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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Sports Machine -- the Human Body | |
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| The Body as 'Sports Machine' | |
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| The Cardiovascular System | |
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| Understanding the Energy-Creation Processes | |
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| Muscles Hormones, the Endocrine System and Sports Training | |
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| Adaptation and Rest | |
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| Young and Master Athletes and the Sports Life Cycle | |
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| Should Women Train Differently from Men? | |
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| Preconditioning for Injury-free Training | |
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| When Is the Right Time to Precondition? | |
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| Preconditioning Factors | |
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| Preconditioning Exercises | |
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| Sample Preconditioning Routines | |
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| Further Preconditioning Thoughts | |
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| X-training as a Form of Preconditioning | |
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| Warming Up for Sport | |
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| The Sport-specific Warm-up | |
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| Sport-specific Warm-up Exercises | |
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| The Relevance of Static Stretching to Sport | |
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| 'Sharpening' Drills in Warm-up | |
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| Developing Strength | |
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| 'Channeling' Weights Strength and the Specificity of Exercises | |
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| Weight-training Systems | |
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| Back Safety and Neutral Spine Position | |
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| Selected Sport-specific Weight-training Exercises | |
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| Weight Training for Endurance | |
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| Kettlebells | |
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| Weight Training and Hormonal Response | |
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| Developing Power | |
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| Plyometric Exercises | |
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| Selected Plyometric Exercises | |
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| Making Plyometric Exercises Even More Sport-specific | |
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| Power Combination Training | |
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| Developing Endurance | |
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| How to Improve Endurance | |
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| Building Endurance for Speed | |
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| Base-building versus Sharpening/Interval Training Methods | |
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| Measures of Endurance Performance | |
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| Fat Max | |
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| Rate of Self-perceived Exertion | |
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| Altitude Training | |
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| Use of Resting Heart Rate to Determine Overtraining | |
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| Lactate and the Production of Lactic Acid | |
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| Interval Training | |
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| Endurance and the Brain | |
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| Avoiding Overtraining Syndrome | |
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| Training for Endurance and Weight Training -- the Interference Effect | |
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| Developing Speed and Agility | |
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| Speed Types | |
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| Running Technique | |
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| The Impact of Footwear on Speed Performance | |
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| Developing Rotational Speed/Agility Speed | |
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| Developing Agility and Rotational Speed for Rugby and Soccer | |
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| Further Useful Sources of Information for the Speed Athlete/Coach | |
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| Overspeed Training | |
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| Training Planning | |
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| Goal-setting and Training Planning | |
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| Being a Full-time Athlete | |
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| Testing | |
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| The Training Pyramid | |
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| Recovery Strategies | |
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| The Training Variables | |
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| Competition and Peaking | |
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| Training the Mind | |
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| How to Apply Mental Training | |
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| Mental Toughness | |
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| Confidence/Self-efficacy | |
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| Skill Acquisition | |
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| Boosting Sports Performance: Nutrition | |
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| The Macronutrients | |
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| How to Calculate an Athlete's Calorific Requirements | |
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| Micronutrients: Vitamins, Minerals and Antioxidants | |
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| Nutritional Strategies to Combat Training-induced Soft Tissue and Cellular Damage | |
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| Supplements | |
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| Hydration | |
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| Effective Coaching | |
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| Coaching Styles | |
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| Self-reflection | |
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| Coaching Philosophy - Art or Science? | |
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| Positive Approaches for Coaching Children | |
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| Recording Coaching Information | |
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| Selected Useful Websites for Coaches and Athletes | |
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| Index | |