An effective strength and conditioning program is an essential component of the preparation of any athlete or sportsperson. Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance is a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the theory and practice of strength and conditioning, providing students, coaches and athletes with everything they need to design and implement effective training programs.
Revised and updated for a second edition, the book continues to include clear and rigorous explanations of the core science underpinning strength and conditioning techniques and give detailed, step-by-step guides to all key training methodologies, including training for strength, speed, endurance, flexibility and plyometrics. The second edition expands on the opening coaching section as well as introducing an entirely new section on current training methods which includes examining skill acquisition and motor learning. Throughout the book the focus is on the coaching process, with every chapter highlighting the application of strength and conditioning techniques in everyday coaching situations.
Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance includes a unique and extensive section of sport-specific chapters, each of which examines in detail the application of strength and conditioning to a particular sport, from soccer and basketball to golf and track and field athletics. The second edition sees this section expanded to include other sports such as rugby union, rugby league and American football.
The book includes contributions from world-leading strength and conditioning specialists, including coaches who have worked with Olympic gold medallists and international sports teams at the highest level. Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance is an essential course text for any degree-level student with an interest in strength and conditioning, for all students looking to achieve professional accreditation, and an invaluable reference for all practising strength and conditioning coaches.
Table of Contents:
Section I: Coaching
1. Considerations for Effective Coaching in Strength and Conditioning: Foundations of the Modern Profession
2. Ecosystem thinking for the strength and conditioning coach
3. Skill acquisition and Motor Learning
4. The Craft of Coaching
Section II: Scientific Basis of Training
5 - The Structure and Function of the Neuromuscular System
6. The Biomechanical Basis of Training
7. The Bioenergetics of Human Performance
8. Cardio Respiratory Control of Exercise and Adaptation to Training
9. The Endocrine Responses to Training
10. Nutrition for Human Performance
Section III: Strength and Conditioning – Applied Practice
11. Effective Needs Analysis and Functional Training Principles
12. Performance Diagnostics
13. Screening Methods for the S&C Practitioner
14. Developing Strength and Power
15. Weightlifting for Sports Performance
16. Plyometric Training – Theory and Practice
17. Developing Speed and Agility for Sports Performance
18. Developing endurance for Sports Performance
19. Flexibility – Developing Effective Movement
20.The Essentials of Periodisation
Section IV: Special Considerations in Strength and Conditioning
21. Thinking Sensibly About Recovery
22. Paediatric Strength and Conditioning
23. Working with Special Populations
24. Performing in Extreme Environments
25. Facility Design, Maintenance, Safety and Record Keeping
Section V: Current Training Methods
26. Velocity based training
27. Post Activation Potentiation
28. Blood Flow Restriction Training
29. Strength and Conditioning for Rugby Union
30. Strength and Conditioning for Football
31. Strength and Conditioning for Cricket
32. Strength and Conditioning for Golf
33. Strength and Conditioning for Rowing
34.Strength and conditioning for Field Hockey
35. Strength and Conditioning for Basketball
36. Strength and Conditioning for Tennis
37. Strength and Conditioning for Cycling
38. Strength and Conditioning for Track and Field – Throws
39. Strength and Conditioning for Swimming
40. Strength and Conditioning for MMA
About the Author :
Ian Jeffreys is Academic Director of Setanta College, Ireland’s largest online sports college, and is the Proprietor of All-Pro Performance based in Brecon, Wales. He is an internationally renowned coach and educator, and is regarded as a world authority in the development of speed and agility and conditioning for team sports, where his unique Gamespeed system and RAMP warm-up protocols have been adopted by a range of coaches and organisations. Jeffreys is a founder member of the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association and was a member of the Board of Directors from the organisation’s inception in 2004 through to 2013. Jeffreys has authored nine books and is the editor of the UKSCA journal Professional Strength and Conditioning.
Jeremy Moody is a Senior Lecturer in Strength and Conditioning and Programme Director for the MSc in Strength and Conditioning at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. His experience extends across able-bodied and disabled sports, gaining an international coaching reputation having coached successful athletes at the Commonwealth, European, World, Olympic and Paralympic levels of competition as well as youth and developing athletes. Moody’s industry-based roles have included Regional Lead at the English Institute of Sport, Performance Manager at UK Athletics, Performance Director for the Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Association, and Performance Director and Chief Operations Officer at Welsh Judo.
