The Complete Guide to Soccer Fitness and Injury: A Handbook for Players, Parents, Coaches

With decades of combined experience treating and training elite soccer players, exercise physiologist Donald Kirkendall and orthopedic specialist William E. Garrett Jr. present a comprehensive guide to health and fitness for soccer players, offering expert advice for soccer teams at all levels. The book addresses the physical and mental demands of the game, including the differences between boys' and girls' games and the differences in the levels of play in youth, college, and professional leagues; nutrition fundamentals, including food, drink, and vitamin supplements; physiology and training methods, with an emphasis on the basic elements of flexibility, speed, strength, and conditioning; and injury treatment and prevention.Garrett, William E., Jr. is the author of 'The Complete Guide to Soccer Fitness and Injury: A Handbook for Players, Parents, Coaches' with ISBN 9780807858578 and ISBN 0807858579.