Written by a sports scientist, a coach and a physician, this text is authored by a team with personal experience as competitive swimmers, in research productivity, coaching success, and the medical care of high performance swimmers and swimming teams. It has been written primarily for athletics trainers and team coaches, but is also intended as a specialist reference for doctors, allied health professionals and for athletes themselves. Chapters cover the characteristics of swimming, including important concepts in ...
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Written by a sports scientist, a coach and a physician, this text is authored by a team with personal experience as competitive swimmers, in research productivity, coaching success, and the medical care of high performance swimmers and swimming teams. It has been written primarily for athletics trainers and team coaches, but is also intended as a specialist reference for doctors, allied health professionals and for athletes themselves. Chapters cover the characteristics of swimming, including important concepts in propulsion, functional anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, biomechanics and psychology. Also included are the principles and aims of nutrition, injury including risks, mechanisms of injury, prevention, immediate care, treatment, rehabilitation and return to training.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner.
