These days, college football is as much about strength and conditioning as it is about having outstanding athletes on your team. If you have both, your team will likely be successful. Athletes and coaches alike are looking for building overall power and stamina, while helping develop self-discipline and realize athletic potential. A Chance to Win: A Complete Guide to Physical Training for Football is the complete guide to strength/power training, plyometrics, functional conditioning and flexibility training.
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"Coach Gentry is an innovator; his programs are cutting edge in their scientific basis..." -- Johnny Parker, Head Strength Coach, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2003 Super Bowl Champs
"Mike Gentry is truly one of the best strength coaches in America." --Al Johnson, Head Strength Coach Ohio State Univ. 2003 NCAA Champs
"Mike Gentry is truly one of the best strength coaches in America." --Al Johnson, Head Strength Coach Ohio State Univ. 2003 NCAA Champs
About the Author
Dr. Mike Gentry has spent 15 years as the Virginia Tech Director of Strength and Conditioning and Assistant Athletics Director for Academic Performance where he oversees 21 varsity sports. His highest profile student in recent years is probably Michael Vick, now of the Atlanta Falcons. Dr. Tony Caterisano has spent over 19 years as a Professor of Exercise Physiology at Furman University. His presentations and analysis have appeared at the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He has also served as wrestling coach at Furman.
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I have bought several 'bodybuilding' books from Amazon over the past 6 months, expecting a full body transformation. What happened was that I ran into a lot of thoeries on working out which often contradicted one another (HIT vs. Periodization) and it occured to me that I hadn't found what I was looking for.I then concentrated on athletic performance as my goal instead of just 'looks' that the sport of bodybuilding strives for. What sport out there is more demanding than football?? NONE! I play for a flag football team and I want to get bigger, faster, and stronger. Luckily, I found "A Chance to Win" with my favorite player on the cover, Mike Vick. The selling point for me was that the workouts on Gentry and Tony are PROVEN time and time again by the quality of football players at V.Tech. This book really covers EVERYTHING you need to know about training your body to become a true athlete like diet, supplements, drills for speed and quickness, and a year long training routine. Excellent book which I'll be using it for a long time.
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Probably the most well written and thought out book on Strength and Conditioning out there. The authors have succesfully written a book for the layman to apply to themselves or their football program. A perfect book for anyone who does not already have their CSCS, or just wants to help their program or child succed. Not a lot of complicated jargon and theories, rather material that can be applied strait away. Well done.
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Awesome strength, fitness, size program.,
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Truly a great program whether you are a serious collegiate level football player, or just a fitness freak wanting to get bigger, stronger, and faster. Follow this program as prescribed and you will be amazed at the results. This is the program that the Virginia Tech Hokies use as their strength training program. Take a look at the stats of players coming in from high school, to their strength, size and speed after a year at VT on the Gentry strength program. The results speak for themselves.
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Before we get into specific approaches to strength and conditioning for football players, let's talk about some things that many successful coaches already know to be true. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Static Stretch Routine, Post-Strength Workout, Partner Stretch, Conditioning Schedule, Neck Machine, Programmable Agility, Glute Ham Raises, Neck Neck, Lat Pulldowns, Starts-Football Stance, Double Leg Hops, Ickey Shuffle, Medicine Ball Stack Crunches, Calf Standing Calf, High Knee Crossovers, Tag Football, Alternate Feet, Backward Skips, Competitive Drill, Seated Calf, Bar Hang, Lateral Shuffle, Power Cleans, Pre-Strength Workout Dot Drills, Slalom Jumps New!
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Before we get into specific approaches to strength and conditioning for football players, let's talk about some things that many successful coaches already know to be true. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Static Stretch Routine, Post-Strength Workout, Partner Stretch, Conditioning Schedule, Neck Machine, Programmable Agility, Glute Ham Raises, Neck Neck, Lat Pulldowns, Starts-Football Stance, Double Leg Hops, Ickey Shuffle, Medicine Ball Stack Crunches, Calf Standing Calf, High Knee Crossovers, Tag Football, Alternate Feet, Backward Skips, Competitive Drill, Seated Calf, Bar Hang, Lateral Shuffle, Power Cleans, Pre-Strength Workout Dot Drills, Slalom Jumps New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Designing Resistance Training Programs - 3rd by Steven Fleck on page 4, and page 17
- A Color Atlas of Human Anatomy by H. R. M. McMinn on page 146
- Power Systems Jumping Into Plyometrics Book by Donald A. Chu on page 20
- Science and Practice of Strength Training, Second Edition by Vladimir Zatsiorsky on page 17
- Exercise Physiology by Victor L. Katch on page 134
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