Sports Training Principles
2nd Edition
Published on 27. July 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
282 pages
978-0-7136-5644-2 (ISBN)
Description
Frank Dick's handbook on sports training theory and practice for PE students, teachers and coaches has been thoroughly revised, taking into account recent advances in training methods. The author provides a detailed analysis of ways to achieve fitness, strength and speed. He explains the benefits of good planning and how to vary training units to achieve results. He also pays particular attention to the physical and psychological well-being of athletes, discussing diet, the effects of hormones on the body, causes of stress, and how individuals can cope with heavy training and competition periods. Francis Dick is a former international competitor and has coached athletes to Olympic ,World and European honours.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Adult education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
75 line drawings, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7136-5644-2 (9780713656442)
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Frank W. Dick
Sports Training Principles
Book
01/1997
3rd Edition
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
€38.56
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Content
Part 1 Rods and levers: the working parts; structural changes in the growing child; basic mechanics. Part 2 The living machine: nutrition; the oxygen transporting system; the working muscle; the fluid systems; the hormones; physiological differences in the growing child. Part 3 Mission control: the unity and diversity of man; technical training; psychological changes and the growing child. Part 4 The language of training theory: fitness; theory and practice of strength development; theory and practice of speed, mobility and endurance development; evaluation in sport. Part 5 Planning the programme: periodizing the year; variations in periodization; units, microcycles and macrocycles; adaptation to loading; training vs straining; competition period.