Strength And Conditioning For Sports Performance

An effective strength and conditioning program is an essential component of the preparation of any athlete or sportsperson. Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance is a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the theory and practice of strength and conditioning, providing students, coaches and athletes with everything they need to design and implement effective training programs. Revised and updated for a second edition, the book continues to include clear and rigorous explanations of the core science underpinning strength and conditioning techniques and give detailed, step-by-step guides to all key training methodologies, including training for strength, speed, endurance, flexibility and plyometrics. The second edition expands on the opening coaching section as well as introducing an entirely new section on current training methods which includes examining skill acquisition and motor learning. Throughout the book the focus is on the coaching process, with every chapter highlighting the application of strength and conditioning techniques in everyday coaching situations. Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance includes a unique and extensive section of sport-specific chapters, each of which examines in detail the application of strength and conditioning to a particular sport, from soccer and basketball to golf and track and field athletics. The second edition sees this

Strength and Conditioning for Team Sports is designed to help devise more effective high-performance training programs for team sports. This textbook remains the only evidence-based study of sport-specific practice to focus on team sports and features all-new chapters, including Neuromuscular Training, and dedicated chapters exploring injury prevention and the specific injury risks for different team sports. Fully revised and updated throughout, the new edition also includes the addition of over two hundred new references from the research literature in the field. This book addresses the core science underpinning different facets of physical preparation, covering all aspects of training prescription and the key components of any degree course related to strength and conditioning, including: physiological and performance testing strength training metabolic conditioning power training agility and speed development training for core stability training periodisation training for injury prevention Bridging the traditional gap between sports science research and practice in the field, each chapter features guidelines for evidence-based best practice, as well as recommendations for approaches to physical preparation to meet the specific needs of team sports players. This new edition also includes an appendix that provides detailed examples of training programmes for a range of team sports. Fully illustrated throughout, it

Strength and Conditioning for Young Athletes: Science and Application offers an evidence-based introduction to the theory and practice of strength and conditioning for young athletes. Fully revised and updated, this second edition draws on leading research to offer a holistic approach to training centred on the concept of long-term athletic development and the welfare of the young athlete. With 20 new authors and 8 new chapters, the book explores every key topic in strength and conditioning applied to young athletes, including: Growth and maturation Talent identification and talent development Monitoring and assessment Coaching young athletes Motor skill development Strength development and plyometrics Speed and agility development Metabolic conditioning Mobility and flexibility Periodisation and nutritional strategies Injury prevention and wellbeing Developing a holistic programme for young athletes. Written by a team of leading international strength and conditioning experts and paediatric sport scientists, the book includes expanded practical guidelines in every chapter to show how the latest scientific research can be applied by coaches to optimise young athletic potential. Including sample training programmes and exercises throughout, this is an essential resource for all students of strength and conditioning or paediatric exercise science, as well as any coach and athletic trainer working with

Fully revised and updated, the third edition of Conditioning for Strength and Human Performance provides strength and conditioning students with the clearest and most accessible introduction to the scientific principles underpinning the discipline. Covering bioenergetics and nutrition, a systematic approach to physiological and endocrinological adaptations to training and the biomechanics of resistance training, no other book provides such a thorough grounding in the science of strength and conditioning or better prepares students for evidence-based practice.

The role of the strength and conditioning coach for a combat athlete is to perform a needs analysis in which both the fighter as an individual and the sport itself are assessed in order to develop a high-performance programme. This might include plyometrics, speed and agility, endurance and core stability, strength training and nutrition as just some of the pieces of this complex jigsaw. The aim is to increase strength, speed, power, endurance, agility and flexibility. Strength and Conditioning for Combat Sports aims to help the coach and athlete bridge the gap between the theory of training and applied training, helping the athlete to become faster, stronger and more flexible and to build their muscular endurance so they perform better and remain injury-free. This will be essential reading for all martial arts coaches and practitioners and sports science students. Fully illustrated with 330 colour photographs and 90 diagrams.

Längst ist klar, dass ein Spitzensportler, um zu den Besten seiner Disziplin zu gehören, nicht nur sein Spiel oder seine Sportart trainieren, sondern auch sportartspezifische Fitness und Kondition aufbauen muss. Dieses sogenannte Athletiktraining, das den Sportler fit macht für die spezifischen Anforderungen seiner Sportart, ist heute in aller Munde und wird im Profisport ganzjährig durchgeführt. Athletiktraining für sportliche Höchstleistung setzt neue Maßstäbe in Sachen sportliche Leistungsfähigkeit. Zahlreiche internationale Experten für Athletiktraining, Coaching und Rehabilitation gewähren dem Leser Einblicke in ihr richtungweisendes Wissen und die Techniken, die sie bereits erfolgreich bei Olympiateilnehmern, Spitzenathleten sowie den Topteams der NBA, NFL, MLB, der englischen Premier League, international aktiven Rugby-Mannschaften und Teilnehmern der Tour de France eingesetzt haben. Die neuesten Ergebnisse aus der Wissenschaft werden mit bewährten Trainingsprogrammen kombiniert. So erfährt der Leser, wie man Kraft in Schnelligkeit übersetzt, die aerobe Kapazität erhöht und anaerobe Leistung erzeugt oder während der Saison die Kondition auf dem höchsten Level hält. Athletiktraining für sportliche Höchstleistung ist der ultimative Ratgeber für die Entwicklung aller Aspekte athletischer Leistungsfähigkeit. Es ist ein Handbuch, das jeder ambitionierte Trainer, Physiotherapeut und Athlet in seinem Regal haben sollte.

Sport performance and sports injury do not respect boundaries. Strength and conditioning thus in reality encompasses a myriad of different disciplines that span across all areas of sports science and sports medicine. Comprehensive Strength and Conditioning provides the reader with a detailed insight into the theory and practice for each respective element of athletic performance and all components of physical preparation for competition. Each chapter begins with a list of learning outcomes, and concludes with a knowledge review that allows the reader to test their learning. Reflective activities appear throughout the text that help the reader to relate the information presented to their chosen sport. Each section provides a synthesis of the evidence available on the topic and all related training modes, citing the most up to date research literature from all areas of sports science and sports medicine. The first edition of Comprehensive Strength and Conditioning was originally published in 2015. This revised and updated edition features extensive additions, citing over 900 references from the sports science and sports medicine literature. Comprehensive Strength and Conditioning is essential reading for those seeking to acquire real breadth and depth of expertise in physical and athletic preparation. For coaches and practitioners working

Olympisches Gewichtheben gilt als Königsdisziplin unter den Kraftsportarten. Doch nicht nur Gewichtheber, sondern auch jeder Sportler, der ernsthaft Muskeln aufbauen, Kraft dazugewinnen und seine Kraftausdauer verbessern will, kommt am Reißen (Snatch) und Stoßen (Clean & Jerk) nicht vorbei. Voraussetzung ist eine saubere Technik, die es zu erlernen und auch im Trainingsalltag beizubehalten gilt. Was eine gute Technik ausmacht und worauf es beim Olympischen Gewichtheben noch ankommt, erklärt der Trainer und amerikanische Meister im Gewichtheben Greg Everett detailliert und verständlich in seinem Buch. Mit über 600 Abbildungen, Trainingsplänen, Tabellen und Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen wendet sich dieses Handbuch an alle, die das Gewichtheben lehren oder erlernen, Fehler ausmerzen und an ihrer Technik feilen wollen. Neben den Grundlagen wie Atmung oder Stand und den einzelnen Übungsphasen geht Everett auch auf das richtige Aufwärmen und die effektivsten Zusatzübungen wie Kniebeuge oder Kreuzheben ein. Darüber hinaus gibt er viele nützliche Tipps rund um das Thema Nahrungsergänzungsmittel und widmet sich auch dem Thema Beweglichkeit und Flexibilität. Dieser ganzheitliche Ansatz, der Theorie und Praxis vorbildlich miteinander vereint, macht Olympisches Gewichtheben zu einem unverzichtbaren Trainingshandbuch.

Starting Strength wird oft als "das beste und nützlichste Fitnessbuch" bezeichnet, das zurzeit im Handel erhältlich ist. Die vorangegangene zweite Auflage hat sich in der heiß umkämpften internationalen Fitnessbranche über 80?000 Mal verkauft. Jetzt liegt erstmals die deutsche Fassung der Lehrmethoden und biomechanischen Analyse des Langhanteltrainings vor. Das grundlegende Prinzip dieser Methode basiert auf Belastung, Erholung und Anpassung, um nicht nur die Muskelleistung, sondern auch das Aussehen und Wohlbefinden des Trainierenden insgesamt zu verbessern. Kein anderes Buch liefert eine ausführlichere Darstellung der einzelnen Aspekte, aus denen sich die wichtigsten Langhantelübungen zusammensetzen. Dieses Buch ist ein umfassender Leitfaden für den Kraftaufbau – die Grundlage für eine gute sportliche Leistungsfähigkeit und nachhaltige Gesundheit.

Women's sport in general has gained an increasingly higher profile and level of respect in recent years, and it is becoming widely acknowledged that a female athlete's training programmes will differ in several respects from that of their male counterparts. Despite this, there is a dearth of research evidence available to coaches and athletes to guide the planning and programming process, with limited comparisons of training adaptations between the genders and in particular, a lack of investigation into elite female performers. Strength and Conditioning for Female Athletes contains insights from various experts in this specialised area. This text outlines specifically what is and what isn't known regarding female athlete development, and exposes the gaps that currently exist in the academic literature, with practical examples of applied practice. Coaches, sports scientists and athletes themselves will find here a wealth of useful information, with topics including: needs analysis; programme design for the basic biomotor abilities; speed and agility; long-term athlete development; the menstrual cycle and gender-specific injuries.