Book Review - Athletic Development
Athletic Development
The Art & Science of Functional Sports Conditioning
Vern Gambetta
Human Kinetics
ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-5100-2
Anyone who works with athletes or advanced clients with a goal towards developing functional sport conditioning needs to read this book written by Vern Gambetta. In his book on Athletic Development, Gambetta uses his practical coaching expertise and experience to inform the reader about what factors to consider when developing athletes. Throughout his book he uses real life examples and shares his personal successes and is open about his failures. The book is definitely written with coaches in mind but I still found most of the material absolutely applicable to personal trainers.
If you are training predominantly beginner clients then perhaps you might want to give this book a miss. However, those trainers who are working with the extremely fit or athletic client would benefit from Gambetta’s knowledge on athletic development.
I found his views on effectively training the core to be very insightful. He also explains some of the history behind where these concepts originated from and how they may have been taken out of context from their original intent. Basically this book provides information on how to train an athlete from the ground up. The book contains two sections. Section one covers the Elements of a Training System and contains six chapters. Section two covers the Physical Contributors to Performance and contains seven chapters. Each chapter builds on the next until the reader has a complete picture of all the elements involved in developing a program for functional sport conditioning.
Pick up this book, you won’t be disappointed.
The Art & Science of Functional Sports Conditioning
Vern Gambetta
Human Kinetics
ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-5100-2
Anyone who works with athletes or advanced clients with a goal towards developing functional sport conditioning needs to read this book written by Vern Gambetta. In his book on Athletic Development, Gambetta uses his practical coaching expertise and experience to inform the reader about what factors to consider when developing athletes. Throughout his book he uses real life examples and shares his personal successes and is open about his failures. The book is definitely written with coaches in mind but I still found most of the material absolutely applicable to personal trainers.
If you are training predominantly beginner clients then perhaps you might want to give this book a miss. However, those trainers who are working with the extremely fit or athletic client would benefit from Gambetta’s knowledge on athletic development.
I found his views on effectively training the core to be very insightful. He also explains some of the history behind where these concepts originated from and how they may have been taken out of context from their original intent. Basically this book provides information on how to train an athlete from the ground up. The book contains two sections. Section one covers the Elements of a Training System and contains six chapters. Section two covers the Physical Contributors to Performance and contains seven chapters. Each chapter builds on the next until the reader has a complete picture of all the elements involved in developing a program for functional sport conditioning.
Pick up this book, you won’t be disappointed.
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