High-Performance Training for Sports

High-Performance Training for Sports, Second Edition, is an essential resource for those who want to excel as a strength and conditioning coach, trainer, rehabilitator, or athlete, combining the latest science and research with proven training protocols to establish and develop resilience, cultivate athletic capabilities, and enhance and sustain performance.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 456 pages
Publication date: 25 October 2021
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers

High-Performance Training for Sports, Second Edition, is a groundbreaking work that has revolutionized the landscape of athletic conditioning and sports performance. Originally published in 2014, this second edition builds upon the original with the latest and most effective philosophies, protocols, and programs for developing today's athletes.

The book features contributions from global leaders in athletic performance training, coaching, and rehabilitation, who share their cutting-edge knowledge and techniques with Olympians, elite athletes, and teams from professional sport leagues around the world. In addition to fostering athletes' speed, agility, jumping, and landing capabilities, and anaerobic and aerobic conditioning, the book includes six new chapters on programming for the in-season and off-season, learning and cueing, and having a positive impact on a training environment.

Combining the latest science and research with proven training protocols, High-Performance Training for Sports will help you accomplish three critical goals for your athletes:

Establish and develop resilience: This book provides the best advice and practices for helping athletes establish and develop resilience, which is essential for success in sports and life.

Cultivate athletic capabilities: This book provides the best advice and practices for helping athletes cultivate their athletic capabilities, including strength, speed, agility, and endurance.

Enhance and sustain performance: This book provides the best advice and practices for helping athletes enhance and sustain their performance, including recovery strategies, nutrition, and mental training.

Whether you are seeking to maximize the readiness of high-performance athletes for a season or are assisting athletes who are returning to play after injury, this definitive guide provides the best advice and practices.

High-Performance Training for Sports is an essential resource for those who wish to excel as a strength and conditioning coach, trainer, rehabilitator, or athlete. In addition to its comprehensive content, the book also offers continuing education credits/units, making it an invaluable tool for professional development.

A continuing education exam that uses this book is also available, and it can be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes both the book and exam.

Weight: 1230g
Dimension: 217 x 277 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781492592907
Edition number: 2 ed