Functional training handbook

"Training has many different connotations depending on one's perspective. Traditionally, for healthy individuals or athletes it focused on strength, flexibility, or cardiovascular training. Such training would normally be supervised by a personal fitness trainer or strength and conditioning (S & C) coach . This book promotes a different approach in that the aim of training is to promote athletic development (1,2). From the perspective of sustainable athletic development, training is not limited to strength, flexibility or cardiovascular domains, but also focuses on the fundamental A, B, Cs of agility, balance, and coordination as a foundation for enhanced movement literacy (3)"--Provided by publisher.

Foreword / by Mark Verstegen -- Foreword / by Gary Cook -- The functional approach / Craig Liebenson -- The role of musculoskeletal fitness in injury prevention in sport / Árni Árnason -- Bridging the gap from rehabilitation to performance / Sue Falsone -- Dynamic neuromuscular stabilization: exercises based on developmental kinesiology models / Alena Kobesova, Petra Valouchova, and Pavel Kolar -- The clinical audit process and determining the key link / Craig Liebenson -- Functional evaluation of faulty movement patters / Craig Liebenson, Jason Brown, and Nathan J. Sermersheim -- Fundamentals of training the locomotor system / Craig Liebenson, Jason Brown, and Jeff Cubos -- Baseball / Ken Crenshaw, Nathan Shaw, and Neil Rampe -- Basketball / Koichi Sato and Yohei Shimokochi -- Cycling / Pamela E. Wilson -- Dance / Robert Lardner and Jonathan A. Mackoff -- Football / Ryan Van Matre -- Golf / Greg Rose -- Hockey / James W. George, Stéphane Cazeault, and Clayton D. Skaggs -- Mixed martial arts / Ryan Van Matre -- Olympic weight lifting / Stuart McGill and John Gray -- Skiing / Ståle Hauge -- Soccer / Ståle Hauge -- Swimming / Brett J. Lemire -- Surfing / Tim Brown and Christopher J.…