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Athletics Resources.
Athletics Resources
Scouting Literature
Deck of First Aid; Emergency First
Aid pocket guide; Backpacking,
Canoeing, Climbing, Cooking, Cycling,
First Aid, Fishing, Fly-Fishing, Golf,
Hiking, Horsemanship, Kayaking,
Personal Fitness, Rowing, Skating,
Small-Boat Sailing, Snow Sports,
Sports, Swimming, Water Sports, and
Whitewater merit badge pamphlets.
Books
American College of Sports Medicine.
ACSM Fitness Book, 3rd ed. Human
Kinetics Publishers, 2003.
American Red Cross. First Aid/CPR/
AED Participant’s Manual, 2nd ed.
American Red Cross, 2014.
Burke, Edmund R., Ph.D., ed. Precision
Heart Rate Training. Human Kinetics
Publishers, 1998.
Carr, Gerry. Fundamentals of Track
and Field, 2nd ed. Human Kinetics
Publishers, 1999.
Dintiman, George Blough. Speed
Improvement for Young Athletes:
How to Sprint Faster in Your Sport in
30 Workouts. National Association
of Speed and Explosion, 2002.
Ellis, Joseph, D.P.M. Running Injury-
Free, 2nd ed. Rodale Books, 2013.
Fortin, Francois, ed. Sports: The
Complete Visual Reference.
Firefly Books Ltd., 2003.
Greene, Larry, and Russ Pate. Training
for Young Distance Runners, 3rd ed.
Human Kinetics Publishers, 2014.
Jackson, Colin. Young Track and
Field Athlete. Dorling Kindersley
Publishing, 1996.
Visit the Boy Scouts of America’s
official retail website at
http://www.scoutstuff.org for a
complete listing of all merit badge
pamphlets and other helpful
Scouting materials and supplies.