NSCA's Essentials of Sports Science

1329 Pages·2021·32.791 MB·English

NSCA’s Essentials of Sport
Science
Duncan N. French, PhD
UFC Performance Institute
Lorena Torres Ronda, PhD
Athletic Performance, Sport Science,
Technology and Innovation, and Applied
Research
Editors

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: French, Duncan N., editor. | Torres Ronda, Lorena, editor. |
National Strength & Conditioning Association (U.S.), sponsoring
body.
Title: NSCA’s essentials of sport science / Duncan N. French and
Lorena Torres Ronda, editors.
Other titles: National Strength & Conditioning Association’s
essential of sport science.
Description: First. | Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, Inc., 2022. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020043103 | ISBN 9781492593355 (hardback) | ISBN
9781492593362 (epub) | ISBN 9781492593379 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Sports sciences. | Sports--Physiological aspects. |
Exercise--Physiological aspects.
Classification: LCC GV558 .N83 2022 | DDC 796.01--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020043103
ISBN: 978-1-4925-9335-5 (print)
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CONTENTS
Foreword: Reflections on Sport Science
Michael H. Stone, PhD, and William J. Kraemer,
PhD
Preface
Acknowledgments
Credits
Part I Training Theory and Process
Chapter 1 Performance
Dimensions
Nick Winkelman, PhD, and
Darcy Norman, PT
Why Sports Need Scientists The High-
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Performance Unit The Evolution of
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the Sport Scientist Role
Chapter 2 Training Load Model
Stuart Cormack, PhD, and
Aaron J. Coutts, PhD
Managing the Training Process
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Developing a Training System
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Quantifying Training and Competition
Load Examining Load, Injury,
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Illness, and Performance Interactions
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Developing Load Monitoring Systems
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and Strategies
Chapter 3 Periodization and
Programming for
Individual Sports
G. Gregory Haff, PhD
Periodization: An Integrated
Multifactorial Construct Role of the
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Sport Scientist in an Individual
Sport Periodization and Designing a
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Plan Schedule Management: Off-
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Season, Preseason, In-Season, and
Congested Schedules Periodization
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and Programming for Individual Sports
Versus Team Sports Tapering Data
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Sharing and Context Adaptation
Chapter 4 Periodization and
Programming for Team
Sports
Martin Buchheit, PhD, and
Paul Laursen, PhD
Physiological Characteristics of HIIT
The HIIT Weapons Programming HIIT
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HSR Intensity: Worth Considering?
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Sample Training Programs Integration
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of HIIT Into the Weekly Training Cycle
Part II Needs Analysis
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Chapter 5 Key Performance
Indicators
Marco Cardinale, PhD
Analysis of the Sport Sport Demands
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Determinants of Successful Sport
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Performance Organizational and
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Governance Aspects Key Performance
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Indicators in Sport Rules,
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Characteristics, and Other Sporting
Constraints
Chapter 6 Profiling and
Benchmarking
Mike McGuigan, PhD
Analysis of the Athlete Maturation
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and Long-Term Development
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Performance Norms Benchmarking and
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Data Interpretation Using Data to
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Guide Short- and Long-Term Development
Part III Technology and Data
Preparation
Chapter 7 Technological
Implementation
Lorena Torres Ronda, PhD
The Innovation Process Roadmap for
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Technology Implementation Data
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Security and Technology
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Chapter 8 Data Hygiene
Matthew C. Varley, PhD,
Ric Lovell, PhD, and David
Carey, PhD
Managing Data Maintaining Data
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Integrity
Part IV External and Internal Load
Data Collection
Chapter 9 Characteristics of
Tracking Systems and
Load Monitoring
Jo Clubb, MSc, and Andrew
M. Murray, PhD
Characteristics Key Metrics Future
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Directions
Chapter 10 Analysis of Tracking
Systems and Load
Monitoring
Andrew M. Murray, PhD, and
Jo Clubb, MSc
Validity and Reliability of Tracking
Systems Analysis and Interpretation
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of Tracking System Data Innovations
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in Data Collection and Sharing
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