Books published by Human Kinetics Publishers

Assessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance: The Janda Approach blends postural techniques, neurology, and functional capabilities in order to alleviate chronic musculoskeletal pain and promote greater functionality.

The second edition of FallProof!, now packaged with a DVD, is a practical guide to implementing a multidimensional balance and mobility training program to address the increasing incidence of falls among older adults.

Essentials of Eccentric Training is the first comprehensive resource covering this innovative approach to resistance training and conditioning. The text provides the physiological explanations, exercises, and sample programs beneficial to introducing eccentric training into clients' workouts.

Sports Massage provides an in-depth discussion of applications of foundational massage techniques within a sports massage approach.

Physical Activity and Health Guidelines is the first text to gather the wealth of information regarding physical activity, exercise, and health needs and recommendations into a single source.

Sports figures, events and organisations affect our society in vast, varied and sometimes unexpected ways. This title tackles some of the most compelling connections between the sports world and public policy. It begins by examining issues related to professional sports. It also explores amateur sports and public health.

Elite runners have long relied on technology to analyse performance, maximise training and challenge the competitive boundaries of the sport. This title takes the reader inside tech-based training, from the assortment of speed and distance devices available to the advantages of tracking and analysing the results with the software.

Analyses some of the top athletes, competitive trends and positional demands across 21 sports to help readers determine and achieve their optimal competitive weight. This book teaches athletes how to assess body composition, nutritional requirements and their training programmes. It helps athletes reach their goals without sacrificing safety.

Effective Functional Progressions in Sport Rehabilitation helps clinicians understand the important concepts of functional progressions and equips them to develop rehabilitation programs specific to the needs of their clients.

As part of the "Steps to Success Series", this book covers every aspect of the sport such as equipment selection and fitting, safe shooting guidelines, proven techniques for improved accuracy in the prone, standing, kneeling, and sitting positions, mental and physical training, sooting drills to increase all-round consistency.

One out of three children are challenged by excessive body fat and these boys and girls are poorly suited for endurance-type exercise which they are typically asked to perform and which they are typically avoid at all costs. This book presents a myriad of resistance exercises which they tend to enjoy more.

Addresses the special conditioning needs of swimmers, including specific exercises for various strokes, for starts, turns and tapering plans. This book includes sample conditioning plans for younger swimmers, competitive swimmers, masters swimmers and even triathletes.

Presents essential table tennis techniques and strategies. This title features an 11-step approach that is designed to maximise table tennis instruction that helps readers learn the proper grip for their style of play, execution of the basic strokes and the correct way to apply spin to the ball.

Second Wind: The Rise of the Ageless Athlete is an inspiring account of a growing subculture of Americans who are challenging the notion of what it means to grow old. These baby boomers can hardly be considered old, yet this huge group is rewriting the rules of aging. These stories of trials and perseverance will motivate you to achieve your best.

This text offers the latest information available, including new research on body composition assessments, updated protein requirements for athletes, and a reexamination of various diets and techniques for weight loss.

Focuses on physically demanding occupations that require strength and stamina as conditions of safe, productive and career-long job performance. This book looks at job-related issues and includes case studies that illustrate the positives and the negatives of employee selection and physical maintenance in demanding occupations.

Aimed at personal trainers and other fitness professionals, this work includes methods used by the renowned Cooper Institute to certify personal trainers. It is written to help readers learn the safest, effective way to perform resistance training exercises, with 65 exercises that target every major muscle group.

Intended for badminton players, coaches and instructors interested in teaching, learning or improving proper stroke development, footwork, tactics and basic strategies. This book contains technical content for stroke development which includes racket face angle, swing size and arc, racket speed and impact point.

Includes 185 drills to help players and teams practice individual techniques and team tactics. Divided into four categories - training, fundamental skills, position-specific and tactical, each chapter contains drills submitted by a coach at one of the USA's top NCAA Division I programmes.

Includes ready-to-use programmes for various areas of health and fitness clubs, including the Five Steps to Programming Success. This book features programmes ranging from aquatics to female-only and the inactive market. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the forms and marketing materials needed for planning and implementing successful programmes.

A collection of 50 articles produced in the field of sport and exercise psychology. This book is for those interested in the development of the subdiscipline. It is useful for courses in sport and exercise psychology. It is also useful as a supplemental text in undergraduate and graduate courses in sport and exercise psychology.

Provides a comprehensive resource and learning tool for the field of aquatics. This book is a resource for providing safe, effective and successful aquatics participation to individuals requiring adaptations to environment, equipment, instructional strategies, skill techniques and teaching methods.

Suitable for undergraduates pursuing professions as coaches, physical education teachers and sport psychologists, this book presents an applied approach to sport psychology. It provides coaches with a practical discussion of motivation, communication, stress management, and mental imagery.

Aimed at professionals in schools, health authorities, leisure centres and other organisations interested in promoting physical activity in young people, this book provides strategies for designing and implementing youth physical activity programmes in a variety of settings.