Table of Contents
Introduction to the 2nd edition
1. Strength and Conditioning: Coach or Scientist?
Part 1: Developing Your Athlete
2. Developing Muscular Strength and Power
3. Stretch-shortening Cycle and Muscle-tendon Stiffness
4. Understanding and Developing Aerobic Fitness
5. Repeat Sprint Ability: Physiological Basis and Implications for Training
6. Concurrent Training
Part 2: Programming and Monitoring for Your Athlete
7. Periodisation
8. Strategies to Enhance Athlete Recovery
9. Priming Match Day Performance: Strategies for Team Sport Players
10. Fitness Testing and Data Analysis
11. Analysis and Presentation of Fitness Test Results
12. Eccentric Training: Scientific Background and Practical Applications
13. Cluster Sets: Scientific Background and Practical Applications
Part 3: Coaching Your Athlete
14. Movement Screening: A Systematic Approach to Assessing Movement Quality
15. Technical Demands of Strength Training
16. Weightlifting for Sports Performance
17. Plyometric Training
18. Training for Change of Direction and Agility
19. Speed and Acceleration Training
20. Applied Coaching Science
21. Developing as a Coach: Leadership, Culture and Purpose