A high-quality complement to the handbooks on particular sports, the handbookon Strength Training for Sport presents both the basic concepts and theoretical background for sports-specific strength training as well as the practical consideration in designing the overall program. Separate chapters deal with periodization, gender differences, detraining, and over training. Sample programs are presented for soccer, volleyball, wrestling, endurance running, swimming, and shot put and discus.
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Strength Training for Sports is a further volume in the Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science Series, published under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee, and represents the fundamental knowledge needed by sports medicine and coaching professionals to understanding and develop strength training programmes for athletes.
A clearly presented comprehensive source of information on all aspects of strength training, the book covers training-specific characteristics of neuromuscular performance; developing a strength training workout; periodization of training; special considerations in strength training and the medical aspects and administrative concerns in strength training.
Containing contributions from a team of world leaders in their respective fields, Strength Training for Sportprovides a truly international perspective on this important topic.
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- Strength and Power in Sport: Olympic Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine (The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine) by Paavo Komi on 4 pages
- Designing Resistance Training Programs - 3rd by Steven Fleck on page 18, and page 67
- The Stress of Life by Hans Selye on page 162
- Sports Medicine (British Medical Bulletin) by J. B. King on page 134
- Introduction to Exercise Science (2nd Edition) by Terry J. Housh on page 19
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- Athletic Strength for Women by David Oliver in Back Matter
- Sports, Exercise, and Fitness: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources (Reference Sources in the Social Sciences) by Mary Beth Allen on page 247
- Science and Racket Sports III: The Proceedings of the Eighth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress and The Third World Congress of Science and Racket Sports by Jean-Francois Kahn on page 87
- Volleyball (The Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science) by Jonathan Reeser on page 44
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