- Paperback: 248 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (22 April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0632059133
- ISBN-13: 978-0632059133
- Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 19 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This addition to the Handbook series is presented in five sections. The first sections covers basic and applied science, including biomechanics, the physiologic demands of volleyball, conditioning and nutrition. The second section looks at the role of the medical professional in volleyball, covering team physicians, pre–participation examination, medical equipment at courtside and emergency planning. The third section looks at injuries – including prevention, epidemiology, upper and lower limb injuries and rehabilitation. The next section looks at those volleyball players who require special consideration: the young, the disabled, and the elite, as well as gender issues. Finally, section five looks at performance enhancement.
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′This new addition to the Handbook series, written by internationally recognized experts, achieves a harmonious integration of basic and applied information in an easy–to–read and practical way. Key aspects covered include physiology and biomechanics, nutrition, injury prevention and rehabilitation and the role of the medical professional. Also dealt with in detail are special considerations, such as training the young or disabled player; and performance enhancement.
This handbook will help to improve the medical care delivered to all volleyball athletes and as such will be of value to sports physicians, coaches, therapists, competitors and others interested in the sport.′
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Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA (Fig. 1.1). Read the first page
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A comprehensive book on sport medicine issues focused on Volleyball. Each chapter is heavily influenced by leading sport scientists based on empirical evidence and testing of volleyball athletes at the top of the game.
Volleyball has changed drastically in the last 10 or so years and there is a need for new research for various sports medicine insights. Notably, this has spurred on the First International Symposium on Sports Medicine in Volleyball, Slovenia, 2011.
The content is appropriate for coaches, professional volleyball staff, and researchers. A lot of technical lingo used so some basic knowledge of physiology and biomechanics is needed to understand what a movement does to a volleyball player.
Some sections of the book need to be modernised as the way the game is play at a micro level is quite different from the game played some 15 years ago, when some of the research was originally conducted. Regardless of the age, some of the themes highlight important issues for athletes playing at the top level.
The sport psychology section is just one chapter and doesn't do justice to cover a vast topic in so few pages. The disability chapter also requires refining as a new classification system becomes adopted.
The book has travelled with me wherever I go and is placed at an accessible place on my book shelf should I ever need it.
Volleyball has changed drastically in the last 10 or so years and there is a need for new research for various sports medicine insights. Notably, this has spurred on the First International Symposium on Sports Medicine in Volleyball, Slovenia, 2011.
The content is appropriate for coaches, professional volleyball staff, and researchers. A lot of technical lingo used so some basic knowledge of physiology and biomechanics is needed to understand what a movement does to a volleyball player.
Some sections of the book need to be modernised as the way the game is play at a micro level is quite different from the game played some 15 years ago, when some of the research was originally conducted. Regardless of the age, some of the themes highlight important issues for athletes playing at the top level.
The sport psychology section is just one chapter and doesn't do justice to cover a vast topic in so few pages. The disability chapter also requires refining as a new classification system becomes adopted.
The book has travelled with me wherever I go and is placed at an accessible place on my book shelf should I ever need it.
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