Strength and Conditioning Coaching

HUMAN KINETICSISBN: 9781718245846

Winning Methods, Programs, and Facilities

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By Michael Boyle, Foreword by Dan John
Imprint: HUMAN KINETICS
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PAPERBACK
Dimensions:
279 x 216 mm
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Pages:
192

Description

Michael Boyle cofounded Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning in 1996 as one of the first for-profit strength and conditioning companies in the world. Athletes trained range from junior high school students to all-stars in almost every major professional sport. The business now includes an adult fitness component.



Prior to founding Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, Boyle served as the head strength and conditioning coach at Boston University for 15 years. From 1996 to 2012, he continued to serve as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Boston University, primarily responsible for ice hockey. In addition to his duties at Boston University, from 1991 to 1999, Boyle served as the strength and conditioning coach for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). In 2012 and 2013, he served as the strength and conditioning consultant to the Boston Red Sox, 2013 World Series champions. He was also the strength and conditioning coach for the 1998 and 2010 U.S. Womens Olympic Ice Hockey teams and served as a consultant in the development of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program now in Plymouth, Michigan.



Boyle has been a featured speaker at numerous strength and conditioning and athletic training clinics around the world and has produced 30 educational products in the area of strength and conditioning.


Contents: Foreword by Dan John



Chapter 1. Designing and Equipping Your Facility

Chapter 2. Building a Strong Program Foundation

Chapter 3. Designing the Perfect Program

Chapter 4. Core Training, Mobility, Activation and Warm-Ups

Chapter 5. Explosive Training

Chapter 6. Strength Training

Chapter 7. Lower-Body Training

Chapter 8. Upper-Body Pulling and Pressing

Chapter 9. Choosing a System of Training

Chapter 10. Creating Efficient and Effective Workouts

Chapter 11. Speed Development

Chapter 12. Conditioning

Chapter 13. Computerizing Your Program

Chapter 14. Designing Programs for Teams or Groups

Chapter 15. Parting Words: The Mirror and the Window



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