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Title: Training for Speed, Agility and Quickness |
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Lee Brown,
Vance Ferrigno, Juan Santana ISBN: 0736002391 |
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Gain an extra step on the competition! Build the speed, agility, and quickness that are crucial to sport performance. Edited by three strength and conditioning experts, Training for Speed, Agility, and Quickness is the definitive source of speed, agility, and quickness drills and exercises for athletes and coaches. Detailed descriptions and diagrams help you understand how to correctly perform more than 200 of the best possible drills for developing these three key components of athletic movement. Following a needs assessment that identifies areas for improvement, you can select appropriate drills and exercises to customize a training program. There are separate chapters on speed, agility, and quickness training, with an equal number of drills per area and no overlap between categories. Dozens of diagrams help you understand how to correctly perform the exercises. Sample speed, agility, and quickness programs are also included for the following sports: • Baseball
and softball These programs identify the major training demands of each sport, offer position-specific tips, and guide you in creating your own sport-specific program. Don’t let your performance suffer. Build the skills you need to succeed in your sport with Training for Speed, Agility, and Quickness. PLEASE NOTE: This is not an official book from SAQ™ INTERNATIONAL. For details of books including ’SAQ™ Soccer’, and SAQ™ Rugby’ and official SAQ™ Resources visit www.saqinternational.com. About the Editor Lee E. Brown is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and is on the NSCA board of directors. He is also a certified health fitness instructor through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and a certified club coach by USA Weightlifting Federation (USAWF). Brown holds a master’s degree in exercise science from Florida Atlantic University, and he expects to receive a doctorate in educational leadership from the same institution in the summer of 2000. Formerly a high school physical education teacher and coach of many sports, Brown now teaches advanced strength and conditioning courses and serves as a health sciences lab coordinator at Florida Atlantic University. He lives in Coconut Creek, Florida. Vance Ferrigno is the director of fitness and aquatics at Woodfield Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida. In addition, he has been a strength and conditioning consultant to professional and amateur athletes since 1990. He is certified through ACSM as a health fitness instructor (HFI) as well as a health fitness director. He is also a CSCS through the NSCA and a USAWF Club Coach. Ferrigno, who earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Florida State University, assists in developing and teaching the curriculum for a strength and conditioning course at Florida Atlantic University. He resides in Coconut Creek, Florida. Juan Carlos Santana holds a master’s degree in exercise science from Florida Atlantic University and is working on his PhD in exercise physiology at the University of Miami. He is certified by the NSCA (CSCS) and the ACSM (HFI). Santana also holds coaching certifications with USA Weightlifting and USA Track and Field. He is a member of the NSCA Conference Committee and chairs the NSCA Sports Specific Conference. Santana has been a national competitor and coach in five different sports throughout his 20-year athletic and coaching career. He now lectures internationally and directs Optimum Performance Systems, a Florida company that consults for various equipment companies, athletic teams, and private clients. Santana lives in Boca Raton, Florida.
John Graham is a CSCS, ACSM-certified health fitness instructor, and USA Weightlifting Level I coach. He is currently pursuing a master of science degree in health and physical education at East Stroudsburg University. Graham has contributed, either as author, coauthor, or expert source, to 85 publications regarding health, fitness, and sport conditioning. He coordinates, designs, and implements exercise prescriptions for athletes and people with chronic diseases and disabilities in his position as director of the Human Performance Center at the Allentown Sports Medicine & Human Performance Center. Currently, he serves as the strength coach and consultant for the U.S. national sprint cycling team and Parkette’s gymnastics team. Andrew Hardyk, assistant track coach at Penn State, is entering his seventh year on the Nittany Lion staff. His responsibilities have increased with his experience: he now coaches the long, high, and triple jumpers, sprinters and hurdlers, and he coordinates the relay team. He has coached three athletes to All-American honors on seven occasions—John Gorham (3), George Audu (3), and Steve Pina (1)—all in the long jump. Hardyk has also coached additional NCAA qualifiers John Whelan (110HH and 55HH), Damon Reed (100m), Phil Oxendine (100m), and Ryan Olkowski (long jump). Hardyk received his bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering in 1992 and a master’s degree in engineering mechanics the following year from the University of Cincinnati. He is currently working on his doctorate in sports biomechanics at Penn State. Doug Lentz received a bachelor of science degree from Penn State University in 1981 and has been involved in the conditioning of amateur and professional athletes from high school to postcollegiate levels for almost 20 years. Lentz became a CSCS with the NSCA in 1988. He is a USA Weightlifting Level I coach and has completed work and national testing for the USA Weightlifting Senior Coaches Course. Lentz has also been a member of the editorial board for the American Running Association for over 10 years. He was a faculty member for the first two NSCA Coaches College programs offered in York, Pennsylvania, in 1998 and 1999, and will be a faculty member for the Summer 2000 Coaches College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Currently Lentz is the director of fitness and wellness for Chambersburg Health Services (a division of Summit Health) in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Joshua Miller, BSE, earned his bachelor of science in education at Florida Atlantic University and is currently finishing his master’s degree in exercise physiology at FAU as a club coach. He holds certifications as a personal trainer with the NSCA, a health fitness instructor with the ACSM, and a club coach with USA Weightlifting Federation. Miller is currently employed as a research graduate assistant at FAU and as an exercise physiologist at Broward General Hospital. He also works as a personal trainer in clients’ homes. Steven Plisk has been the director of sport conditioning at Yale University since 1997. He received his bachelor of science degree in sport and exercise science from SUNY-Buffalo in 1987 and his master of science degree in kinesiology from the University of Colorado in 1990. He is a CSCS through the NSCA and a Level I coach through USA Weightlifting Federation. His current professional positions include vice president of the NSCA board of directors, associate editor of the Strength & Conditioning Journal editorial board, faculty member at NSCA Coaches’ College, chapter author, and symposium presenter of the NSCA Certification Commission. Ian B. Pyka, MS, CSCS, is entering his second year as head strength and conditioning coach for the NHL Florida Panthers. Pyka worked in the same capacity for the University of Massachusetts, Tulane University, and the NFL’s New England Patriots before starting his own fitness company in South Florida. He holds a master’s degree in exercise physiology from the University of Tennessee and is certified by the NSCA as a CSCS. Pyka was also a three-time All-American and qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic track and field team as an alternate in the shot put. He has been working as a consultant for clinics and publications dealing with various topics in strength and conditioning for almost two decades. He has published numerous articles in the field of fitness and sport conditioning and has helped produce several training videos. Jim Roberts, MS, CSCS, received his master of science degree in exercise physiology from Florida Atlantic University. He is a CSCS through the NSCA, a specialist in the biomechanics of resistance training through the Cooper Institute for Aerobic Research, and holds a club coach certification from the USA Weightlifting Federation. He is currently a master trainer for the Athletic Club Boca Raton in Boca Raton, Florida, where he specializes in functional assessment and functional strength and conditioning. Roberts’ knowledge, coupled with his experience in the field of sports medicine, gives him a truly unique approach of merging the sound principles of biomechanics with dynamic functional life movements that optimize human performance. Diane Vives received her bachelor’s degree in exercise science and wellness from Florida Atlantic University. She is actively involved in several ongoing video projects as well as the USA Weightlifting Federation (USAWF) certification processes. Vives is a member and a certified health fitness instructor with the ACSM and a member and CSCS with the NSCA. She is also a certified club coach with USAWF. Vives is currently the director of operations and video productions for OPS, a performance enhancement consulting company based in Boca Raton, Florida. Vives focuses on balanced athletic development with an emphasis on functional strength development. She presents on these topics of athletic development and regularly assists OPS in all its presentations provided to top organizations such as the NSCA, USTA, and USAWF. Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction
to Speed, Agility, and Quickness Training Chapter 2. Speed,
Agility, and Quickness Checklist and Needs Analysis Chapter 3. Speed
Training Chapter 4. Agility
Training Chapter 5. Quickness
Training Chapter 6. Sport-Specific
Speed, Agility, and Quickness Programs Words of Praise “This book is an excellent source of information for training athletes in any sport. Training for Speed, Agility, and Quickness takes all the guesswork out of writing programs for your athletes. It is clearly written so that anyone, athlete or coach, can understand. If you’re looking to improve performance through smart, well-planned workouts, this book is for you!” Tommy Moffitt Companion Resources
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