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High-Performance Training for Sports

David Joyce author Daniel Lewindon author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Human Kinetics Publishers

Published:15th Sep '21

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This comprehensive guide offers effective conditioning protocols and programs from top strength and conditioning experts, focusing on enhancing athletes' resilience, capabilities, and performance through the latest science and training techniques.

"High-Performance Training for Sports, Second Edition" offers a comprehensive guide to athlete conditioning, featuring protocols and programs from leading experts in strength and conditioning and sports physiotherapy. Since its initial publication in 2014, this updated edition enhances the foundational concepts with the latest advancements in training philosophies and techniques tailored for today's athletes.

The book showcases contributions from renowned figures in athletic performance, coaching, and rehabilitation. These experts share innovative strategies that have been successfully implemented with Olympians and elite athletes across various professional sports. The second edition includes six new chapters that delve into essential topics such as in-season and off-season programming, effective learning and cueing methods, and creating a positive training environment. This holistic approach aims to improve athletes' speed, agility, and overall conditioning.

Combining cutting-edge research with tried-and-true training protocols, "High-Performance Training for Sports" focuses on three key objectives: developing resilience, enhancing athletic capabilities, and sustaining optimal performance. This resource is invaluable for strength and conditioning coaches, trainers, rehabilitators, and athletes seeking to maximize performance and readiness, whether for competitive seasons or recovery from injuries. Additionally, readers can earn continuing education credits through an exam associated with the book, making it a practical choice for professionals looking to deepen their expertise.

"When I surveyed the 300 guests I have had on the Pacey Performance Podcast about what books they most frequently recommend, High-Performance Training for Sports came out on top. The first edition was incredible, and the second edition is even better."
—Rob Pacey, Host of the Pacey Performance Podcast

"David and Daniel have again produced a must-have resource for anyone interested in high-performance sport. The level of contributors within this work is outstanding. It will definitely have a place on my bookshelf."
—Dr. Adam Beard, Director of High Performance for the Chicago Cubs

High-Performance Training for Sports is this generation's Supertraining."
—Dr. Nick Winkelman, Author of The Language of Coaching

ISBN: 9781492592907

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1225g

456 pages

2nd edition