Rowing Faster 2nd Edition By Volker Nolte

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Get a length up on the competition with cutting-edge technique, training, and racing information. Let the world’s top coaches, rowers, and sport scientists steer you to ultimate success, starting with sound training and racing principles and adding increasingly advanced instruction and insights all the way to the finish. Rowing Faster is the most comprehensive and detailed guide for achieving excellence in the sport. You’ll find techniques for mastering every phase of the stroke; training strategies for increasing strength and efficiency for maximizing speed; and tapering plans for peak performance at the highest levels of competition. With contributions from Olympic medalists and rowing experts from around the globe, Rowing Faster also includes the latest research on adaptive rowing, advice on managing a team, detailed plans for the long-term development of rowers, insights on training and competition for female rowers, and a look at the future of the sport from the general secretary of the FISA. From the technical details of equipment and training to classifications of boats and rowers, Rowing Faster has it all. Offering a truly global perspective and authoritative coverage of the sport, it is the one guide that every serious rower and coach should own. Contents Part I: The Philosophy of Rowing Chapter 1. Winning at All Costs: A Historical Perspective Chapter 2. Developing a Coaching Philosophy Part II: Long-Term Athlete Development Chapter 3. How Rowers Learn Chapter 4. Ten Factors Influencing Athlete Development Chapter 5. Planning for the Long Term Part III: Rowing Science Chapter 6. Rowing Physiology Chapter 7. Monitoring and Managing Your Training Chapter 8. Loads on the Bodies of Rowers Chapter 9. Biomechanics of Rowing Chapter 10. Using Equipment More Efficiently Part IV: Training in Rowing Chapter 11. The Mental Side of Rowing Chapter 12. Training for Strength Chapter 13. Effortless Rowing Chapter 14. Improving Performance With Nutrition Chapter 15. Special Considerations for Adaptive Rowing Chapter 16. Women in Rowing Chapter 17. Managing a Team Part V: Racing Chapter 18. Selecting Athletes and Crews Chapter 19. Tapering for Races Chapter 20. Learning From Racing Part VI: Future of Rowing Chapter 21. Predicting the Future of Rowing Chapter 22. Shaping the Sport of Rowing Released 2011 336 Pages About The Author Volker Nolte is director of the rowing program and assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario, where he teaches coaching and biomechanics. Since 1993, he has led his men's rowing team to 10 Ontario University Athletics Championships and three Canadian University Championships. In 2008, his university crew won the German University Championships and the Temple Challenge Cup at the famous Henley Royal Regatta in England. He was the lightweight men’s national team coach with the German Rowing Association from 1984 to 1990 and with Rowing Canada from 1992 to 2000. His national team crews won an Olympic silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games, two world championship titles in 1993 and 2000, and several medals at recent world championships.