Encyclopedia of Sports Speed
Subtitle: Improving Playing Speed for Sports Competition
Publisher: NASEINC and Sports Science Network
Published: January, 2011
Description: The most comprehensive book ever written on the improvement of playing speed and quickness for sports competition. Based on the research findings of hundreds of studies and the experiences of elite coaches and practical scientists, this book covers all aspects of training to improve performance in the start, the first three steps, early acceleration, and overall speed in short sprints in a practical, easily understood manner.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Book Review Board  vi; title: Preface  vii; title: Acknowledgments  ix; title: PART I:  INTRODUCTION; title: Chapter 1	Playing Speed ______________________________________________	1-1 to 1-12; title: Chapter 2 	Playing Speed Test Battery__________________________________	2-1 to 2-46; title: PART II:  COMPONENTS OF PLAYING SPEED; title: Chapter 3	Starting, Stopping, Acceleration, Faking and Cutting____________	3-1 to 3-23; title: Chapter 4	Mechanics of Sprinting__________________________________________ 4-1 to 4-19; title: Chapter 5	Stride Rate and Length___________________________________________5-1 to 5-9; title: Chapter 6	Speed Endurance________________________________________________ 6-1 to 6-9; title: Part III:  	TRAINING PROGRAMS:  THE 5-STEP MODEL; title: Chapter 7	Step 1:  Foundation Training____________________________________7-1 to 7-25; title: Chapter 8 	Step 2:  Power Output Training__________________________________8-1 to 8-94; title: Chapter 9  	Step 3:  Sustained Power Output 	Training_______________________  9-1 TO 9-9 	Chapter 10	Step 4:  Neuromuscular Training	______________________________10-1 to 10-28; title: Chapter 11 	Step 5:  Form and Technique Training_________________________11-1 to 11-21; title: PART IV:  PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER; title: Chapter 12	Sport-specific Training____________________________________	12-1 to 12-38; title: Chapter 13	Speed Improvement for Young Athletes___________________	13-1 to 13-23; title: Bibliography     B-1 to B-15; title: Glossary     G-1 to G-8; title: Index     I-1 to I-14; title: About the Authors     I-15