High-performance training for sports / David Joyce, Daniel Lewindon, editors. - Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2014] - xiv, 377 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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.

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Sports--Physiological aspects.
Physical education and training.
Athletic Performance.
Sports.

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