The athlete's clock
Subtitle: how biology and time affect sport performance
By: Thomas W. Rowland
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Champaign, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780736082747
Subjects: Athletic Performance; Chronobiology; Physiological aspects; Chronobiology Phenomena; Physiology; Sports
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Who's in charge here? Setting the race pace; title: Marching to the same drummer : cadence in endurance events; title: Dragsters, tiger beetles, and Usain Bolt : time and speed; title: Circadian rhythms and sport performance; title: It's all in the timing : keeping your eye on the ball; title: The development of athletic skill during the childhood years : a conversation with Bob Malina; title: Over the hill : aging and sport performance.