Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science: Swimming: Stager/Swimming

The long awaited new edition of Swimming updates the highly successful first edition edited by Costill, Maglishco and Richardson which was published in the early 1990s. The Second Edition contains less material on how to swim and more on the physics of swimming. It contains information on the latest methods of analyzing swim performances. It presents current sports science knowledge specifically relevant to coaching swimmers at club, county or national level. Covering characteristics of swimming including important concepts in propulsion, functional anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, biomechanics and psychology. The Handbooks of Sports Medicine and Science present basic clinical and scientific information in a clear style and format as related to specific sports events drawn from the Olympic Summer and Winter Games. Each Handbook is written by a small team of authorities co-ordinated by an editor who has international respect and visibility in the particular sport activity. Their charge is to present material for medical doctors who work with athletes, team coaches who have academic preparation in basic science, physical therapists and other allied health personnel, and knowledgeable athletes. Each volume represents up-to-date information on the basic biology of the sport, conditioning techniques, nutrition, and the medical aspects of injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.Content: Chapter 1 Energy Systems (pages 1–19): Joel M. Stager and Michael A. Coyle Chapter 2 Central Adaptations: Heart, Blood, and Lung (pages 20–34): Joel M. Stager Chapter 3 Peripheral Adaptations: The Skeletal Muscles (pages 35–50): Joel M. Stager Chapter 4 The Mechanics of Swimming (pages 51–58): Barry S. Bixler Chapter 5 Resistance and Propulsion (pages 59–101): Barry S. Bixler Chapter 6 Psychology (pages 102–114): John S. Raglin and Brendon S. Hale Chapter 7 Medical Issues Related to Swimming (pages 115–127): David F. Gerrard Chapter 8 Training and Testing of Competitive Swimmers (pages 128–143): David B. Pyne and Wayne M. Goldsmith The long awaited new edition of Swimming updates the highly successful first edition edited by Costill, Maglishco and Richardson which was published in the early 1990s. The Second Edition contains less material on how to swim and more on the physics of swimming. It contains information on the latest methods of analyzing swim performances.It presents current sports science knowledge specifically relevant to coaching swimmers at club, county or national level. Covering characteristics of swimming including important concepts in propulsion, functional anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, biomechanics and psychology. The __Handbooks of Sports Medicine and Science__ present basic clinical and scientific information in a clear style and format as related to specific sports events drawn from the Olympic Summer and Winter Games. Each Handbook is written by a small team of authorities co-ordinated by an editor who has international respect and visibility in the particular sport activity. Their charge is to present material for medical doctors who work with athletes, team coaches who have academic preparation in basic science, physical therapists and other allied health personnel, and knowledgeable athletes. Each volume represents up-to-date information on the basic biology of the sport, conditioning techniques, nutrition, and the medical aspects of injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.Content: Chapter 1 Energy Systems (pages 1–19): Joel M. Stager and Michael A. CoyleChapter 2 Central Adaptations: Heart, Blood, and Lung (pages 20–34): Joel M. StagerChapter 3 Peripheral Adaptations: The Skeletal Muscles (pages 35–50): Joel M. StagerChapter 4 The Mechanics of Swimming (pages 51–58): Barry S. BixlerChapter 5 Resistance and Propulsion (pages 59–101): Barry S. BixlerChapter 6 Psychology (pages 102–114): John S. Raglin and Brendon S. HaleChapter 7 Medical Issues Related to Swimming (pages 115–127): David F. GerrardChapter 8 Training and Testing of Competitive Swimmers (pages 128–143): David B. Pyne and Wayne M. Goldsmith

The long awaited new edition of Swimming updates the highly successful first edition edited by Costill, Maglishco and Richardson which was published in the early 1990s. The Second Edition contains less material on how to swim and more on the physics of swimming. It contains information on the latest methods of analyzing swim performances.

It presents current sports science knowledge specifically relevant to coaching swimmers at club, county or national level. Covering characteristics of swimming including important concepts in propulsion, functional anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, biomechanics and psychology.

The Handbooks of Sports Medicine and Science present basic clinical and scientific information in a clear style and format as related to specific sports events drawn from the Olympic Summer and Winter Games. Each Handbook is written by a small team of authorities co-ordinated by an editor who has international respect and visibility in the particular sport activity. Their charge is to present material for medical doctors who work with athletes, team coaches who have academic preparation in basic science, physical therapists and other allied health personnel, and knowledgeable athletes. Each volume represents up-to-date information on the basic biology of the sport, conditioning techniques, nutrition, and the medical aspects of injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.

"This second edition updates the highly successful first edition published in the early 1990s. The intention of the new editors is to interpret current sports science knowledge as it specifically pertains to coaching swimmers at club, county or national level. The handbook is not intended to be a scientist-to-scientist textbook, but rather a scientist-to-physician/coach/trainer/athlete/parent handbook."--Jacket This unique series for the team physician, trainer, coach and elite athlete presents basic science and clinical information in an accessible style. Each volume gives up-to-date information on the basic biology of the sport, conditioning techniques, nutrition, and the medical aspects of injury prevention and treatment Human performance begins at the cellular level, thus the discussion pertaining to the physiology of swim performance must begin there as well.