STRENGTH & POWER
FOR YOUNG ATHLETES
AVERY FAIGENBAUM, PHD AND WAYNE WESTCOTT, PHD
ISBN: 0736002189
2000 200 Pages
US Price: $19.95 plus
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About Strength & Power
for Young Athletes...
Help your athletes get the training edge they need
today to become the sports stars of tomorrow. With Strength and Power
for Young Athletes, you can develop strength-training programs specifically
tailored to children that will dramatically increase their athletic
performance.
This proven, research-based text provides young people ages 7 to 15 with
a solid fitness base, offering aerobic activities and stretching exercises.
It also presents the principles and practical applications for developing
both age- and sport-specific strength-training programs.
There are many benefits of starting children on a strength training program
at an early age, including: increased strength and power, improved body
composition, greater self-esteem, reduction in sports training injuries,
and enhanced sports performance.
Written by two of the leading experts on youth training, Strength and
Power for Young Athletes offers 82 free weight, body weight, machine,
cord, and medicine ball exercises for building muscle strength. You will
learn how to incorporate these progressive resistance exercises into your
young athletes’ training programs with the help of 135 photos that emphasize
safety and correct technique.
The authors have provided three age-appropriate strength-training programs
for children 7 to 9 years, 10 to 12 years, and 13 to 15 years. You’ll
also find conditioning programs for power sports, jumping sports, striking
sports, and endurance sports.
Whether you’re a parent, coach, strength and conditioning specialist,
physical educator, or fitness professional, Strength and Power for Young
Athletes will give you the essential knowledge and teaching skills to
safely and effectively instruct young people on strength-training programs.
Then you can help young athletes get the training edge they need today to
become the sports stars of tomorrow.
About the authors...
As a leading researcher and practitioner in the area of youth fitness, Avery
Faigenbaum, EdD, CSCS, has had years of experience working with children
and adolescents in the weight room. He is currently an assistant professor
of exercise physiology at the University of Massachusetts, working as a pediatric
exercise scientist as well as fitness practitioner and youth volunteer.
A well-recognized and sought-after speaker, Faigenbaum lectures across the
country to sports medicine and fitness organizations. He serves on the editorial
boards of the Strength and Conditioning Journal, Journal of Strength and
Conditioning Research, and ACSM’s Health and Fitness Journal. Faigenbaum
is certified by the NSCA, ACSM, and the United States Weightlifting Association.
He has also been appointed to the Massachusetts Governors Committee on Physical
Fitness and Sports and elected to serve as NSCA Massachusetts State
Director.
With more than 35 years of experience in strength training as an athlete,
coach, teacher, professor, researcher, writer, and speaker, Wayne Westcott,
PhD, CSCS, is recognized as a leading authority on fitness. He has served
as a strength training consultant for numerous organizations and programs,
including Nautilus, the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and
Sports, the National Sports Performance Association, the International
Association of Fitness Professionals (IDEA), the American Council on Exercise,
the YMCA of the USA, and the National Youth Sports Safety Foundation. He
was awarded the IDEA Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993 and was honored with
a Healthy American Fitness Leader Award in 1995.
Westcott is the fitness research director at the South Shore YMCA in Quincy,
Massachusetts. He has authored eleven books on strength training, including
three with Human Kinetics—Building Strength and Stamina (1996), Strength
Training Past 50 (1998), and Complete Conditioning for Golf (1999). He has
published more than 400 articles in professional fitness journals and has
written a weekly fitness column for one of Boston’s largest newspapers
since 1986. He has served on the editorial boards of Prevention, Shape,
Men’s Health, Fitness, Club Industry, American Fitness Quarterly, and
Nautilus.
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