Full Description
Strength and Conditioning for Young Athletes: Science and Application offers an evidence-based introduction to the theory and practice of strength and conditioning for young athletes. Fully revised and updated, this second edition draws on leading research to offer a holistic approach to training centred on the concept of long-term athletic development and the welfare of the young athlete.
With 20 new authors and 8 new chapters, the book explores every key topic in strength and conditioning applied to young athletes, including:
Growth and maturation
Talent identification and talent development
Monitoring and assessment
Coaching young athletes
Motor skill development
Strength development and plyometrics
Speed and agility development
Metabolic conditioning
Mobility and flexibility
Periodisation and nutritional strategies
Injury prevention and wellbeing
Developing a holistic programme for young athletes.
Written by a team of leading international strength and conditioning experts and paediatric sport scientists, the book includes expanded practical guidelines in every chapter to show how the latest scientific research can be applied by coaches to optimise young athletic potential. Including sample training programmes and exercises throughout, this is an essential resource for all students of strength and conditioning or paediatric exercise science, as well as any coach and athletic trainer working with children and young people.
Contents
PART I: Fundamental Concepts of Youth Development
1. The impact of growth and maturation on physical performance
2. Talent identification
3. Talent development
4. Monitoring and assessment of young athletes
5. Coaching Young Athletes
PART II - Development OF Physical Fitness IN YOUNG ATHLETES
6. Motor skill training for young athletes
7. Strength and power training for young athletes
8. Weightlifting for young athletes
9. Plyometric training for young athletes
10. Speed training for young athletes
11. Agility training for young athletes
12. Aerobic and anaerobic training for young athletes
13. Mobility and flexibility training for young athletes
PART III: Contemporary Issues For Young Athletes
14. Periodization strategies for young athletes
15. Nutritional strategies to support young athletes
16. Reducing injury risk in young athletes
17. Creating a holistic environment for young athletes
