{"product_id":"the-athletes-clock-epub","title":"The Athlete's Clock epub","description":"\u003c!-- split --\u003e\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab-description\" id=\"display-description\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab-tableofcontents\" id=\"display-tableofcontents\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab-author\" id=\"display-author\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab-excerpt\" id=\"display-excerpt\"\u003eExcerpts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab-quote\" id=\"display-quote\"\u003eQuotes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab-description\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Athlete’s Clock: How Biology and Time Affect Sport Performance \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an engaging, interdisciplinary consideration of some of the most compelling questions in sport and exercise science. This unique text takes a broad look at the physiological clock, offering students, researchers, coaches, and athletes a unique approach to understanding how various aspects of time affect sport performance. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Athlete’s Clock \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the ways in which time and its relationship to athletic effort can optimize sport performance. Readers can investigate challenging questions such as these: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e •If physiological responses to training vary rhythmically throughout the day, what is the optimal time of day for training? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e •If a coach thinks that a high stroke count leads to a better time in a particular swim event, should the athlete go with it? Or is it better to stick to a more intuitively normal cadence? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e •Do endurance athletes consciously control their pacing, or are they under the control of unconscious processes within the central nervous system? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e •In what ways do aging and rhythmic biological variations over time control athletic performance? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e •Can athletes use cognitive strategies to subdue or overcome limits imposed by biological factors out of their control? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Readers will find information on the mechanisms by which time influences physiological function—such as running speeds and muscle activation—and how those mechanisms can be used in extending the limits of motor activity. Chapter introductions cue readers to the ideas addressed in the chapter, and sidebars throughout present amusing or unusual examples of sport and timing within various contexts. In addition, take-home messages at the end of each chapter summarize important findings and research that readers may apply in their own lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Addressing one of the most intriguing questions in sports, a conversational interview with athlete development expert, anthropologist, and sport scientist Bob Malina covers the timely topic of sport identification and talent development. The interview is an engaging discussion of how and when talent identification should take place and how talent development for young, promising athletes might proceed. The text also considers how time throughout one’s life span alters motor function, particularly in the later years. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Athlete’s Clock: How Biology and Time Affect Sport Performance\u003c\/i\u003e blends physiological, psychological, and philosophical perspectives to provide an intelligent and whimsical look at the effects of timing in sport and exercise. This text seeks to provoke thought and further research that look at the relationship between biology, time, and performance as well as an understanding of and appreciation for the intricacies of human potential. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c!--end tabDescription--\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab-tableofcontents\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter 1. Who’s in Charge Here? Setting the Race Pace \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2. Marching to the Same Drummer: Cadence in Endurance Events \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3. Dragsters, Tiger Beetles, and Usain Bolt: Time and Speed \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 4. Circadian Rhythms and Sport Performance \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 5. It’s All in the Timing: Keeping Your Eye on the Ball \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 6. Peaks and Valleys: The Development of Athletic Skill—A Conversation \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e With Bob Malina \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 7. Over The Hill: Aging and Sport Performance \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c!--end tabTableOfContents--\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab-author\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas W. Rowland, MD\u003c\/b\u003e, is director of pediatric cardiology at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he established an exercise testing laboratory. The author of \u003ci\u003eChildren’s Exercise Physiology, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of the journal\u003ci\u003e Pediatric Exercise Science\u003c\/i\u003e, he has extensive research experience in exercise physiology of children. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Rowland has served as president of the North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine (NASPEM) and was on the board of trustees of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). He is past president of the New England chapter of the ACSM and received the ACSM Honor Award in 1993. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Since receiving BS and MD degrees from the University of Michigan in 1965 and 1969, Rowland has been an assistant and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester (1977 to 1990) and an assistant and associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston (1975 to the present). He is professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine and a past adjunct professor of exercise science at the University of Massachusetts. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Rowland is a competitive tennis player and distance runner. He and his wife, Margot, reside in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. In his free time he enjoys playing tennis, running, and acting. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c!--end tabAuthor--\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab-quote\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e “This is an excellent broad introduction to the idea of time and sport. It offers scientific research to support many of the questions athletes and coaches ask themselves when determining strategy in a sport event.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e —Doody’s Book Review (5-star review) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c!--end tabQuote--\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab-excerpt\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e \u003ca class=\"alsoAvailableAs\" href=\"\/blogs\/excerpt\/athletes-and-time\"\u003eAthletes and time\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca class=\"alsoAvailableAs\" href=\"\/blogs\/excerpt\/can-synchronizing-stride-rhythm-and-breathing-help-performance\"\u003eCan synchronizing stride rhythm and breathing help performance?\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca class=\"alsoAvailableAs\" href=\"\/blogs\/excerpt\/do-external-cues-affect-the-way-athletes-think-about-pacing\"\u003eDo external cues affect the way athletes think about pacing?\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca class=\"alsoAvailableAs\" href=\"\/blogs\/excerpt\/experts-discuss-which-factors-may-dictate-future-athletic-success-in-youth\"\u003eExperts discuss which factors may dictate future athletic success in youth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca class=\"alsoAvailableAs\" href=\"\/blogs\/excerpt\/physical-activity-and-other-factors-may-delay-the-aging-process\"\u003ePhysical activity and other factors may delay the aging process\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c!--end tabExcerpt--\u003e","brand":"Thomas W. 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