Developing Power (NSCA Sport Performance)

Overall great overview of strength/ power complex but lacks very specific programming

This is great and helpful and also great for your personal training continuing education

As a Trainer I found this book to be an asset to my library. Very informative and on point!I highly recommend it!

Solid content but nothing mindblowing that you couldn't find in another text. Information is relevant but nothing you cannot pick-up out of any other NSCA book.

GOOD REFERENCE

I really like this book!

Muy ilustrativo

This book is done extremely well. The NSCA's Sports Performance Series has many different books and authors giving their best-cited work in the name of strength and conditioning, however, the Developing power is by far the most comprehensive book out of all the books in the series. The author goes into great detail examining what power is, how power is trained, and how strength professionals can train different populations.My review will go into the Pros of this book, as well as the Cons I found. Since receiving the book, I have personally read it 3 times from to back in its entirety. This review will be honest and to the point.Pros:1. Great explanation of power from a very, very scientific standpoint - if you are into the science behind strength and power curves you will learn a lot.2. Great explanation of the different types of to train for power. This book is filled with multiple training concepts that can be implemented immediately into a program. Specifically, it goes into detailed periodization and listing protocols that will increase power out, the rate of force development and overall power generation in sports and fitness. To my surprise, they even go into Post-activation Potentiation and a GREAT compare contrast between contrast training and complex training. (This was important for because a lot of strength professionals get the two methods completely wrong.)3. Great definitions - from a scientific standpoint, everything is spot on.4. Book structure is perfect. It flows and ends well.5. Has plenty of case study to show power generation and development in the real world.Cons:1. Very scientifically written and for practical application, I do not feel the average "Certified personal trainer" can follow the advanced methods in this book without proper training. Basically, a parent, a coach or a CPT, non-certified strength professional, non-kinesiology degree having individual would find the concepts difficult. The book is written in a very scientific manner and for PRACTICAL application, I think it falls short of reaching the average person who is trying to seek knowledge of "how to develop power." For people like myself, it is a great read. I love the science, but honestly, there needs to be a breakdown per section after all the scientific jargon with the headline "What this all really means is..." and it puts everything into layman's terms.2. In true NSCA Sports performance series fashion, this book drops the ball on real world examples of application, program design, and usefulness. While the book is well written at explaining the concepts, what good is it if there are no sufficient examples of how to implement these protocols in real world sports? The book has a section at the end that goes over "Team sport training samples, and individual sports training samples." The book literally has zero examples on programming for football players. American football is one of the largest sports in the US, and there is absolutely no reason why in an NSCA book, there wouldn't be an example of football training examples. There was a case study, and that was it. Nothing else. They dropped the ball again with the lack of track and field examples for the "POWER sprint athletes; 100m, 200m and 400m sprinters" Literally dropped the ball. Power is synonymous with speed, especially for 100m, 200m, and 400m sprinters. It was interesting because they did a case study for a "Thrower" then they had programming for a Heptathlete. This is why the book does not receive a 5 star from me. The Developing Speed book did the same thing. Zero mention of a real application for speed driven sports such as 100m, 200m sprint training.3. It read like it was being rushed to finish. The book started off great! By the time you get to the end, with all the missing examples, it felt like a rushed finish. Like watching a series on Netflix and the ending is lackluster, leaving you like...huh all that time to watch and it just ends like that. Book started strong, but the power didn't maintain to the end.Overall:For ease of reading, this book would be a difficult read for non-educated folks within the strength conditioning community.For practical application, this book would be a great tool for strength coaches but not so much for parents, or athletes not familiar with periodization practices.For knowledge, you bet your ass it's one of the best books out thereFor comprehensive understanding, scientific strength coaches will love it, everyday coaches, athletes or parents will find it difficult to understand since there really is not a layman's terms explanation of most concepts. Fortunately, there are a lot of fo books that do explain things in layman's terms so that's a plus.Great book, get it to expand your knowledge but be prepared to research what somethings mean or layman's terms for non-strength experts.Harld Kingsman

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