content in Relation To the Season and Level of Physical Loads
A Mechanical Device for Training Fencers
Recent Titles
Motor Development in Pre-School and School Age Children (Physical Education)
Optimal Combinations of Various Muscular Work Regimes (Weightlifting)
Alexander Barishnikov in the Shot Put
High Start? (Track)
Foot Arch in Soccer Players During Play in Various Conditions
Recent Titles
Programmed Learning of Vertical Turns in Gymnastics and Ballet
Nutrition of a Runner
Faina Melnik and Ardjhentina Menis Throw the Discus
Biostructure of the Contemporary Press (Weightlifting)
Should Children be Taught to Run?
Training the Gymnast's Vestibular Apparatus on a Small Support Base
Recent Titles
Technique and Style of Gymnastic Exercises
The Load of Several Wrestling Moves According to Heart Rate
On the Track with David Whottle and Evgeny Arzhanov
Development of Speed of Movement in Young Volleyball Players
Final Effort in the Shot Put
Recent Titles
Soviet Sports Review 1974
Soviet Sports Review 1974
Our Price: $49.95

XL Athlete is excited to offer its clients the Soviet Sports Review. The journals are comprised of translated articles from Soviet coaches' journals and also contain original articles from Dr. Michael Yessis and Dr. Mel Siff.

The 1974 edition includes the following articles:

Isokinetic Exercises
Breathing During the Execution of Precise Motor Acts (Basketball)
Investigation of the Running of Pre-School Age Children
A. Feuerbach and V. Voikin in the Shot Put
Influence of Anthropometric Parameters on Learning in Gymnastics
Barbell Exercises for Women Throwers
Recent Titles (Figure Skating, Basketball, Swimming, Wrestling, Rowing)
The Technique of Flight and Landing of the Strongest Ski Jumpers
Preparation for the World Record in the Snatch and Clean and Jerk
A Device for Recording Acceleration of the Shot Put
The World Record of Victor Saneev
Age and Olympic Success
Moment of Inertia and Angular Speed of Body Rotation (Biomechanics)
Recent Titles (Sport Psychology, Biomechanics, Track Cyclists, Skiers)
Nomogram for Calculating Physical Work Capacity (PWC 170)
Stride Length and Stride Frequency (Track)
Jumps in the Training of a Sprinter
Vladimir Abramov in the High Jump
A Study of the Kinematic Structure of the Tennis Serve
World Champion David Rigert: Technique Essentials (Weightlifting)
Physiological Features of Women and Training Loads
Recent Titles (Basketball, High Jumpers)
Posture Disorders
The Ankle Joint in Mastering Effective Weightlifting Technique
Randy Williams and Valery Podluzhny in the Long Jump
Jumps: The Take-Off Mechanism
Do You Know How to Breathe?
The Training of Bulgarian Weightlifters
Recent Titles (Gymnastics, Skaters)
Soviet Sports Review 1975
Soviet Sports Review 1975
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XL Athlete is excited to offer its clients the Soviet Sports Review. The journals are comprised of translated articles from Soviet coaches' journals and also contain original articles from Dr. Michael Yessis and Dr. Mel Siff.

The 1975 edition includes the following articles:

Study of the Biodynamic Structure of Gymnastic Exercises
How Much? Or How? (Track and Field Training)
A Training Device for Development of Jump Strength
Snatch Technique of World Record Holder Pavla Pervushin
The Push-Off Mechanism (Track)
And I Await Results (Long Jump)
A Self-Coach (Physical Education)
Recent Titles (Fatigue, Throwing, Cycling, Javelin)
The Logic of Sports Training
Determining the Amount of Lean by a Hammer Thrower in the Throws
Two Mistakes (Javelin)
Stages in the Training of Decathloners
Functional Stability (Decathlon)
More on Isometrics
In the Struggle for Speed (Volleyball)
Abstracts (Speed Skating, Gymnastics, Cycling, Vitamins, Wrestling, Hockey, Javelin, Biomechanics)
The Modern Training System: Your System Training Loads
A Training Aid for Improving the Volleyball Spike
Over the Hurdles with A. Erhardt and V. Stefanesky
More Attention to Speed (Hurdles)
The Role of Physical Culture in Increasing Labor Productivity
Speed and Strength (Speed-Strength Training)
Abstracts (Basketball, Gymnastics, Biochemistry, Wrestling, Skiing)
Optimal Movements in Cross Country Skiing Under Certain Conditions
A Rational Model of the Classic (Olympic) Snatch
Contemporary Technique in the Pole Vault
Resistance Load and Power (Training)
Reserve Endurance (Volleyball)
Exercises for Discus Throwers
Abstracts