Building The Perfect Star
Changing the Trajectory of Sports and the People in Them
Published on 15. November 2015
273 pages
978-0-9961944-5-7 (ISBN)
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Today, it is inconceivable for a professional or even small college sports team to go without a coach designated to enhancing conditioning, strength training, and overall performance. But someone had to be first. In 1976, the Dallas Cowboys and Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach Tom Landry hired Dr. Bob Ward and told him to go to work. Part of the aura of the Dallas Cowboys was to be ahead of the curve, which made hiring Ward a natural step forward. No one could have predicted that Ward would become the key figure in revolutionizing how athletes prepare and train for generations to come. Ward believed in analytics long before Moneyball made them synonymous with sports. He saw the value in computers and technology in sports before the two became linked. Ward believes real strength is total, "e;Every component is involved in human performance. Strength alone is not enough."e;
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Bob Ward | Mac Engel
Building the Perfect Star
Changing the Trajectory of Sports and the People in Them
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Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: You're Fired
- Ward's Words - Jimmy Johnson and Practicing Success
- Chapter 2: A Difficult Start
- Chapter 3: Billion-Dollar Industry
- Ward's Words - The Secret to Getting into Shape
- Chapter 4: The Long Shot Lands on America's Team
- Ward's Words - The Best Coaches
- Chapter 5: Predictions
- Chapter 6: Improving the Dallas Cowboys
- Ward's Words - Busting Ed "Too Tall" Jones
- Chapter 7: Applying Science to High Performance
- Ward's Words -The Best Players
- Chapter 8: The Analytic Apostle
- Chapter 9: Panning for Gold
- Ward's Words - My Bloodline Might Make it to the NFL
- Chapter 10: Football from Martial Arts to the UFC
- Chapter 11: Performance Enhancers: The Good, The Abused, & The Illegal
- Ward's Words - Stealing from the Steelers
- Chapter 12: The Empire Crashes
- Chapter 13: Footprints in the Turf
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Bibliography
