Sports Physiology For Coaches Paperback

Brian J. Sharkey

Useful as a textbook for students on coaching courses, this text also serves as a reference for coaches, physical education teachers and health and fitness professionals. It explains the principles of muscular and energy fitness training, and describes the step-by-step procedures to follow in applying the principles to a variety of sport programmes. It features a reader-friendly organisation that includes learning objectives introducing each chapter, sport-specific examples of key concepts and principles, chapter summaries, review questions, and key terms. It also features real-life scenarios that illustrate how concepts discussed in the chapter can be applied in practice, and a comprehensive glossary.

9780736051729

English

Human Kinetics Publishers

1/Mar/06

320

Brian Sharkey has more than 35 years experience as a leading fitness researcher and educator. He is a former president of the American College of Sports Medicine and was the Director of the University of Montana's Human Performance Laboratory for many years. Steven Gaskill is currently an associate professor at the Department of Health and Human Performance Applied Exercise Physiology Programme at the University of Montana.

Steven E. Gaskill