Athletic Development: The Art & Science of Functional Sports Conditioning

by Vern Gambetta

Athletic Development offers a rare opportunity to learn and apply a career full of knowledge from the best. World-renowned strength and conditioning coach Vern Gambetta condenses the wisdom he's gained through more than 40 years of experience of working with athletes across sports, age groups, and levels of competition, including members of the Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, and U.S. men's 1998 World Cup soccer team. The result is an information-packed, myth-busting explanation of the most effective methods and prescriptions in each facet of an athlete's physical preparation. Gambetta includes never-before-published and ready-to-use training approaches in

sport-specific demands analysis,work capacity enhancements,movement skills development,long- and short-term training program progressions, andrest and regeneration techniques.Athletic Development explains what works, what doesn't, and why. Gambetta's no-nonsense approach emphasizes results that pay off in the competitive season and reflect his work at the highest echelons of sport. Merging principles of anatomy, biomechanics, and exercise physiology with sports conditioning applications and four decades of professional practice, this is the definitive guide to performance-enhancing training.

312 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 21, 2006

Reviews

[Eric Drake · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic book that outlines most of the considerations that need to be accounted for when training athletes, or in my case rehabilitating patients in physical therapy. I found it informative in each chapter and it was a surprisingly easy read with non of the drowsy feeling when reading some informative books. I'm sure some of the information is somewhat outdated but the majority of it is still great information that can be applied instantly and with successful outcomes if done appropriately.