Athletic movement skills : training for sports performance
Brewer, Clive2017
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Click and Collect for Athletic movement skills : training for sports performanceAthletic Movement Skills: Training for Sports Performance sets a new standard for athletic assessment and development. This authoritative work presents proven protocols for evaluating, correcting, training and translating athletic movement to athletic dominance. Combining the latest science and research with cutting-edge techniques and strategies, Athletic Movement Skills will show you how to: - develop multidirectional speed and power for any sport and any position; - improve jumping and agility with effective plyometric progressions; - harness and apply power in critical game or match situations; - evaluate and correct posture and body position; - reduce injuries and expedite rehabilitation; - create functional strength progressions that will directly translate to on-field performance. Hundreds of photo sequences and illustrations plus 10 detailed exercise progressions depict how to refine and perfect speed, agility, strength and power-related movements and skills.
Main title:
Athletic movement skills : training for sports performance / Clive Brewer.
Author:
Imprint:
Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, 2017
Collation:
xii, 403 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-395) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Movement Skill Development -- ch. 2 Understanding Biomotor Abilities -- ch. 3 Patterns of Motor System Development -- ch. 4 Efficiently Controlling Forces: Mechanical Functions of Movement -- ch. 5 Importance of Posture in Athletic Movement -- ch. 6 Evaluating Posture -- ch. 7 Designing a Progressive Curriculum: Considerations for Movement Skill Learning and Physio-Mechanical Training -- ch. 8 Developing Running Speed and Agility Skills -- ch. 9 Developing Jumping and Plyometric Skills -- ch. 10 Developing Functional Strength Progressions -- ch. 11 Applying Principles in Practice.
ISBN:
9781450424127
Dewey class:
613.71
Language:
English
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BRN:
299716
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing | 613.71 BRE | Available |
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