Strength and Conditioning for Football

This book provides the definitive guide to how strength and conditioning (S&C) can be effectively applied in football, up to the professional level. S&C is well established as a cornerstone of sports science in elite sport, and professional football now includes S&C as a key part in the preparation and training of players, with S&C specialists helping to make players more robust, more efficient, and more explosive.

Applying true S&C expertise to help all players become more effective, this book covers all aspects which contribute to successful practice, including effective communication, the performance model-based approach which underpins the practice, and, of course, practical exercise prescription. This guide deals in much more than a list of exercises. Critical topics such as effective coaching, injury prevention philosophy and practice, and performance enhancement and monitoring are covered in depth.

This book represents a unique resource for both existing and aspiring football S&C coaches as well as sports science graduates. In a developing field, this pioneering text will help to shape and define the role of the S&C coach within the sport.

Aceasta carte ofera un ghid definitiv cu privire la modul in care puterea si conditionarea (S&C) pot fi aplicate in mod eficient in fotbal, pana la nivelul profesional. S&C este bine stabilit ca o piatra de temelie a stiintei sportului in sportul de elita, iar fotbalul profesionist include acum S&C ca o parte cheie in pregatirea si formarea jucatorilor, specialistii S&C ajutand jucatorii sa devina mai robusti, mai eficienti si mai explozivi. adevarata expertiza S&C pentru a ajuta toti jucatorii sa devina mai eficienti, aceasta carte acopera toate aspectele care contribuie la practica de succes, inclusiv comunicarea eficienta, abordarea bazata pe modelul de performanta care sta la baza practicii si, bineinteles, prescrierea practica a exercitiilor.