Science of Sports Training: How to Plan and Control Training for Peak Performance - Softcover

Thomas Kurz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 094014901X ISBN 13: 9780940149014

Publisher: Stadion Pub, 1987

Synopsis

The purpose of athletic training is to achieve the highest possible sports result (for a given individual). Training is efficient if this result is achieved with a minimal expenditure of time and energy. In accordance with the above statements, Science of Sports Training tells the reader how to achieve maximal results with minimum of effort.

The book describes optimal sequence of types of efforts (exercises) in a workout, in a weekly cycle of workouts and in longer periods, and explains physiological basis for these arrangements. It covers all effective methods of developing any physical ability, skill or mental ability and it tells how and when to change the training loads, how to make training plans for any period of time (single workout, week, month, year, several years).

You will learn when, during a day and during a workout, is the best time for technical, speed, strength, endurance, or flexibility exercises; when during a week should you do a given type of a workout; when and how much should you work on any ability or skill during an annual training plan.

The examples illustrating the principles of training and the methods of controlling it, were taken from sports (track and field, swimming, boxing, wrestling, gymnastics, and ball games) that most people are familiar with. Further, these examples were presented in such a way as to make it easy to apply the conclusions to any other sport. For example, the indicators of a boxer's good or bad form described in this book apply equally to taekwondo fighters, or kickboxers.

The methods of controlling the training process that are described in this book do not require complicated equipment and bunches of technicians to make this information applicable in training.

About this title

About the Author

Thomas Kurz is the author of Flexibility Express, Stretching Scientifically, Secrets of Stretching, and Science of Sports Training and co-author of Basic Instincts of Self-Defense. He also translated from Polish to English book by Tadeusz Starzynski and Henryk Sozanski, Ph.D., titled Explosive Power and Jumping Ability for All Sports: Atlas of Exercises. Currently he translates from Russian to English books by V. I. Usakov, Ph.D., on teaching children to swim and to skate.

Before coming to the U.S.A., Thomas Kurz studied physical education at AWF (University School of Physical Education) in Warsaw, one of the top East European institutions that prepare coaches, instructors, teachersof physical education, and rehabilitation specialists.

While still a student, he was appointed assistant coach of the students' judo team. As a part of studies' requirements, Kurz competed in several sports,including swimming, gymnastics, and track and field events. This gave him athletic versatility which shows itself now in his expertise in the field of sports methodology and physical education, an expertise evident in his work with his students, as well as in his books and videos.

From the Back Cover

Science of Sports Training: How to Plan and Control Training for Peak Performance explains the principles and methods that Eastern European specialists apply for the safest and fastest development of strength, speed, reaction, endurance, and flexibility, as well as technical skills, tactical skills, and mental toughness. The rationale for these principles and methods comes from research from all over the world.

LEARN HOW TO...

• USE TIME- AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT TRAINING METHODS

• SPEED UP RECOVERY

• PLAN AND CONTROL TRAINING FROM WORKOUT TO WORKOUT, FROM YEAR TO YEAR

• AVOID OVERTRAINING AND INJURIES

• APPLY PROVEN METHODS OF TRAINING TO YOUR SPORT

• ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE TRAINING RESULTS

• MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF CONDITION AND SKILLS EFFICIENTLY FOR MANY YEARS

"This book successfully adds the rich body of Eastern European sports knowledge to what the rest of the world knows about sports training.

"Coaches, athletes, and students of sports training and physical education will greatly benefit from the information presented here."

--Józef Drabik, Ph.D.
Professor of Theory of Sports
Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego
(University School of Physical Education)
Gdansk, Poland

Reviews

Kurz, author of Stretching Scientifically, presents a manual of East European training principles to elite athletes of the West. His nine chapters give an excellent overview of training for the development of speed, strength, flexibility, psychological preparation, recovery, and the testing and monitoring of skills. His text is logically organized and well indexed. This unique title is recommended for collections in physical education, coaching, and athletic training.

Science of Sports Training explains the Eastern European principles and methods of sports training that lead to individual peak performances without resorting to harmful or illegal methods such as doping. A key principle to achieving peak performances is the development and control of the athlete's own rational individualized training regimen. Kurz describes the optimum sequence of types of exercises in a workout, in a weekly cycle of workouts, or for longer periods, carefully explaining the physiological basis for the sequence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Stadion Pub
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 094014901X
• ISBN 13: 9780940149014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290