Athletic Development : The Art and Science of Functional Sports Conditioning

by Gambetta, Vern

• ISBN13: 9780736051002
• ISBN10: 0736051007
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-29
• Publisher: Human Kinetics

Summary

Athletic Developmentoffers a rare opportunity to learn and apply a career full of knowledge from the best. World-renowned strength and conditioning coach Vern Gambetta condenses the wisdom he's gained through more than 40 years of experience of working with athletes across sports, age groups, and levels of competition, including members of the Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, and U.S. men's 1998 World Cup soccer team. The result is an information-packed, myth-busting explanation of the most effective methods and prescriptions in each facet of an athlete's physical preparation. Gambetta includes never-before-published and ready-to-use training approaches in- sport-specific demands analysis,- work capacity enhancements,- movement skills development,- long- and short-term training program progressions, and- rest and regeneration techniques. Athletic Developmentexplains what works, what doesn't, and why. Gambetta's no-nonsense approach emphasizes results that pay off in the competitive season and reflect his work at the highest echelons of sport. Merging principles of anatomy, biomechanics, and exercise physiology with sports conditioning applications and four decades of professional practice, this is the definitive guide to performance-enhancing training.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
James C. Radcliffe
Acknowledgments	xi
part I Elements of a Training System	1	(118)
A Functional Conditioning Framework	3	(18)
Factors Affecting Athletic Movement	21	(12)
Sport-Specific Demands Analysis	33	(12)
Options and Methods of Testing	45	(22)
Strategies for Performance Training	67	(14)
Program Planning and Fine-Tuning	81	(38)
part II Physical Contributors to Performance	119	(158)
Energy and Work Capacity	121	(22)
Movement Aptitude and Balance	143	(14)
The Critical Body Core	157	(20)
Full-Spectrum Strength	177	(32)
Integrated Power Training	209	(20)
Linear and Multidimensional Speed	229	(24)
Multiphase Performance Preparation	253	(8)
Recovery and Regeneration	261	(16)
The Future of Functional Conditioning	277	(6)
References	283	(4)
Index	287	(12)
About the Author	299