| The Complete Guide to Soccer Fitness and Injury Prevention: A Handbook for Players, Parents, and Coaches | 
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Category: Book
Author: Donald T. Kirkendall
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Studio: The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
Label: The University of North Carolina Press
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0807858579
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.1027
EAN: 9780807858578
ASIN: 0807858579
Publication Date: November 26, 2007
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Product Description
With decades of combined experience treating and training elite soccer players, exercise physiologist Donald Kirkendall and orthopedic specialist William E. Garrett Jr. present a comprehensive guide to health and fitness for soccer players, offering expert advice for soccer teams at all levels. The book addresses the physical and mental demands of the game, including the differences between boys' and girls' games and the differences in the levels of play in youth, college, and professional leagues; nutrition fundamentals, including food, drink, and vitamin supplements; physiology and training methods, with an emphasis on the basic elements of flexibility, speed, strength, and conditioning; and injury treatment and prevention.
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A Must Read For Coaches At All Levels--good for parents and players, too July 30, 2008
Don Kirkendall is a doc that really has "been there and done that." This book provides super information, based on studies and years of experience from the youth to national team level on what comprises soccer fitness, how to improve it, and how to test for it. The section on injury prevention alone is worth the cover price. This is a great way for club and high school coaches, in particular, to get up to date with the latest in exercise physiology as it relates to soccer. It's a much more user friendly book than Jens Bangsbo's excellent, but way down in the physiological weeds, book.
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