"Provides a resource for sport coaches trying to prevent and properly handle illnesses and injuries involving their athletes within their limited medical skill set and knowledge"--
An Evidence-Based Guide to Preventing Injury, Optimizing Strength, and Enhancing Performance
Longevity in the gym begins with knowing how to prevent injuries before the injuries interrupt your training. Rock Solid Resilience shows you how to train so you can work out for a lifetime while pushing your limits and meeting your goals.
Sport Skill Acquisition considers the expanding knowledge in motor behavior, with a focus on application, blending major theoretical perspectives with other performance essentials to support athletic performance. The it depends approach is employed to select a strategy for each particular context.
As you move past the age of 50, the physiological demands of running require adjustments in training intensity, recovery, goal setting, and mental outlook. Running Past 50 is your guide to addressing those demands so you can continue to enjoy, compete, and excel in the sport you love.
Cultivate strength, power, and speed for better athletic performance! High-Powered Plyometrics, Third Edition, provides the most systematic, comprehensive, and practical approach to explosive power training available. In this third edition, James Radcliffe-head strength and conditioning coach at University of Oregon-applies over 50 years of ......
The game of lacrosse requires athletes to be quick, agile, and powerful. Resistance training contributes significantly to the development of speed, agility, endurance, and strength, ultimately making a lacrosse athlete more formidable on the field. Developed with the expertise of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), ......
Ice hockey is said to be the fastest sport played on your feet. It is highly dependent on a number of physical qualities such as strength, speed, power, agility, endurance, and mobility. All these qualities require the ability to produce force at varying amounts and velocities. Because strength is the expression of force, strength training can ......
Fitness and Well-Being for Life, Second Edition With HKPropel Access, provides a personal and interactive tool for college students to learn how to lead and sustain lives that are healthier, happier, and more productive. Evidence-based physical and mental health guidance is presented in an accessible writing style and organized in a logical ......
NSCA's Guide to Program Design, Second Edition, is the definitive resource for designing scientifically based training programs. Developed by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), the second edition provides the latest information and insights from the leading educators, practitioners, and researchers in the field. Created ......
