Reach your playing speed potential! As an athlete or coach who knows that faster is better, you'll appreciate the advice offered in Sports Speed. 
With all-new techniques and drills to improve your straight-ahead and multidirectional speed, Sports Speed will help you improve your ability to start, stop, change direction, and accelerate, taking your performance to the next level.
No matter what sport you play or coach, you'll learn all aspects of speed development, including 
-tests and assessment, -strength base building, -ballistic and plyometric training, -speed endurance training, -running technique, -footwork drills, -overspeed training, and -program planning and periodization.
Photo sequences accompanied by detailed descriptions teach all the fine points of technique. Sample speed training programs for basketball, football, baseball, softball, and soccer can be used as they are or modified to meet specific needs. Charts, tables, and worksheets in each chapter help coaches and athletes understand and apply the material.

Sports Speed - 3rd Edition

Robert D. Ward

George B. Dintiman

Bob Ward

Sports & Outdoors

Human Kinetics

The best and most comprehensive book ever written on the improvement of playing speed and quickness for team sports competition by speed gurus George Dintiman and Bob Ward. Based on the research findings of hundreds of scientific studies and the experiences of elite coaches and practical scientists, this book covers all aspects of training to improve performance in the start, acceleration, and overall speed in short sprints in a practical, easily understood manner. Includes everything you ever need to know about how to get faster and improve speed for football, baseball, basketball, soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, rugby, tennis, and other sports.

Encyclopedia of Sports Speed: Improving Playing Speed for Sports Competition

Reference

George Blough Dintiman

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

National Association of Speed and Explosion

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