Description

The definitive guide to how strength and conditioning (S&C) can be effectively applied in football.

S&C is well established as a cornerstone of sports science in elite sport, and is now a key part in the preparation and training of professional footballers, helping to make players more robust, more efficient and more explosive.

This comprehensive manual covers all aspects that contribute to successful practice so that training and playing time lost to injury is reduced. This guide deals with much more than a list of exercises. Based on experience at Premier League level, critical topics include:

· Effective coaching
· Injury prevention
· Performance monitoring
· Performance enhancement

This book is a unique resource for existing and aspiring football S&C coaches as well as sports science graduates. In a developing field, this pioneering text will help to shape and define the role of the S&C coach within football to help players at all levels of the game.

Table of Contents

Section 1 – Philosophy & Effective Practice \ 1. Introduction \ 2. Team Sport Performance Model \ 3. Systems of Delivery \ Section 2 – Injury Prevention \ 4. Model of Injury Prevention \ 5. Planning Injury Prevention \ 6. Specific Injury Systems – Hamstrings \ 7. Specific Injury Systems – Groins \ 8. Specific Injury Systems – Knees \ Section 3 - Performance Enhancement \ 9. Fundamental Principles of Performance Enhancement \ 10. Speed Enhancement & Running Mechanics \ 11. Improving Speed in the Weight Room \ 12. Upper Body & Trunk Training \ 13. Goalkeepers \ Section 4 – Applied Lessons \ 14.Programming & Planning \ 15.Practical Tools

Product details

Published 02 Jul 2015
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 192
ISBN 9781472913319
Imprint Bloomsbury Sport
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Mark Jarvis

Mark Jarvis is an elite strength and conditioning…

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