New Functional Training for Sports
3rd Edition
Will be published approx. on 9. November 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-7182-4457-3 (ISBN)
Description
Train to perform at the highest level.
The third edition of New Functional Training for Sports is the go-to resource for proven methodologies in functional training from Michael Boyle, one of the world's leading sport performance coaches. With updated and revised content throughout, you'll find the latest concepts, methods, exercises, and programs that maximize athlete movement in competition.
The third edition includes a range of new content to help athletes, trainers, and coaches design programs focusing on the demands of their sport. With more than 300 full-color images of foundational movements, exercises, and drills, this is a great reference to ensure safe and effective training. Updates to the text include the following:
Over 25 new videos added to the library
Expanded assessments that now include strength, power, and speed testing
New material on speed training and hamstring training
A new chapter on advancements, tools, and technologies such as velocity-based devices, force plates, lever bells, DVRT sandbags, flywheels, isokinetic sleds, bands, and chains
Revised training programs for multiple levels of athlete development and performance
With functional assessments to help determine the needs of each athlete, self-reinforcing progressions, and an online video library containing over 100 exercise and drill demonstrations, New Functional Training for Sports, Third Edition, has everything you need to optimize your training.
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.
Note: A code for accessing online videos via HKPropel is included with all print books.
The third edition of New Functional Training for Sports is the go-to resource for proven methodologies in functional training from Michael Boyle, one of the world's leading sport performance coaches. With updated and revised content throughout, you'll find the latest concepts, methods, exercises, and programs that maximize athlete movement in competition.
The third edition includes a range of new content to help athletes, trainers, and coaches design programs focusing on the demands of their sport. With more than 300 full-color images of foundational movements, exercises, and drills, this is a great reference to ensure safe and effective training. Updates to the text include the following:
Over 25 new videos added to the library
Expanded assessments that now include strength, power, and speed testing
New material on speed training and hamstring training
A new chapter on advancements, tools, and technologies such as velocity-based devices, force plates, lever bells, DVRT sandbags, flywheels, isokinetic sleds, bands, and chains
Revised training programs for multiple levels of athlete development and performance
With functional assessments to help determine the needs of each athlete, self-reinforcing progressions, and an online video library containing over 100 exercise and drill demonstrations, New Functional Training for Sports, Third Edition, has everything you need to optimize your training.
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.
Note: A code for accessing online videos via HKPropel is included with all print books.
Reviews / Votes
"New Functional Training for Sports remains one of the most influential resources in our field. Mike Boyle's ability to bridge science and application is unmatched, and this edition raises the bar again."-Donald Strack, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, ATC, Medical Director for the Oklahoma City Thunder
"Michael Boyle is one of the most influential figures in strength and conditioning. New Functional Training for Sports was foundational in my development early in my career, and each new edition continues to build on Mike's unmatched experience, insight, and ability to evolve with the field. Mike has been both a mentor and a friend, and his work still shapes my philosophy and process every day at the NHL level."
-Devan McConnell, High Performance Director for the Utah Mammoth (NHL)
More details
Edition
Third Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Champaign, IL
United States
Publishing group
Human Kinetics Publishers
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-7182-4457-3 (9781718244573)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Michael Boyle
New Functional Training for Sports
Book
07/2016
2nd Edition
Human Kinetics
€29.00
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Person
Michael Boyle cofounded Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning in 1996 as one of the first for-profit strength and conditioning companies in the world. The athletes trained range from junior high school students to all-stars in almost every major professional sport. The business now includes an adult fitness component.
Prior to founding Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, Boyle served as the head strength and conditioning coach at Boston University for 15 years. From 1996 to 2012, he continued to serve as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Boston University, primarily responsible for ice hockey. In addition to his duties at Boston University, from 1991 to 1999, Boyle served as the strength and conditioning coach for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). In 2012 and 2013, he served as the strength and conditioning consultant to the Boston Red Sox, 2013 World Series champions. He was also the strength and conditioning coach for the 1998 and 2010 U.S. Women's Olympic ice hockey teams and served as a consultant in the development of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program.
Boyle has been a featured speaker at numerous strength and conditioning clinics and athletic training clinics around the world and has produced 30 educational products in the area of strength and conditioning.
Prior to founding Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, Boyle served as the head strength and conditioning coach at Boston University for 15 years. From 1996 to 2012, he continued to serve as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Boston University, primarily responsible for ice hockey. In addition to his duties at Boston University, from 1991 to 1999, Boyle served as the strength and conditioning coach for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). In 2012 and 2013, he served as the strength and conditioning consultant to the Boston Red Sox, 2013 World Series champions. He was also the strength and conditioning coach for the 1998 and 2010 U.S. Women's Olympic ice hockey teams and served as a consultant in the development of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program.
Boyle has been a featured speaker at numerous strength and conditioning clinics and athletic training clinics around the world and has produced 30 educational products in the area of strength and conditioning.
Content
Foreword by Ben Bruno
Chapter 1. Why Functional Training Makes More Sense
Chapter 2. Analyzing the Demands of a Sport
Chapter 3. Assessing Functional Strength, Power, and Speed
Chapter 4. Foam Rolling and Stretching
Chapter 5. Dynamic Warm-Up
Chapter 6. Core Training
Chapter 7. Lower Body Training
Chapter 8. Upper Body Training
Chapter 9. Bodyweight and Light Implement Power Training
Chapter 10. Loaded Power Training
Chapter 11. Speed and Agility Training
Chapter 12. Performance Training Program Design
Chapter 13. Performance Enhancement Programs
Chapter 1. Why Functional Training Makes More Sense
Chapter 2. Analyzing the Demands of a Sport
Chapter 3. Assessing Functional Strength, Power, and Speed
Chapter 4. Foam Rolling and Stretching
Chapter 5. Dynamic Warm-Up
Chapter 6. Core Training
Chapter 7. Lower Body Training
Chapter 8. Upper Body Training
Chapter 9. Bodyweight and Light Implement Power Training
Chapter 10. Loaded Power Training
Chapter 11. Speed and Agility Training
Chapter 12. Performance Training Program Design
Chapter 13. Performance Enhancement Programs