Tom Hurley, athletic strength and performance coach, recently hit #1 in two separate Amazon.com best-seller lists with the new book “The Definitive Guide to Youth Athletic Strength, Conditioning and Performance.”

Atglen, PA – April 18, 2012 – Tom Hurley, Owner of Dominant Athletics, recently joined with a select group of the world’s leading health and fitness entrepreneurs to co-write the fitness book titled, The Definitive Guide to Youth Athletic Strength, Conditioning and Performance. The book was released by CelebrityPress™ – a leading fitness and health book publisher.

The Definitive Guide to Youth Athletic Strength, Conditioning and Performance was released on Thursday, March 29^th, 2012 and features top advice from health and fitness experts from across the country on the subjects of total body health, fitness and nutrition for children and youth. The authors will offer health and fitness tips for kids ranging from preschool age to college student athletes. Tom Hurley contributed a chapter titled “A Coach’s Opportunity to Make a Difference!”

On the day of release, The Definitive Guide to Youth Athletic Strength, Conditioning and Performance reached best-seller status in two Amazon.com Exercise and Fitness categories – reaching #1 in both the “Injury Prevention” category and the “For Children” category.

Tom Hurley: M.Ed;YFS3,YNS,HSSCS,YSAS, Mental Skills Coach/Sport Psychology Consultant, is owner of  Dominant Athletics, a performance training center for young athletes dedicated to complete athletic development.  As well as programming with over 130 young athletes in individual, team and club sports from entry level to NCAA and Olympic Level, Tom is also one of the first to receive the exclusive FUNction Method Certification from Dr. Kwame M. Brown.  This certification verifies Tom’s ability to use games to foster physical, social, and cognitive development of his young athletes simultaneously. Tom’s unique education, firm grasp of child development and coaching theory, and extensive experience in counseling have made him highly sought out as a Psychological Performance Coach as well.

Tom is currently Head of Youth Programming and Educational Development for Hangtime Fitness USA and has enjoyed success in coaching several different sports at several different levels.  His youth teams have made it to state-level High School Post Season Tournaments in softball and soccer. His Boy’s Soccer Team of which he was the Assistant Coach won the Pennsylvania Boys High School State title in 2009.

From CelebrityPress™:

The Celebrity Experts® in this book explore the subject of Fitness through conditioning the body for optimal results in young athletes. They look at the factors of mindset, nutrition and exercise – all of which play a part – from all angles and for all ages. They discuss the benefits of training, techniques, and the indelible influence of coaches on young minds. Such influence often stays with individuals for a lifetime.

Whether you have a toddler or a teen, these Celebrity Experts® have found success in teaching and coaching all age groups life-lessons, skills and mindset. Whether their students grow into professional athletes or responsible citizens, appropriate coaching and teaching methods are key to helping them mature into healthy, competitive individuals on and off the field.  Here is an opportunity for coaches and parents to read and adopt successful, tested and proven ideas in their daily roles.

After such a successful release, Tom Hurley will be recognized by The National Academy of Best-Selling Authors™, an organization that honors authors from many of the leading independent best-seller lists.

To order a copy of the book, please go to http://www.celebritypresspublishing.com/publications/the-definitive-guide-to-youth-athletic-strength-conditioning-and-performance.php

To learn more about Tom Hurley, please visit http://www.dominantathletics.com

Or follow him on twitter: @Coach_CONNECT or @DominantCoach

More about Tom Hurley:

Tom was classically trained in Health and Physical Education, earning his Bachelor of Science degree from Springfield College in 1983 where he was instrumental in developing their initial Ropes Course and Adventure based Skills Class. His career path lead him to a large, private, wilderness based youth treatment facility where he eventually became a Wilderness Coordinator. As an individual and group therapist, he was recognized as a Masters Level Clinician by the State of New Jersey and coordinated several adolescent treatment facilities in that state as well as in Pennsylvania and New Mexico.  As his own family grew, Tom stepped out of that role and re-entered the educational field, first as a Lead Teacher for Public Alternative Education Program, then as a High School Health and Physical Education Teacher.  Tom earned his M Ed. from Wilkes University in Educational Development and Strategies, and has continued his education within the field of Sports and Exercise Psychology at Argosy University.

About Celebrity Press™:

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