Mike Gentry, Tony Caterisano

Broschiertes Buch

The Ultimate Guide to Physical Training for Football

Beschreibung

These days, college football is as much about strength and conditioning as it is about having outstanding athletes on your team. If you have both, your team will likely be successful. Athletes and coaches alike are looking to build overall power and stamina, while helping develop self-discipline and realize athletic potential. The Ultimate Guide to Physical Training for Football, now newly revised from the original A Chance to Win, is the complete guide to strength/power training, plyometrics, functional conditioning, and flexibility training. Critical topics covered include: - Strength and lean-body development - Training cycles - Step-by-step photographic guides for lifts and drills - Conditioning for football - Dynamic flexibility and stretching - Integration of nutritional science - Evaluation and building motivation >Contained in this book are proven weight-training and conditioning programs designed to increase your football team's speed, strength, and agility. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports--books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Mike Gentry is in his 26th season directing the Hokies’ Strength and Conditioning Program. As Associate Athletic Director for Athletic Performance, his duties include the oversight and administration of the strength and conditioning programs for all 21 varsity sports at Virginia Tech. He is directly responsible for the physical training of the football team and is the administrator for the Virginia Tech Sports Nutrition and Sports Psychology programs within the athletics department. Under Coach Gentry’s strength and conditioning tutelage, the Hokies have appeared in 20 consecutive Bowl games and have won the ACC conference football title four out of their seven years in the league. Gentry previously worked as an assistant strength coach at UNC and was the Director of Strength and Conditioning at East Carolina University from 1982 to 1987. He was inducted into the USA Strength and Conditioning Hall of Fame, Collegiate Category, in 2011. Gentry is married to the former Wendy Ann Williams and has a son, Bo, who is a former Hokies football player.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sports Publishing LLC
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 215mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 865g
• ISBN-13: 9781613212325
• ISBN-10: 1613212321
• Artikelnr.: 35429730