Description

Women's sports in general have gained an increasingly higher profile and level of respect in recent years, and it is becoming acknowledged that a female athlete's training program will differ in several respects from that of their male counterparts. Despite this, there is a dearth of research evidence available to coaches and athletes to guide the planning and programming process, with limited comparisons of training adaptations between the genders and in particular, a lack of investigation into elite female performers. Strength and Conditioning for Female Athletes contains insights from experts in this specialized area. The text outlines specifically what is and isn't known regarding female athlete development, and exposes gaps that currently exist in the academic literature.