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Fitness Training for Performance

What is Sport Science?    
Click here for a link to the English Institute of Sport
 
Strength & Conditioning
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Aerobic & Anaerobic Conditioning
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Fitness Testing
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Click here for a link to Liverpool John Moore's list of links
Click here for a link to SportsFitnessAdvisor.com page on fitness tests
 
Sample Workouts
How elite atheltes train [Athletics Weekly resource]]
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Further Reading
Alter, M.J. (2004) Science of Flexibility (3rd Ed.) Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics [google books]
 

Armstrong, N. & McManus,A.M. (eds) (2011) The elite young athlete. Med Sport Sci. Basel: Karger [google books]

 

Baechle, T.R., Earle, R.W. (2008). Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning (3rd Ed.) National Strength and Conditioning Association. Champaign IL: Human Kinetics. [google books]

 

Bishop, D. (2003) Warm Up II: Performance Changes Following Active Warm Up and How to Structure the Warm Up Sports Med Vol.33, No.7, 483-498 [full text

 

Brewer, C. (2005) Strength and Conditioning for Sport: A practical Guide for Coaches. Leeds: SportsCoach UK

 

Brown, E.L., Ferrigno, V.A. (Eds) (2005) Training for speed, agility and quickness (2nd Ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics [google books]

 

Clark, M.A. and Lucett, S.C. (2010) NASM essentials of sports performance training. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.[amazon]

 

Gamble, P. (2004) Physical Preparation for Elite-Level Rugby Union Football Strength & Conditioning Journal Vol. 26, No. 4 [abstract]

 

Hoffman, J. (2002) Physiological aspects of sport training and performance. Champaign,IL: Human Kinetics [google books]
 
Smith, D.J. (2003) A Framework for Understanding the Training Process Leading to Elite Performance Sports Med 33 (15): 1103-1126 [full text]
 
Further Resources
UKA Coaching - A resource page for athletics coaches - [click here]