Routledge Handbook of Strength and Conditioning Sport-specific Programming for High Performance | Sport & Leisure

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Drawing on the latest scientific research this handbook introduces the essentials of sport-specific strength and conditioning programme design for over 30 different sports. Enhanced by extensive illustrations and contributions from more than 70 world-leading experts its chapters present evidence-based best practice for sports including football rugby tennis hockey basketball rowing boxing golf swimming cycling and weightlifting as well as a variety of wheelchair sports. Every chapter introduces the fundamental requirements of a particular sport – such as the physiological and biomechanical demands on the athlete – and describes a sport-specific fitness testing battery and exercise programme…