Performance assessment in strength and conditioning / edited by Paul Comfort, Paul A. Jones, and John J. McMahon.
Material type: TextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018Description: pages cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780415789387
- 613.7 23
- GV711.5 .P47 2018
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
It is an essential skill for any strength and conditioning coach to be able to reliably assess the physical performance of their athletes and communicate the results and their implications to performers and coaches, alike. Performance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning is the first textbook to clearly and coherently suggest the most appropriate and reliable methods for assessing and monitoring athletes' performance, as well as including detailed sections on testing considerations and the interpretation and application of results.
The book explores the full range of considerations required to reliably assess performance, including questions of ethics and safety, reliability and validity, and standardised testing, before going on to recommend (through a comparison of field- and laboratory-based techniques) the optimal methods for testing all aspects of physical performance, including:
injury risk jump performance sprint performancechange of direction and agility
strength power aerobic performance body compositionClosing with a section on interpreting, presenting and applying results to practice, and illustrated with real-life case study data throughout, Performance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning offers the most useful guide to monitoring athlete performance available. It is an essential text for upper-level strength and conditioning students and practitioners alike.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the role of assessing and monitoring performance / Mike McGuigan -- Ethical and health and safety issues / Steve Atkins -- Psychological issues during assessment of performance / Jon Radcliffe -- Reliability, validity and measurement error / Peter Mundy and Neil Clarke -- Standardisation of testing / John J. McMahon, Paul A. Jones, and Paul Comfort -- Structured testing vs. continual monitoring / Paul Comfort, Paul A. Jones, and Guy W. Hornsby -- Assessment of factors associated with injury risk / Lee C. Herrington, Allan G. Munro, and Paul A. Jones -- Vertical jump testing / John J. McMahon, Jason P. Lake, and Tim J. Suchomel -- Sprint testing / Robert Lockie -- Change of direction and agility / Paul A. Jones and Sophia Nimphius -- Strength: isometric and dynamic testing / G. Greg Haff -- Assessment of power / Jason Lake and Peter Mundy -- Aerobic performance assessment / Fred J. DiMenna and Andrew M. Jones -- Body composition assessment / Carl Langan-Evans, James P. Morton and Graeme L. Close -- Combined assessment methods / Tim J. Suchomel, John J. McMahon, and Jason P. Lake -- Interpretation of results / Jeremy A. Gentles, Guy W. Hornsby, and Michael H. Stone -- Presentation and communication of results / John McMahon and Peter Mundy -- Application to training / Guy W. Hornsby, Jeremy A. Gentles, and Michael H. Stone.
"It is an essential skill for any strength and conditioning coach to be able to reliably assess the physical performance of their athletes and communicate the results and their implications to performers and coaches, alike. Performance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning is the first textbook to clearly and coherently suggest the most appropriate and reliable methods for assessing and monitoring athletes' performance, as well as including detailed sections on testing considerations and the interpretation and application of results"-- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of figures (p. vii)
- List of tables (p. xii)
- List of boxes (p. xiv)
- List of contributors (p. xv)
- Introduction: the role of assessing and monitoring performance (p. 1)
- Part I Testing considerations (p. 3)
- 1 Ethical and health and safety issues (p. 5)
- 2 Psychological issues during assessment of performance (p. 13)
- 3 Reliability, validity and measurement error (p. 23)
- 4 Standardisation of testing (p. 34)
- 5 Structured testing vs. continual monitoring (p. 42)
- Part II Assessment methods (p. 51)
- 6 Assessment of factors associated with injury risk (p. 53)
- 7 Vertical jump testing (p. 96)
- 8 Sprint testing (p. 117)
- 9 Change of direction and agility (p. 140)
- 10 Strength - isometric and dynamic testing (p. 166)
- 11 Assessment of power (p. 193)
- 12 Aerobic performance assessment (p. 212)
- 13 Body composition assessment (p. 240)
- 14 Combined assessment methods (p. 275)
- Part III Interpretation and application (p. 291)
- 15 Interpretation of results (p. 293)
- 16 Presentation and communication of results (p. 313)
- 17 Application to training (p. 332)
- Index (p. 354)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Paul Comfort, PhD, CSCSast;D, ASCC, is a Reader in strength and Conditioning and a Programme Leader for the MSc Strength and Conditioning course at the University of Salford, UK.Paul A. Jones, PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), CSCSast;D, BASES Accred. CSci., is a Lecturer in Sports Biomechanics and Strength and Conditioning at the University of Salford, UK.
John J. McMahon, PhD, CSCS, ASCC, is a Lecturer in Sports Biomechanics and Strength and Conditioning (SC) at the University of Salford, UK.