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• The text High-Performance Training for Sports
• Study guide
• Continuing education exam
Combining principles of strength and conditioning with the disciplines of physiotherapy and athletic training, the High-Performance Training for Sports CE Course presents the best athlete conditioning protocols and programs in the world today and covers how to
• optimize the effectiveness of cross-training,
• translate strength into speed,
• increase aerobic capacity and generate anaerobic power,
• maintain peak conditioning throughout the season,
• minimize the interference effect, and
• design energy-specific performance programs.
Each topic is addressed by world-renowned experts in specific areas of sport conditioning and is augmented by case studies and interviews with coaches of some of the world’s most well-known teams and athletes. These studies enhance the understanding of how the science is interpreted and manipulated to develop some of the world’s best sport performers.
The study guide contains a course syllabus, chapter objectives, and end-of-chapter learning activities to prepare you for the 100-question continuing education exam at the conclusion of the course.
Whether working with high-performance athletes of any age or with those recovering from injury, this course will help develop human performance and athletic capacity.
Audience
A continuing education course for strength and conditioning coaches, athletic trainers, personal trainers, rehabilitation professionals, and fitness coaches.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction: Understanding Modern Athletes
David Joyce and Daniel Lewindon
Part I Building Robust Athletes
Chapter 1 Evaluating Athletic Capacities
Mike McGuigan, PhD
Chapter 2 Developing Younger Athletes
Rhodri S. Lloyd, PhD, ASCC, CSCS*D, and Jonathan L. Oliver, PhD
Chapter 3 Enhancing Movement Efficiency
Craig Ranson, PhD, and David Joyce
Chapter 4 Stabilising and Strengthening the Core
Andy Barr and Daniel Lewindon
Chapter 5 Optimising Flexibility
Sue Falsone
Chapter 6 Monitoring the Training Response
Aaron J. Coutts, PhD, and Stuart Cormack, PhD
Chapter 7 Retraining the Injured Athlete
Daniel Lewindon and David Joyce
Part II Developing Athletic Capacity
Chapter 8 Customizing the Warm-Up and Cool-Down
Rett Larson
Chapter 9 Fine-Tuning Motor Control
Frans Bosch
Chapter 10 Using Strength Platforms for Explosive Performance
Daniel Baker, PhD
Chapter 11 Successfully Translating Strength Into Speed
Derek M. Hanson, CSCS, BA, MASc
Chapter 12 Optimising Training for Jumping and Landing
Jeremy Sheppard, PhD
Chapter 13 Increasing Agility
Sophia Nimphius, PhD, ASCC, CSCS*D
Chapter 14 Generating Anaerobic Power
David Martin, PhD
Chapter 15 Establishing Endurance for Repeated Performance
Darcy Norman
Chapter 16 Boosting Aerobic Capacity
Grégory Dupont, PhD
Chapter 17 Optimising Effective Cross-Training Methods
Tony Rice, PhD, and Chris Spinks
Part III Delivering Performance
Chapter 18 Planning a Performance Program
Ben Rosenblatt, PhD, ASCC, CSCS*D
Chapter 19 Designing Energy-Specific Programs
Joel Jamieson
Chapter 20 Minimising the Interference Effect
Glenn Stewart
Chapter 21 Optimising Preseason Training in Team Sports
Darren Burgess, PhD
Chapter 22 Peaking for Competition in Individual Sports
G. Gregory Haff, PhD, CSCS*D, FNSCA, AWF-3, ASCC, ASCA-2
Chapter 23 Maintaining an In-Season Conditioning Edge
Stuart Yule
Chapter 24 Recovering Effectively in High-Performance Sports
Christian J. Cook, Liam P. Kilduff and Marc R. Jones
References
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors
