We would like to thank several people at Human Kinetics who influenced the development and completion of this book. Jason Muzinic, the director of the consumer division, who simply trusted us to get this edition done and selected it to be one of the first full-color versions of the Steps to Success series; Justin Klug, the acquisitions editor, who inherited this edition and then stayed true to the original scope of the book; and Coree Clark, the managing editor, who accepted the manuscript just about “as is” and always had good news about the book’s progress along the way.
Most important have been our families—Susie, Todd, and Clark Baechle and Tonya, Kelsey, Allison, Natalia, and Cassandra Earle—who have provided us with the support and time we needed to complete this edition.