Author : Bompa, Tudor
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,64 MB
Release : 2015-05-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1492503096
Renowned exercise scientist Tudor Bompa provides the latest research, proven programs, and expert advice to improve the athletic performance of young athletes ages 6 to 18. Conditioning Young Athletes offers 182 exercises and 17 programs spanning 14 popular sports, along with coverage of the impact early specialization has on a young athlete’s development.
Author : William J. Kraemer
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,21 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780736051033
The former president of the National Strength and Conditioning Association offers an authoritative guide to designing safe, effective training programs for 24 of the most popular youth sports. 250 photos.
Author : Rhodri S. Lloyd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,36 MB
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1136510591
Strength and Conditioning for Young Athletes offers an evidence-based introduction to the theory and practice of strength and conditioning for children and young athletes. Drawing upon leading up-to-date research in all aspects of fitness and movement skill development, the book adopts a holistic approach to training centred on the concept of long-term athletic development and the welfare of the young athlete. While other textbooks focus on a single aspect of youth trainability, this book explores every key topic in strength and conditioning as applied to young people, including: talent identification motor skill development strength, power and plyometrics speed and agility metabolic conditioning mobility and flexibility periodization weightlifting myths overtraining and injury prevention nutrition. Written by a team of leading international strength and conditioning experts and paediatric sport scientists, every chapter includes programming guidelines for youths throughout childhood and adolescence to show how the latest scientific research can be applied by coaches to optimize young athletic potential. This is an essential resource for all students of strength and conditioning or paediatric exercise science, as well as any coach or athletic trainer working with children and young people.
Author : Avery D. Faigenbaum
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 19,58 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780736067928
SUPERANNO Leading experts Avery Faigenbaum and Wayne Westcott guide you in developing safe, effective, and enjoyable training programs for ages seven to eighteen. Advice will help kids safely develop a strong musculoskeletal system that can help them improve their health and fitness and also withstand the rigors of sport participation. Includes the most up-to-date information in the areas of nutrition, hydration, and recovery to maximize the effects of strength training and minimize the risks of overtraining. Original.
Author : Karen Latchana Kenney
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 28,70 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1429680024
Provides teen athletes with tips and exercises to increase their strength.
Author : Neil Armstrong
Publisher : Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 32,27 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3805595506
A key resource for coaches, scientists and clinicians Sport is by its nature competitive and even during youth it is performed at different levels with elite young athletes at the top of the performance pyramid. A coordinated series of comprehensive, research-based reviews on factors underlying the performance of children and adolescents involved in competitive sport is presented in this volume. Leading exercise and sport scientists provide the latest information on the physiology of young elite athletes, the essential role of nutrition, and the effects of endurance, high-intensity and high-resistance training and overtraining as well as on the importance of laboratory and field-based monitoring of young athletes' performances. Further, thermoregulation and environmental factors that might affect performance are re-viewed. Finally, strategies for preventing sudden cardiac death and the diagnosis and management of common sport injuries in young athletes are discussed. The book provides up-to-date, evidence-based information for sports scientists, coaches, physiotherapists, pediatric sports medicine specialists, and other professionals involved in supporting elite young athletes.
Author : Sally S. Harris
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781581103045
This best-selling resource gives you an easy-to-use, one-stop guide to all aspects of childhood sports preparation, participation, and injury treatment. The newly enhanced and updated second edition covers safety and risk-management considerations; procedural how-to's for the preparticipation physical examination; the latest treatment recommendations on proper nutrition for athletes; proven injury prevention guidelines; detailed treatments for dozens of injuries; and more. Topics have been selected to reflect the health and safety issues most likely to be encountered by primary care practitioners. Numerous color photos and illustrations bring the authoritative text to life. New in the 2nd edition New Bonus full-color symptom locator poster All-new chapters on nutrition and weight control; performance-enhancing substances; risks of injury during sports participation; acute and overuse shoulder injuries Important new findings on issues specific to the female athlete Contents include: Assessing physical and emotional readiness for athletic participation Effects of training and competition on child development Nutrition, weight loss, and performance-enhancing substances Athletic participation for physically challenged children Evaluation and treatment of both medical and musculoskeletal injuries Guidelines for returning to athletics after injury Recommendations for specialty referral
Author : Tudor O. Bompa
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,15 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780736002127
A complete training and conditioning program is now available for coaches, parents, and strength and conditioning experts who work with young athletes, ages 6 to 16. 300 illustrations.
Author : Scott B. Lancaster
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 22,5 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780736062428
Finally, here is a conditioning program designed to fully develop a young athlete's physical skills without dropout, injury, or burnout. Athletic Fitness for Kidsenhances athletic skills for young athletes using a fun, self-directed, and self-tested system. Gamelike activities help young athletes develop seven key sport skills: -Flexibility -Coordination -Balance -Stamina -Strength -Speed -Agility Athletic Fitness for Kidsincludes drills, games, and exercises that cross over with popular sports such as baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and tennis. Sport-specific drill suggestions are also included. Developed by Scott Lancaster, founder and CEO of Youth Evolution Sports, and Radu Teodorescu, fitness adviser, Athletic Fitness for Kidswill maximize athletic potential and open doors to a lifetime of fitness and sport participation.
Author : Arthur Lydiard
Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Sport
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,22 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Marathon running
ISBN : 9783891245330
Providing instruction on distance training for young athletes up to the agef 18, this book contains guidance on how to keep distance running enjoyableor children, teenagers and their coaches. The book discusses the philosophy,hysiology and techniques of running for fun and success; explains therinciples of training; discusses the value of vitamins and minerals coupledith a healthy diet; shows how pupil and coach can best work together; andets out special schedules to guide the training of all age groups. Theethods explained here have been tested on young athletes for more than threeecades, most recently on a large group of youngsters in Auckland.
