Klappentext Michael Boyle presents the concepts, methods and programmes that maximise athletes' movements in competition. New Functional Training for Sports goes beyond traditional exercise descriptions and explanations, incorporating composites of movements as well as online access to video demonstrations, commentary and analysis of key exercises. Zusammenfassung Michael Boyle presents the concepts! methods and programmes that maximise athletes' movements in competition. New Functional Training for Sports goes beyond traditional exercise descriptions and explanations! incorporating composites of movements as well as online access to video demonstrations! commentary and analysis of key exercises.

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Michael Boyle is one of the foremost experts in the fields of strength and conditioning, functional training, and general fitness. He is known internationally for his pioneering work and is an in-demand speaker at strength and conditioning conferences and athletic training clinics around the world.

Because of his expertise in sport performance training, Boyle has coached elite athletes on teams such as the Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins, New England Revolution, and Boston Breakers as well as the U.S. women’s Olympic teams in soccer and ice hockey. In 2012, Boyle joined the Boston Red Sox coaching staff as a strength and conditioning consultant for the team, which later won the World Series. His client list over the years reads like a Who’s Who of athletic success, including retired American football defensive end Marcellus Wiley, 2012 Olympic judo gold medalist Kayla Harrison, and Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge.

Boyle was the head strength and conditioning coach at Boston University (BU) from 1984 to 1997. From 1990 to 2012 he was the strength and conditioning coach for men’s ice hockey at BU.

Boyle provides performance-enhancement training for athletes of all levels through his Boston-based gym, Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, which has been named one of America’s 10 Best Gyms by Men’s Health magazine. Boyle’s range of experience includes training athletes from the middle school level to all-stars in most major professional sports.

Boyle is the owner and editor of StrengthCoach.com, a website dedicated to educating strength and conditioning coaches and personal trainers.

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New Functional Training for Sports offers exercises, stretches, and programs that improve speed, strength, and power during sport performance while reducing the incidence of injury, with full-color photo sequences and video demonstrations to illustrate complex exercises.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Making Your Training More Functional
Chapter 2. Analyzing the Demands of the Sport
Chapter 3. Assessing Functional Strength
Chapter 4. Designing a Program
Chapter 5. Foam Rolling, Stretching, and Dynamic Warm-Up
Chapter 6. Lower Body Training
Chapter 7. Core Training
Chapter 8. Upper Body Training
Chapter 9. Plyometric Training
Chapter 10. Olympic Lifting
Chapter 11. Performance Enhancement Programs