Overview

With women's sport performance at an all-time high and continuing to rise, you need to be faster, stronger, and more agile in order to compete. Yet, until now, no training manual has specifically addressed female athletes' physiological, biomechanical, and anatomical needs. Athletic Strength for Women presents effective exercise prescriptions to help you build a strength base and then convert that strength to speed and power in competition. The result is not only better performance but also fewer injuries. For example, exercises and programs for the lower body will improve hamstring and quadriceps strength ratios, providing enhanced takeoff power and landing strength and better protection for the knee. More than 120 targeted exercises and drills are provided to improve -throwing, striking, swinging, and other upper-body skills; -starting, stopping, jumping, cutting, turning, pivoting, and other lower-body maneuvers; and -overall power and speed. Written by David Oliver, former strength and conditioning coach for the U.S. women's soccer and basketball teams, and Dana Healy, department head for strength and conditioning at the United States Olympic Committee, Athletic Strength for Women contains general fitness and sport-specific performance tests. These tests are accompanied by normative tables that enable athletes to gauge strengths and weaknesses against those of their peers and set improvement goals. The book also includes in-season, off-season, and preseason programs for all the major participation sports, including soccer, volleyball, basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, swimming, and track and field. No matter what your sport, prepare your body to perform at full potential. The programs in Athletic Strength for Women will help you achieve a new level of athleticism.

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Author:   David Oliver ,  Dana Healy
Publisher:   Human Kinetics Publishers
Imprint:   Human Kinetics Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9780736046329

ISBN 10:   0736046321
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   10 February 2005
Recommended Age:   From 18 To 99
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
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David Oliver was the conditioning coach for the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team and served as the strength and conditioning consultant to the U.S. Women's National Basketball Team. He has worked at the high school, college, professional and Olympic levels as a coach and athletic trainer for over 15 years. A certified member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), Oliver has written articles for Men's Health, Men's Journal, Women's Health and Fitness and numerous other publications. He has also been featured in Women's Sports Illustrated and Conditioning for Women's Basketball, and is co-author of Conditioning The NBA Way and NBA Power Conditioning. Dana Healy is the strength and conditioning co-ordinator for the U.S. Olympic Training Committee (OTC). She designs and implements strength and conditioning programmes for resident athletes at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado as well as for off-site teams. She has trained numerous Olympic and world medallists.

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