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. This new revised and updated third edition builds on the success of the first two editions and 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.
Written by a team of leading international strength and conditioning experts and paediatric sport scientists, this 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, the third edition of Strength and Conditioning for Young Athletes explores a wide range of topic areas linked to long‑term athletic development such as growth and maturation, talent identification and development, methods of developing different components of fitness, and programme design. This edition also introduces new topics including monitoring and managing training load, the impact of growth and maturation on psychosocial development, creating appropriate training environments, and applied chapters devoted to integrating strength and conditioning into schools, early specialisation sports, and sporting academies.
This book is an essential resource for all students of strength and conditioning or paediatric exercise science, as well as coaches, athletic trainers, or physicians working with children and young people and their parents.
Contents
Section I: Foundations of Long‑Term Athletic Development. 1. The Impact of Growth and Maturation on Physical Performance. 2. The Impact of Growth and Maturation upon Psychosocial Development in Young Athletes. 3. Talent Identification and Development. 4. Monitoring and Managing Load in Young Athletes. 5. Coaching Young Athletes. Section II: Developing Physical Fitness in Young Athletes. 6. Developing Athletic Motor Skill Competencies in Young Athletes. 7. Strength and Power Training for Young Athletes. 8. Weightlifting for Young Athletes. 9. Plyometric Training for Young Athletes. 10. Speed Development in Young Athletes. 11. Agility Training for Young Athletes. 12. Aerobic and Anaerobic Fitness Training for Youth Athletes. 13. Mobility and Flexibility Development for Young Athletes. 14. Balance Training for Young Athletes. Section III: Holistic Development for Young Athletes. 15. Periodisation Strategies for Young Athletes. 16. Reducing Injury Risk in Young Athletes. 17. Nutritional Strategies for Young Athletes. 18. Creating Appropriate Training Environments for Young Athletes. Section IV: Long‑Term Athletic Development in Action. 19. Integrating Strength and Conditioning into Schools. 20. Integrating Strength and Conditioning for Specialised Young Athletes. 21. Integrating Strength and Conditioning into Sporting Academies.
