Coaching Cross Country Successfully

by Joe Newton, Joe Henderson, Joe Henderson

Book Overview

One look at Joe Newton's record and it's easy to see why he's achieved near-legendary status as a cross country coach. During 48 years at York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, he has dominated like... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088011701X
• ISBN13: 9780880117012
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

It's written by Joe Newton.. enough said

Joe Newton is without a doubt the greatest cross country coach in America and quite possibly the world. I personally have the honor of running for him and I can tell there is nobody better. The motivational speeches he gives you are truly inspiring and are what bring the York cross country team together. Buy this book to learn about cross country and to learn about life.

Words From The Master

Joe Newton is the GOLD STANDARD when it comes to coaching high school cross country. Year in and year out his teams challenge for state and national titles. This book is not as good as the "Long Green Line" but that is THE book on high school cross country. This book stands by itself as an excellent, practical guide for coach, fan and runner. It is broken into easy to read sections and full of interesting antedotes. Joe Newton gives solid insight into his highly successful progam.

Motivating and inspiring

Thank you to Joe Newton for putting together such a wonderful, cross-country ONLY book. Anyone with a passion for our sport, and a desire to make your personal coaching program better, would benefit from reading this book. Joe Newton is a true legend in high school cross-country and after reading his book you will know exactly why. Newton, seemingly, leaves no part of his successful "how-to" program out of the book.

It sets the foundation on how to build a winning program.

I thought the book was very interesting. How it covered every angle of cross-country and how to coach it. It helped me as a runner to want to run more and help me look into the furture about coaching cross-country. As a runner I could understand evething about the book. It helped me reach my fullest potential my senior year by doing some of the workouts. Joe Newton is a real winner and pure geninus on coaching cross-country.

An excellent book for the novice or veteran coach

This book is an excellent motivator and gives all coaches hope that they can build a successful program when starting with virtually nothing. Coach Newton gets a lot out of his guys because they want to work hard and because of the tradition he has established. The book also includes a great training program for the cross-country season.