Developing agility and quickness

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"Most competitive sports require rapid whole-body movements in which athletes need to accelerate, decelerate, and change direction in response to game situations. That's why coaches, athletes, and strength and conditioning professionals are constantly searching for the most effective ways to improve agility and quickness. As the world's leading organization in the field of sport conditioning, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is at the forefront of such knowledge. In Dev…

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Title Statements

Full title :Developing agility and quickness / [National Strength and Conditioning Association ; Jay Dawes, editor].

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2019
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Human Kinetics
Place of Publication:Champaign, Ill
Language:eng
Publication Date:2019

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 275 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1492569518, 9781492569510
oclc:on1108718505
LC Classification:GV558
Dewey Decimal:613.71

Developing change of direction speed -- Factors determining quickness -- Warm-up methods and techniques for agility training -- Age and sex considerations -- Testing, assessment, and monitoring of agility and quickness -- Change of direction speed drills -- Quickness drills -- Agility and quickness program design -- Sport-specific agility and quickness training.

Subjects

Activité motrice Apprentissage moteur Entraînement (Sports) Motor ability Motor learning Sciences du sport Sports -- Aspect physiologique Sports -- Physiological aspects Sports sciences