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High-performance training for sports
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High-Performance Training for Sports changes the landscape of athletic conditioning and sports performance. This groundbreaking work presents the latest and most effective philosophies, protocols a...
High-Performance Training for Sports changes the landscape of athletic conditioning and sports performance. This groundbreaking work presents the latest and most effective philosophies, protocols and programmes for developing today's athletes. High-Performance Training for Sports features contributions from global leaders in athletic performance training, coaching and rehabilitation. Experts share the cutting-edge knowledge and techniques they've used with Olympians as well as top athletes and teams from the NBA, NFL, MLB, English Premier League, Tour de France and International Rugby.
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- Creator
- David Joyce, Daniel Lewindon, editors
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2014]
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 377 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 1450444822, 9781450444828
- OCLC
- ocn861554051
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: Understanding modern athletes / David Joyce and Daniel Lewindon -- Evaluating athletic capacities / Mike McGuigan -- Developing younger athletes / Rhodri S. Lloyd and Jon L. Oliver -- Enhancing movement efficiency / Craig Ranson and David Joyce -- Stabilising and strengthening the core / Andy Barr and Daniel Lewindon -- Optimising flexibility / Sue Falsone -- Monitoring the training response / Aaron J. Coutts and Stuart Cormack -- Retraining the injured athlete / Daniel Lewindon and David Joyce -- Customizing the warm-up and cool-down / Rett Larson -- Fine-tuning motor control / Frans Bosch -- Using strength platforms for explosive performance / Daniel Baker -- Successfully translating strength into speed / Derek M. Hansen -- Optimising training for jumping and landing / Jeremy Sheppard -- Increasing agility / Sophia Nimphius -- Generating anaerobic power / David Martin -- Establishing endurance for repeated performance / Darcy Norman -- Boosting aerobic capacity / Grégory Dupont -- Optimising effective cross-training methods / Anthony Rice and Chris Spinks -- Planning a performance programme / Benjamin Rosenblatt -- Designing energy-specific programmes / Joel Jamieson -- Minimising the interference effect / Glenn Stewart -- Optimising preseason training in team sports / Darren Burgess -- Peaking for competition in individual sports / G. Gregory Haff -- Maintaining an in-season conditioning edge / Stuart Yule -- Recovering effectively in high-performance sports / Christian J. Cook, Liam P. Kilduff and Marc R. Jones
Subjects
- Sports -- Physiological aspects.
- Physical education and training.
- Athletic Performance.
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- Sports.
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- Performance sportive.
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- Éducation physique et entraînement physique.
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- Physical Education and Training.
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- Sports -- physiology.
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