Leap

Leap
Author: Geva Mentor
Publisher: Coronet
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2019-06-27
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 152935336X

An inspiring memoir by England netball star and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Geva Mentor. **Includes an exclusive 15% discount code for Gilbert Netball** Geva Mentor is the best netballer in the world. In her honest, open and inspiring autobiography, Leap, she sheds light on her journey to the top. As a child Geva was a naturally gifted athlete, standing out at 5'10" at the age of twelve. She began life as a champion trampolinist, but when she outgrew the sport, literally, she found she had to try something new. This led her to basketball, but the boys on the other teams complained - she was just too good. Making up the numbers for an impromptu netball match one day at the age of thirteen she found her home in netball - or rather it found her. From here, Geva's rise amongst the ranks of British netball was stratospheric, she was playing for the England senior team when she was just fifteen years old. Taking risks and forging the way for other athletes Geva moved to Australia to develop her game by playing in the best league in the world and eventually winning Commonwealth gold with the England Roses. However, it's not all been easy, both on and off the court, and Geva talks honestly about her personal life, and how the difficulties and failures of her teams, both international and domestic, have driven her on to achieve the highest possible success in the sport.

Developing Sport Expertise

Developing Sport Expertise
Author: Damian Farrow
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2013-06-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 113631783X

The development of an athlete from basic performance to elite level is a long and complicated process. This fully revised and updated new edition of the leading introduction to expertise in sport examines the fundamental science of skill acquisition and explores the methods by which science can be applied in the real-world context of sport performance. With insights from leading coaches in each chapter, and new material on topics such as instruction and observation and expert visual perception Developing Sport Expertise is invaluable reading for all researchers and students in the areas of expertise, skill acquisition, motor control and development, sport psychology or coaching.

Medical Reports

Medical Reports
Author: China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 652
Release: 1891
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

Strength and Conditioning for Young Athletes

Strength and Conditioning for Young Athletes
Author: Rhodri S. Lloyd
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2019-08-16
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1351115332

Strength and Conditioning for Young Athletes: Science and Application offers an evidence-based introduction to the theory and practice of strength and conditioning for young athletes. Fully revised and updated, this second edition draws on leading research to offer a holistic approach to training centred on the concept of long-term athletic development and the welfare of the young athlete. With 20 new authors and 8 new chapters, the book explores every key topic in strength and conditioning applied to young athletes, including: Growth and maturation Talent identification and talent development Monitoring and assessment Coaching young athletes Motor skill development Strength development and plyometrics Speed and agility development Metabolic conditioning Mobility and flexibility Periodisation and nutritional strategies Injury prevention and wellbeing Developing a holistic programme for young athletes. Written by a team of leading international strength and conditioning experts and paediatric sport scientists, the book includes expanded practical guidelines in every chapter to show how the latest scientific research can be applied by coaches to optimise young athletic potential. Including sample training programmes and exercises throughout, this is an essential resource for all students of strength and conditioning or paediatric exercise science, as well as any coach and athletic trainer working with children and young people.

Developing Agility and Quickness

Developing Agility and Quickness
Author: Jay Dawes
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2019
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1492569518

In Developing Agility and Quickness, leading experts from the NSCA offer more than 130 drills, 12 agility and quickness tests, and 15 sport-specific training plans to help athletes gain a step on the competition.

Breaking the Mould

Breaking the Mould
Author: Angela Pippos
Publisher: Affirm Press
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2017-02-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1925475298

An extraordinary transformation is taking place in Australian sport; from suburban footy fields to stadium cage fights, sportswomen are breaking through the ‘grass ceiling’ and competing for a fair go. Where recently horses received more media coverage than female athletes, women are now commanding attention with undeniable performances and fierce determination. Through personal tales from a lifetime in sport, as well as interviews with pioneering athletes and administrators, journalist Angela Pippos provides a fascinating insight into the seismic shift occurring in the games we play. Breaking the Mould is a timely, entertaining and compelling reminder of why we must level the playing field permanently, so that every woman has the opportunity to become her sporting best.