The athlete's clock how biology and time affect sport performance
In this exceptionally readable exploration of athletic achievement, the author draws practical conclusions from science and experience to describe how various aspects of time affect sport performance. Readers can investigate challenging questions such as whether athletes consciously control sport pe...
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Champaign, IL
Human Kinetics
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Who's in charge here? Setting the race pace
- Marching to the same drummer : cadence in endurance events
- Dragsters, tiger beetles, and Usain Bolt : time and speed
- Night and day: circadian rhythms and sport performance
- It's all in the timing : keeping your eye on the ball
- Getting better all the time: the development of athletic skill during the childhood years : a conversation with Bob Malina
- Over the hill : aging and sport performance.