Improving Sports Performance in Middle and Long-Distance Running

Joanne Fallowfield

ISBN 10: 047198437X / ISBN 13: 9780471984375

Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc, US, 1999

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Ein zeitgemäßes Buch, das sich von der übrigen Literatur abhebt: Hier präsentiert sich aktuelle angewandte Sportwissenschaft in leserfreundlichem Format. Von hervorragenden Experten mit großer praktischer Erfahrung mit Elitesportlern und Trainern geschrieben, ist dieser Band nicht nur auf Profis zugeschnitten, sondern auch für den Freizeitsportler geeignet. Leicht verständlich geschrieben, mit zahlreichen Illustrationen, mit Tabellenmaterial und Zusammenfassungen. Diskutiert werden die physiologischen Anforderungen beim Mittel- und Langstreckenlauf anhand aktueller Erkenntnisse, die Grenzen der Laufleistung und spezielle Methoden, mit denen Sportler, Trainer und Sportwissenschaftler die Laufleistung einschätzen und überwachen können sowie die Umsetzung dieser Erkenntnisse im Training. Auch ernährungs- und umweltbezogene Aspekte werden behandelt. (y09/99).

Seller Inventory # LU-9780471984375

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Improving Sports Performance in Middle and Long-Distance Running
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc, US
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047198437X
• ISBN 13: 9780471984375
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.55W x 1.84H x 22.75D centimeters 15.55 centimeters width by 1.84 centimeters height by 22.75 centimeters depth
• Weight: 369 grams

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Synopsis

Addresses the physiological demands of middle and long-distancerunning presenting contemporary research on running and sportingperformance which will be invaluable for athletes, coaches andsports science students. Rather than laying down another trainingdoctrine for athletes and coaches to follow rigidly, it aims toprovide prescriptive, sports-specific advice as far as is presentlypossible to enable all athletes to optimise their sportingperformance. It addresses the physiological demands of middle andlong distance running, presenting contemporary research on running.It also covers the limitations to running performance; theapplication of this knowledge to training and preparation forperformance; methods by which the runner, coach and sportsscientist can assess and monitor running performance; and specialconsiderations for optimising performance including nutritional andenvironmental issues.

This is the first book in the 'Improving Sports Performance'series. It draws on the expertise of applied exercise physiologistswho have direct experience of working with elite performers andcoaches. The book is aimed at three groups of people. First, sportsparticipants aspiring to improve their personal performance througha more complete understanding of the application of science.Second, coaches of such athletes who wish to complement the art ofcoaching by basing their training programmes upon rationalscientific principles. Third, sports science and physical educationstudents with an interest in implementing the theoreticalbackground of their course in an applied sporting context.

About the Author

Joanne Fallowfield and David A. Wilkinson are the authors of Improving Sports Performance in Middle and Long-Distance Running: A Scientific Approach to Race Preparation, published by Wiley.