Strength and Conditioning for Female Athletes

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Women's sport in general has gained an increasingly higher profile and level of respect in recent years, and it is becoming acknowledged that a female athlete's training programmes will differ in several respects from that of their male counterparts. Despite this, there is a dearth of research evidence available to coaches and athletes to guide the planning and programming process, with limited comparisons of training adaptations between the genders and in particular, a lack of investigation into elite female performers. Strength and Conditioning for Female Athletes contains insights from experts in this specialised area. The text outlines specifically what is and isn't known regarding female athlete development, and exposes gaps that currently exist in the academic literature. Topics include: . Needs analysis . Programme design for the basic biomotor abilities . Speed and agility . Long-term athlete development . The menstrual cycle . Gender-specific injuries . The coaching process SELLING POINTS: . Essential reading for all sports scientists, coaches and trainers of female athletes. . Contributions from various experts specialising in strength and conditioning for female athletes. . Packed full of information covering programme design and needs analysis; strength and power; the menstrual cycle; gender-specific injuries and much, much more. . Fully illustrated with 61 colour and black & white diagrams. . Keith Barker and Debby Sargent are tutors and assessors for the UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA).

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Keith Barker MSc, ASCC is a senior strength and conditioning coach at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) as well as a tutor and assessor for the UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA). Keith currently works closely with world-class female athletes in strategic planning, programme prescription and coaching. With extensive experience of working with female athletes, he has developed approaches underpinned by science that support optimal physical adaptations and sports performance. Before moving into professional sport, Keith was a senior lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University, developing and delivering strength and conditioning and physical education modules. Debby Sargent MSc, ASCC has twenty years of coaching experience, working with a range of individual and team-sport athletes. Currently, Debby is the Technical Demonstrator in Strength and Conditioning at the University of Gloucestershire and contributes to the delivery and development of strength and conditioning modules across the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. She has been a tutor and assessor for the UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA) since 2008 and most recently developed content for the UKSCA's 'Planning Effective Programmes' and 'Applied Coaching Science' workshops.