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Sports training / John Shepherd. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, (c)2007.Description: ix, 225 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781554073290
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV711.S548.S667 2007
  • GV711
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Contents:
part 1. The sports machine, the human body -- The body as 'sports machine' -- The cardiovascular system -- Understanding the energy-creation processes -- Muscles -- Hormones, the endocrine system and sports training -- Adaptation and rest -- Young and master athletes and the sports life cycle -- Should women train differently from men? -- part 2. Preconditioning for injury-free training -- When is the right time to precondition? -- Preconditioning factors -- Preconditioning exercises -- Sample preconditioning routines -- Further preconditioning thoughts -- X-training as a form of preconditioning -- part 3. Warming up for sport -- The sport-specific warm-up -- Sport-specific warm-up exercises -- The relevance of static stretching to sport -- 'Sharpening' drills in warm-up -- part 4. Developing strength -- 'Channeling' weights strength and the specificity of exercises -- Weight-training systems -- Back safety and neutral spine position -- Selected sport-specific weight-training exercises -- Weight training for endurance -- Kettlebells -- Weight training and hormonal response -- part 5. Developing power -- Plyometric exercises -- Selected plyometric exercises -- Making plyometric exercises even more sport-specific -- Power combination training -- part 6. Developing endurance -- How to improve endurance -- Building endurance for speed -- Base-building versus sharpening/interval training methods -- Measures of endurance performance -- Fat max -- Rate of self-perceived exertion -- Altitude training -- Use of resting heart rate to determine overtraining -- Lactate and the production of lactic acid -- Interval training -- Endurance and the brain -- Avoiding overtraining syndrome -- Training for endurance and weight training, the interference effect -- part 7. Developing speed and agility -- Speed types -- Running technique -- The impact of footwear on speed performance -- Developing rotational speed/agility speed -- Developing agility and rotational speed for rugby and soccer -- Further useful sources of information for the speed athlete/coach -- Overspeed training -- part 8. Training planning -- Goal-setting and training planning -- Being a full-time athlete -- Testing -- The training pyramid -- Recovery strategies -- The training variables -- Competition and peaking -- part 9. Training the mind -- How to apply mental training -- Mental toughness -- Confidence/self-efficacy -- Skill acquisition -- part 10. Boosting sports performance : nutrition -- The macronutrients -- How to calculate an athlete's calorific requirements -- Micronutrients : vitamins, minerals and antioxidants -- Nutritional strategies to combat training-induced soft tissue and cellular damage -- Supplements -- Hydration -- part 11. Effective coaching -- Coaching styles -- Self-reflection -- Coaching philosophy, art or science? -- Positive approaches for coaching children -- Recording coaching information -- Selected useful Websites for coaches and athletes.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction GV711.5.S54 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001843909

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part 1. The sports machine, the human body -- The body as 'sports machine' -- The cardiovascular system -- Understanding the energy-creation processes -- Muscles -- Hormones, the endocrine system and sports training -- Adaptation and rest -- Young and master athletes and the sports life cycle -- Should women train differently from men? -- part 2. Preconditioning for injury-free training -- When is the right time to precondition? -- Preconditioning factors -- Preconditioning exercises -- Sample preconditioning routines -- Further preconditioning thoughts -- X-training as a form of preconditioning -- part 3. Warming up for sport -- The sport-specific warm-up -- Sport-specific warm-up exercises -- The relevance of static stretching to sport -- 'Sharpening' drills in warm-up -- part 4. Developing strength -- 'Channeling' weights strength and the specificity of exercises -- Weight-training systems -- Back safety and neutral spine position -- Selected sport-specific weight-training exercises -- Weight training for endurance -- Kettlebells -- Weight training and hormonal response -- part 5. Developing power -- Plyometric exercises -- Selected plyometric exercises -- Making plyometric exercises even more sport-specific -- Power combination training -- part 6. Developing endurance -- How to improve endurance -- Building endurance for speed -- Base-building versus sharpening/interval training methods -- Measures of endurance performance -- Fat max -- Rate of self-perceived exertion -- Altitude training -- Use of resting heart rate to determine overtraining -- Lactate and the production of lactic acid -- Interval training -- Endurance and the brain -- Avoiding overtraining syndrome -- Training for endurance and weight training, the interference effect -- part 7. Developing speed and agility -- Speed types -- Running technique -- The impact of footwear on speed performance -- Developing rotational speed/agility speed -- Developing agility and rotational speed for rugby and soccer -- Further useful sources of information for the speed athlete/coach -- Overspeed training -- part 8. Training planning -- Goal-setting and training planning -- Being a full-time athlete -- Testing -- The training pyramid -- Recovery strategies -- The training variables -- Competition and peaking -- part 9. Training the mind -- How to apply mental training -- Mental toughness -- Confidence/self-efficacy -- Skill acquisition -- part 10. Boosting sports performance : nutrition -- The macronutrients -- How to calculate an athlete's calorific requirements -- Micronutrients : vitamins, minerals and antioxidants -- Nutritional strategies to combat training-induced soft tissue and cellular damage -- Supplements -- Hydration -- part 11. Effective coaching -- Coaching styles -- Self-reflection -- Coaching philosophy, art or science? -- Positive approaches for coaching children -- Recording coaching information -- Selected useful Websites for coaches and athletes.

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