{"title":"Guides \u0026 Digital Downloads","description":"\u003cp\u003eInstant-download guides from the Training Ties team. Real classroom and clinic experience, written into short, do-it-tonight guides you can download and use right away. Created by Bobby Morong, a special-education and adaptive-PE teacher with 20+ years of experience and the inventor of Training Ties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection is intentionally separate from our physical \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/frontpage\"\u003eshoe-tying tools\u003c\/a\u003e — these are \u003cstrong\u003edownloadable guides and printables\u003c\/strong\u003e, delivered instantly after checkout. 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