Assessments for Sport and Athletic Performance

by David H. Fukuda

Overview

Many scientific sport assessment resources are difficult to understand, can be time consuming to implement, and provide data that are difficult to analyze. Assessments for Sport and Athletic Performance effectively solves those problems in this practical, user-friendly guide to performance-based evaluation.

A perfect resource for coaches and fitness professionals, Assessments for Sport and Athletic Performance is a streamlined guide through the process of identifying appropriate tests for individuals or teams, making use of common low-cost equipment to administer the tests, interpreting data, adjusting training programs based on the results, and continually monitoring training.

For each assessment, this text walks you through a step-by-step process and includes a script of directions to give the athlete or client being tested to ensure the tests are performed correctly. You’ll find a variety of protocols that do not require complicated equipment and can be conveniently conducted in your normal training environment. You’ll be able to assess your athletes or clients in the following areas:

• Anthropometrics and body composition

• Flexibility and balance

• Agility and sprinting

• Power

• Muscular strength and endurance

• Cardiorespiratory fitness

In addition, each assessment is accompanied by normative data to set baseline evaluations and to monitor progress over time. As a refreshing break from the typical complex tables, the normative data are displayed in modern, simplified figures that make it easy to quickly evaluate test results.

Assessments for Sport and Athletic Performance takes the guesswork out of determining which tests to administer and what equipment is needed. It will equip you with the tools needed to help your athletes and clients achieve even greater success.

Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes both the book and exam.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492586876
Publisher:	Human Kinetics Publishers
Publication date:	12/28/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	126 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

David Fukuda, PhD, CSCS,*D, CISSN, is an associate professor and head of the division of kinesiology at the University of Central Florida. He was previously an assistant professor at Creighton University and a research assistant at the University of Oklahoma, where he earned his doctorate in exercise physiology. His research interests include the development of performance-based testing methodologies, the analysis of physiological profiles in athletes, and the assessment of adaptations to exercise training and nutritional interventions for various populations.

Fukuda is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist with distinction through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is certified as a sports nutritionist through the International Society of Sports Nutrition. He was awarded the Terry J. Housh Outstanding Young Investigator Award in 2016 by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Fukuda is a fourth-degree black belt in judo and for the past 20 years has been involved in the sport as a competitor, instructor, coach, and referee.

Table of Contents

Part I. Basics of Assessment

Chapter 1. Assessment 101: Who, Why, and How?

Chapter 2. Assessment 201: What Equipment?

Chapter 3. Assessment 301: Which Tests?

Part II. Assessment Protocols

Chapter 4. Anthropometrics and Body Composition

Chapter 5. Flexibility and Balance

Chapter 6. Agility and Sprinting

Chapter 7. Power

Chapter 8. Muscular Strength and Endurance

Chapter 9. Cardiorespiratory Fitness

Chapter 10. Monitoring Training

Interviews

Applied reference for anyone needing to test and assess athletes and clients of any age and ability. A resource for coaches at any level, strength and conditioning professionals, personal trainers, and other fitness professionals.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Ernest G Eugene, EdD, MS, BS (Orlando Magic)
Description: This book focuses on strategies that are effective in evaluating the performance level of athletes, specifically, those that help assess and maintain an athlete's high level of performance.
Purpose: The purpose is to evaluate strategies that are effective in helping develop the complete athlete and how to maintain an athlete's output in the most effective and efficient way possible. The book focuses on all components of the assessment of athlete development, which ultimately results in injury prevention strategies. These absolutely are worthy objectives as these are among the primary focuses of athletic development today.
Audience: The intended audience is beginner level sports science/sports medicine professionals. However, the theories and supporting references also make the book effective for experienced professionals who want to learn strategies. I am not familiar with the author, but he does an excellent job of touching on all areas of athletic development.
Features: The best aspects of the book are that it is up to date and it follows the current focus of research and sport science. Its organization and clarity make it easy for all levels of professionals (students included) to understand. The subject is engaging, and all applicable components are discussed and analyzed.
Assessment: This is one of the best books on sports science currently on the market. The book is aimed at both sport scientists and sports medicine professionals and it does a perfect job highlighting the integration between the two.

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