description: Forty percent of high school athletes are girls. As the number of girls participating in sports of all kinds increases, more and more they will discover the benefits of weight training to enhance athletic performance. Winning Weight Training for Girls explains the effects of weight training, elaborates the principles of weight training, and provides guidelines on how to start a weight-training program. It also contains an important chapter on safety and how to avoid injury. Detailed descriptions of sport-specific weight-training programs offer players the information they need to get into great shape for their sport, whether basketball, field hockey, softball, or volleyball. Winning Weight Training for Girls is an invaluable guide for young women who participate in sports and for the parents and coaches who support them.
language: English
title: Winning Weight Training for Girls: Fitness and Conditioning for Sports
titlecomplete: Winning Weight Training for Girls: Fitness and Conditioning for Sports (Mountain Lion Books)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Facts on File