1. The Strength and Conditioning Scientist
[Perry Stewart, Paul Comfort and Anthony Turner]
Section 1: Developing your Athlete
2. Developing Strength and Power
[Tim Suchomel, Paul Comfort and Michael Stone]
3. Stretch-Shortening Cycle and Muscle Tendon Stiffness
[John McMahon]
4. Endocrinology and Resistance Training
[Anthony Turner and Christian Cook]
5. Training Aerobic Fitness
[Alex Bliss and Rob Harley]
6. Repeat Sprint Ability and the Role of High Intensity Interval Training
[Anthony Turner and David Bishop]
7. Concurrent Training
[Richard Clarke, Roigo Aspe and Jonathan Hughes]
Section 2: Programming and Monitoring for your Athlete
8. Periodisation
[Anthony Turner and Paul Comfort]
9. Monitoring Training Load, Fatigue and Recovery
[Tim Gabbett]
10. Strategies for Pre-training and Competition Priming
[Mark Russell, Natalie Williams and Liam Kilduff]
11. Strategies to Enhance Athlete Recovery
[Emma Cockburn and Phil Bell]
12. Fitness Testing and Data Analysis
[John McMahon, Paul Comfort and Anthony Turner]
Section 3: Coaching your Athlete
13. Movement Analysis and Corrective Exercise
[Chris Bishop]
14. Technical Demands of Strength Training
[Tim Suchomel, John McMahon and Paul Comfort]
15. Weightlifting for Sports Performance
[Tim Suchomel and Paul Comfort]
16. Demands of Plyometric Training
[Chris Sole]
17. Training Change of Direction and Agility
[Sophia Nimphius]
18. Speed and Acceleration Training
[Pedro Jiménez-Reyes, Bret Contreras and Jean-Benoît Morin]
19. Applied Coaching Science
[Nick Winkelman]
Anthony Turner is the Director of postgraduate programmes at the
London Sport Institute, Middlesex University London, UK, where he
is also the programme leader for the MSc in strength and
conditioning. Anthony consults with the British Military, Queens
Park Rangers Football Club, Saracens Rugby Club and various Olympic
and Paralympic athletes. He was also the head of physical
preparation for British Fencing between the London and Rio
Olympics. Anthony is accredited (with distinction) with the
National Strength and Conditioning Association and the UK Strength
and Conditioning Association (UKSCA), and was awarded the 2015
UKSCA coach of the year for education and research. Anthony has
published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, is an associate
editor for the Strength and Conditioning Journal, and completed his
PhD examining physical preparation in Olympic fencing.
Paul Comfort is Programme Leader for the MSc in strength and
conditioning at the University of Salford, UK. He has applied
experience across a variety of team sports and is currently
consulting with numerous professional sports teams within the
Greater Manchester area. Paul is a founding member of the UKSCA,
where he is also an editorial board member for the Professional
Strength and Conditioning Journal and joint editor of its
Professional Insights column. He has published over 100
peer-reviewed journal articles along with numerous book chapters,
and is a senior associate editor for the Journal of Strength and
Conditioning Research.
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