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Sports training principles
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- Creator
- Frank W. Dick ; contributors, John Brewer [and six others]
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 6th edition
- London : Bloomsbury, 2014
- Physical Details
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- xii, 420 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781472905277, 147290527X, 1472905296, 9781472905291, 1472905288, 9781472905284
- OCLC
- ocn885447741
- "An introduction to sports science"--Cover.
- Previous edition: London: A. & C. Black, 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Pt. 1. Rods and levers. The working parts -- Structural changes in the growing child -- Basic mechanics -- Pt. 2. The living machine. Nutrition -- The oxygen transporting system -- The working muscle -- The fluid systems -- The hormones -- Physiological differences in the growing child -- Pt. 3. Mission control. Sport psychology for coaches -- Perceptual-motor learning -- Psychological changes and the growing child -- Pt. 4. The language of training theory. Fitness -- Theory and practice of strength training -- Theory and practice of speed development -- Theory and practice of endurance development -- Theory and practice of mobility development -- Evaluation in sport -- Pt. 5. Planning the programme. Periodising the year -- Reflections on periodisation -- Units, microcycles, mesocycles and macrocycles -- Adaptation to loading -- Training v straining -- Competition period -- Fitting things together