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Written by the President of the European Athletics Coaches Association, this book provides a reference on training theory and practice for all who accept and pursue responsibility for developing athletes to fulfil their performance potential. It covers: anatomy and basic biomechanics; energy production systems; psychology, learning procedures and technical training; performance components - strength, speed, endurance and mobility; training cycles, periodization, adaptation to external loading and coaching methods.
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Frank Dick O.B.E. was director of Coaching at the British Athletic Federation from 1979 to 1994. He is a former international competitor and continues to coach athletes and teams to international level, including Daley Thompson, Boris Becker, Gerhard Berger, Denise Lewis, Marat Safin and Katarina Witt. He is currently involved with Ronnie Irani, Graham Gooch OBE, Justin Rose, Ipswich Town Football Academy and Jean Todt (Ferrari Formula One Manager). Currently he is the President of the European Athletics Coaches Association and a board member of the UK Sports Institute, Scottish Institute of Sport and member of the IAAF Coaches Commission. Frank has also held the post of Chairman of the British Olympic Coaches Advisory Programme (1983-1994), and Director of Coaching for the British Athletics Federation (1974-1994).
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A fantastic resource for anyone working with track and field (Athletics) athletes, and really anyone working in sport. The author presents a lot of information here. Now while some of the scientific foundations early on in the book could be better covered by other texts, the latter portions of the book are outstanding. Frank Dick illustrates his points with practical examples of how he has applied principle into practice.
Make sure you get the latest edition - which is vastly updated and relates much of the information to team sports such as football (soccer). Some of the book is still dated, but as I have said in other reviews, this does not mean it should just be written off right there and then. Tried and trusted methods still should carry weight in the modern world of sport science and training theory.
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Make sure you get the latest edition - which is vastly updated and relates much of the information to team sports such as football (soccer). Some of the book is still dated, but as I have said in other reviews, this does not mean it should just be written off right there and then. Tried and trusted methods still should carry weight in the modern world of sport science and training theory.
More reviews of books like this are on my blog which is listed in my profile.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is excellent for students who need a good strong resource book to back up their work. I would recommend this book to anyone who is studying sport and coaching subjects.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
im a mature student studying sports science at university and this is on the recommended reading list for principles of sport and fitness subject, so anyone going into that or sports massage i would highly recommend this book
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