Detailed instructions on how to successfully integrate strength and conditioning training into a year-round basketball improvement program. Section one covers the keys to maintaining peak performance: nutrition, conditioning basics, flexibility, and injury prevention. Section two and three provide instructions for performing forty basketball-specific strength and power training exercises and includes complete year-round strength programs. The final section examines movement training for basketball, with keys to enhancing speed, quickness and agility.
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Tom Emma is the president of Power Performance, Inc., a company that specializes in training athletes in strength, conditioning and athletic enhancement techniques. He is a graduate of Duke University, where he was a three-year starter on the basketball team and squad captain his senior year. His .843 career free-throw percentage is among the highest in Duke history. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1983 NBA draft. Tom has a masters degree from Columbia University and lives in New York City.
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Excellent For Women,
By Suzanne Van Nostrand (Stamford, CT United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peak ConditioningTraining for Basketball (Art & Science of Coaching) (Paperback)
As coach of a women's basketball team, I highly recommend this book for WOMEN players, and their coaches, as well. The instructions are clear and concise and extremely thorough. From the first chapter on the importance of flexibility and warm-up to the year-round conditioning calendar at the end, this book is an invaluable guide.
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good for lacrosse players,
By A.T.West (Darien, CT USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peak ConditioningTraining for Basketball (Art & Science of Coaching) (Paperback)
I gave my copy to one of my lacrosse players. Now, most of the team uses Emma's book for their workouts. Too bad for Amazon they're too cheap to buy their own copy. Emma takes a topic most of the teens are too macho to ask questions about and puts them on a logical program.
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The premiere example for basketball conditioning,
By Charles Metzger (NY, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peak ConditioningTraining for Basketball (Art & Science of Coaching) (Paperback)
Speaking of the components of fitness and all pertaining to basketball specificity..you name it, this book has it. A cut above the rest, this book reaches out to basketball players and athletes of all levels looking to improve and be the best they can be. As a trainer, I frequent the various techniques this book contains in dealing with my athletes on a day to day basis. I highly recommend this book to all fitness professionals, coaches, players, and those just looking to improve their fitness levels.
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Regardless of what basketball/athletic-related activity (i.e. team practice, strength training, off-season plyometric work, agility drills, etc.) you're planning on engaging in, an organized and conscientious warm-up must be incorporated. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
emphasis upper back, overspeed training, flat exercise bench, basketball conditioning, emphasis chest, loaded barbell, most basketball players, plyometric training, negative repetitions, weightlifting belt, anaerobic workouts, forced repetitions, plyometric drills, stationary biking, sprinting speed, strength workout, anaerobic training, strength training program, shooting touch, incline press, underhand grip, overhand grip, running form, incline bench Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Multi-joint Movement, Uphill Sprint, Incline Curl, Preacher Curl, Repetition Scheme, Tuesday Stride, Wednesday Stride, Breadth Sprint, Friday Stride, Nordic Track, Diagonal Sprint, Saturday Stride, Steve Francis New!
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Regardless of what basketball/athletic-related activity (i.e. team practice, strength training, off-season plyometric work, agility drills, etc.) you're planning on engaging in, an organized and conscientious warm-up must be incorporated. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
emphasis upper back, overspeed training, flat exercise bench, basketball conditioning, emphasis chest, loaded barbell, most basketball players, plyometric training, negative repetitions, weightlifting belt, anaerobic workouts, forced repetitions, plyometric drills, stationary biking, sprinting speed, strength workout, anaerobic training, strength training program, shooting touch, incline press, underhand grip, overhand grip, running form, incline bench Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Multi-joint Movement, Uphill Sprint, Incline Curl, Preacher Curl, Repetition Scheme, Tuesday Stride, Wednesday Stride, Breadth Sprint, Friday Stride, Nordic Track, Diagonal Sprint, Saturday Stride, Steve Francis New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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