Women's Soccer: Using Science to Improve Speed - Softcover

Yessis, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1930546491 ISBN 13: 9781930546493

Publisher: Wish Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

The only book that shows an analysis of a variety of women soccer players' running and cutting actions and then goes on to explain how they can most effectively be learned and improved. After detailing how the body works in specific skills used in soccer, the book then explains specific technique and strength exercises that duplicate the joint actions. It teaches players how specifity of strength and flexibility exercises can improve a soccer player's running and cutting actions. The exercises detailed within these pages make it possible to learn and correct technique so that a player can improve her performance very quickly.

About this title

Synopsis

This is the only book that contains information on analysis of women's soccer players' running and cutting actions and how they can most effectively be improved. No other book has the sequential pictures depicting how running and cutting are executed, nor exercises that duplicate the joint actions. The book introduces the concept of specificity of exercise and how the strength, flexibility, and explosive exercises duplicate exactly what happens in running and cutting actions. Also unique to the book is information on how you can improve running and cutting through the use of specialised strength and flexibility exercises. The exercises make it possible to make corrections in technique so that the player can improve her performance very quickly. This is the only book that couples technique and strength training together to produce immediate and most effective results.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wish Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1930546491
• ISBN 13: 9781930546493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228