This First Edition, based on the National Academy of Sports Medicine™ (NASM) proprietary Optimum Performance Training (OPT™) model, teaches future sports performance coaches and other trainers how to strategically design strength and conditioning programs to train athletes safely and effectively. Readers will learn NASM's systematic approach to program design with sports performance program guidelines and variables; protocols for building stabilization, strength, and power programs; innovative approaches to speed, agility and quickness drills, and more! This is the main study tool for NASM's Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES).

Mission

Code of Conduct

Preface

Letter from the CEO

New Content

Contributors

Reviewers

Acknowledgments

Section 1: PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE

• Chapter 1: Essentials of Integrated Training
• Chapter 2: Introduction to Human Movement Science

Section 2: HUMAN PERFORMANCE TESTING AND EVALUATION

• Chapter 3: Sports Performance Testing

Section 3: COMPONENTS OF INTEGRATED PERFORMANCE TRAINING

• Chapter 4: Flexibility Training for Performance Enhancement
• Chapter 5: Cardiorespiratory Training for Performance Enhancement
• Chapter 6: Core Training Concepts for Performance Enhancement
• Chapter 7: Balance Training Concepts for Performance Enhancement
• Chapter 8: Plyometric Training Concepts for Performance Enhancement
• Chapter 9: Speed, Agility, and Quickness Training for Performance Enhancement
• Chapter 10: Integrated Resistance Training for Performance Enhancement
• Chapter 11: Olympic Lifting for Performance Enhancement

Section 4: PROGRAM DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION

• Chapter 12: The Science of Periodization and The Optimum Performance Training (OPT™) Model

Section 5: INJURY PREVENTION AND RECONDITIONING

• Chapter 13: Current Concepts in Injury Prevention

Section 6: SPORTS NUTRITION AND PERFORMANCE AIDS

• Chapter 14: Performance Nutrition
• Chapter 15: Ergogenic Aids

Section 7: SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY

• Chapter 16: Performance Psychology: Integrating Physical and Mental Training

Appendix A: Sport-Specific Assessment and Program Strategies

Appendix B: Percent of One Rep Maximum (I-RM) Conversion

Appendix C: One Rep Maximum (I-RM) Conversion

Appendix D: Summary of Ergogenic Aids and Related Substances

Glossary

Index