From football to tennis, track and field to volleyball, speed is a critical component of every athlete’s repertoire. Even recreational athletes often desire to increase speed. However, the proper way to design a safe and effective speed-training program is uncommon knowledge. Speed for Sports Performance will instruct fitness professionals in the proper way to assess and increase reaction time, technique, stride, mobility, and first-step explosiveness ultimately leading to increases in acceleration, maximum speed, and endurance. The different phases of the season within the calendar year are taken into consideration and exercises to decrease recovery time from/prevent injury are also explained.
Flexibility for Sports Performance moves fitness professionals through a series of self-assessments, which allows for identification of areas requiring improvement and establishes a baseline for a flexibility program. Additionally, the program will identify exercise techniques designed to avoid injury and optimize muscle function on the court, field, course, track, mat, or in the water.
Successful athletes must demonstrate good technique, proper conditioning, and a strong competitive spirit to execute winning performances. But one factor that decisively separates elite athletes from the rest of the pack is their ability to produce explosive, powerful efforts on demand. Generating the necessary power is only possible through an effective, multi-faceted power-training program designed to develop, enhance, and harness athletic power. Power for Sports Performance provides the tools to build a program for your needs, your sport, and your goals.
