High Powered Plyometrics

by James C. Radcliffe, Robert C. Farentinos

Plyometrics is an essential part of strength and conditioning programs for the top athletes in nearly every sport. High-Powered Plyometrics provides the most systematic, comprehensive, and practical study of plyometrics available and can give you performance gains you never thought possible through 77 advanced exercises for explosive sports training. This book gives you a complete plyometric-based training program that really works. No matter what your sport, the practical and effective training regimen presented will give you the greater speed and power components you need to succeed. Progressive training programs also allow you to adjust the level and intensity according to your needs. High-Powered Plyometrics takes you step-by-step through high-level plyometric training, beginning with an understanding of the principles of how and why plyometrics works. It details proper training techniques and equipment, safety and injury prevention, and targeted training drills to develop your lower, middle, and upper body. You also get advanced tips to take you to the elite stages of training with discussions on periodization, long-term planning, and progression training. More than 350 photos-most presented sequentially-make the concepts, descriptions, and explanations easy to understand. These principles have worked for hundreds of elite athletes, including intercollegiate and professional football and basketball players, world-class volleyball players and cross-country skiers, professional and Olympic cyclists, marathon runners, and athletes of all ages. They will give you the explosive power you need to compete at a high level in almost any sport. If you want to go beyond basic conditioning, High-Powered Plyometrics gives you everything you need to surge past the competition.

Genres: Fitness, Nonfiction

184 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1999

Reviews

[Abby Heffern · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great follow up to the Science of Speed/Art of the Sprint.

Perfect for checking/improving your foundational understanding of plyometrics and putting it into action with tools for practical application.

[Tommy Adams · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book that requires advanced knowledge of sports medicine to fully understand the meaning of plyometrics. Not good as an introduction to the subject which is more what I was interested in. A very complex and rather boring read.

[Alecia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating is for 2nd edition.

[An Te · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wide range of exercise for many types of sport. The science is also explained well at the outset on the possible performance benefits. Lots of programmes are given. Also well-referenced.

[Pete Wung · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second edition to the original 1999 book of the same name. I was not aware of the first edition so my review is a complete review of the second edition

The book is well organized. I particularly liked the Drill Finder page up front, as well as the page guiding the reader to the online video. The individual drill pages were excellent but it is quite helpful to have the voiceover as well as the video in order for the reader to completely master the nuances of the drills. One small issue is that in the section of the video and the book which guided the reader through the assessment portion of the sequence, the example used were of perfect execution and the way the assessment is supposed to look. While the authors incorporated some common problems found during the power assessment, it would be good to have a demonstration of common problems in order for the reader to identify the problems from an example.

Part I of the book detailing the Plyometric Training itself was superb, those four chapters laid an excellent ground work for the reader to gain a systematic understanding of what plymetric entails. The four chapters laid out the reason for doing plyometric training, the necessity for the trainer to be aware of the potential dangers associated with plyometric training if the traninee is not well prepared. it laid out the theory as well as the execution aspects of the training. The third chapter talk about the equipment and method used in plyometric training. Chapter four is the all important chapter on power assessment of the weaknesses of the person being trained.

The bulk of the rest of the book is centered around the individual drills for each area of concentration, but the more important section in the latter part of the book is the portion devoted to Plyometric programming for individual needs, sports, how to complex train, and more importantly, how to program a year long program. This part is also worth its weight in gold. It is a how to guide for the beginning coach/trainer to implement the program, it answers the questions at the front of their minds and even though the guide is not comprehensive, it gives the coach/trainer ample material to get started.

I would highly recommend this book.

[Cwn_annwn_13 · Rating 3 out of 5]

My complaints about this book would be the technical/sports science explanations of how plyometric training works and benefits an athlete left me feeling like I have attention deficit disorder when trying to read and understand them. Many of the exercises featured even if done with perfect form look like injuries waiting to happen and I won't ever bother even trying them. Also there is nothing on plyometric pushups and for that matter there are no upper body exercises except those involving the core and those for the most part all require a medicine ball. The good points are they do a good job of explaining the exercises and how to do them properly both with pictures and text. But the bottom line here is I found about 10 new exercises that I will be adding to my repetoire for explosive conditioning, which was what I was looking for when I borrowed this from the library.

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