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Peter Twist was honored at the 2013 IDEA World Fitness Convention in August as the recipient of their Inspiration Award. Pete is the president and CEO of Twist Conditioning, Inc. He is an exercise physiologist with a specialization in coaching science and is the author of Complete Conditioning for Hockey. Having coached in the NHL for 11 years, he has worked with over 700 professional athletes. Pete received the award in recognition of his battle back to health from stage 4 nasopharyngeal
The summer of 2013 has brought a few changes for the staff at Human Kinetics. Here’s what’s been happening:
Big Move
After 12 years of a split campus, between the main building and a smaller office building known as HK West, all Human Kinetics USA office employees are back under one roof. Thirty-two people were still being housed in the HK West building, but the overall project involved the moving of over 200 employees and took three months to complete.
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Congratulations to HK author Paul Annacone, who was recently hired on a trial basis by Sloane Stephens, the second-ranked American female tennis player. Paul, host of the Paul Annacone Tactical Tennis DVD series, had been Roger Federer’s coach, but last month he split with Federer after 3½ years. He has been working for a few hours every day with Stephens in Los Angeles, where they both live, according to Tennis.com, which first reported the news. Paul also previously coached Pete
(Exhibit Manager Jean Edwards coauthored this article.)
A trade show lasts only a few days, but our work for each one starts about a year in advance. As the Human Kinetics exhibits managers, our role is to manage every detail that goes into our participation in trade shows. We administer all of the arrangements and oversee planning for each event. Putting an exhibit together is truly a team effort and involves our collaboration with virtually every department at Human Kinetics—
Acquisition editor Josh Stone’s son is like his dad and enjoys geeking out. Here Holden is sneaking a peek at Advanced Analysis of Motor Development by Kathleen Haywood, Mary Ann Roberton and Nancy Getchell. It’s clear that our employees practice what HK preaches. Of course, some might think we just look for cheap proofreaders who don’t demand minimum wage.
Bill Foran has been named one of top strength and conditioning coaches in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Foran, strength and conditioning coach for the Miami Heat since 1989, was the cofounder of the National Basketball Conditioning Coaches Association (NBCCA) in 1992. The NBCCA authored HK’s Complete Conditioning for Basketball, for which Foran served as editor.
It is so easy to do: You have a file on your computer that includes much of what you want to include in your new chapter, so you copy and paste from it, not remembering that it was published elsewhere. Or you are researching a concept on the Internet and find a paragraph that says exactly what you want to say. Stop! Before you copy and paste, remember that you need to credit the publication—whether print or online—and you may need to seek permission, which may cost more than you
This spring, Human Kinetics was party central! We celebrated our 40th anniversary in style and in many ways. Leading up to the actual anniversary date of April 1, we shared stories and memories from long-serving staff, our early authors, and Rainer and Julie Martens. There was also a countdown of the 40 employees with the longest history here at HK. Employees enjoyed seeing the old pictures and hearing about the history of HK through the memories of those that created it.
On April 1, all
These are the products that were released and offered for sale between April 1, 2014, - June 30, 2014. Clicking on a product title will take you to more information on the Human Kinetics Web site.
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