High-Performance Training for Sports presents today’s best athlete conditioning protocols and programs in the world. An elite group of international strength and conditioning specialists and sport physiotherapists explain and demonstrate the most effective applications of the most current sport science and sports medicine to enhance athletic performance.
Introduction: Understanding Modern Athletes
David Joyce and Daniel Lewindon
Part I Building Robust Athletes
Chapter 1 Evaluating Athletic Capacities
Mike McGuigan, PhD
Chapter 2 Developing Younger Athletes
Rhodri S. Lloyd, PhD, ASCC, CSCS*D, and Jonathan L. Oliver, PhD
Chapter 3 Enhancing Movement Efficiency
Craig Ranson, PhD, and David Joyce
Chapter 4 Stabilising and Strengthening the Core
Andy Barr and Daniel Lewindon
Chapter 5 Optimising Flexibility
Sue Falsone
Chapter 6 Monitoring the Training Response
Aaron J. Coutts, PhD, and Stuart Cormack, PhD
Chapter 7 Retraining the Injured Athlete
Daniel Lewindon and David Joyce
Part II Developing Athletic Capacity
Chapter 8 Customizing the Warm-Up and Cool-Down
Rett Larson
Chapter 9 Fine-Tuning Motor Control
Frans Bosch
Chapter 10 Using Strength Platforms for Explosive Performance
Daniel Baker, PhD
Chapter 11 Successfully Translating Strength Into Speed
Derek M. Hanson, CSCS, BA, MASc
Chapter 12 Optimising Training for Jumping and Landing
Jeremy Sheppard, PhD
Chapter 13 Increasing Agility
Sophia Nimphius, PhD, ASCC, CSCS*D
Chapter 14 Generating Anaerobic Power
David Martin, PhD
Chapter 15 Establishing Endurance for Repeated Performance
Darcy Norman
Chapter 16 Boosting Aerobic Capacity
Grégory Dupont, PhD
Chapter 17 Optimising Effective Cross-Training Methods
Tony Rice, PhD, and Chris Spinks
Part III Delivering Performance
Chapter 18 Planning a Performance Program
Ben Rosenblatt, PhD, ASCC, CSCS*D
Chapter 19 Designing Energy-Specific Programs
Joel Jamieson
Chapter 20 Minimising the Interference Effect
Glenn Stewart
Chapter 21 Optimising Preseason Training in Team Sports
Darren Burgess, PhD
Chapter 22 Peaking for Competition in Individual Sports
G. Gregory Haff, PhD, CSCS*D, FNSCA, AWF-3, ASCC, ASCA-2
Chapter 23 Maintaining an In-Season Conditioning Edge
Stuart Yule
Chapter 24 Recovering Effectively in High-Performance Sports
Christian J. Cook, Liam P. Kilduff and Marc R. Jones
David Joyce is one of the first people in the world to lecture on and hold postgraduate master’s degrees encompassing both sports science and sports medicine. He has trained, rehabilitated, and maintained multiple World and Olympic Champions, along with more than 100 national champions and 300 national representatives.
Daniel Lewindon is uniquely qualified with postgraduate master’s degrees in both sports science and sports medicine. He has more than 12 years’ experience working full-time in elite sport, and is currently a physiotherapist for the Rugby Football Union, working as part of a world leading Performance Team to ensure the health and performance of England’s best rugby players.