Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance - Softcover

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Ian Jeffreys is an internationally renowned coach, educator and author. He is a Professor in strength and conditioning at the University of South Wales, UK, where he coordinates all of the University’s strength and conditioning activities, as well as managing the strength and conditioning programmes for Cardiff City Football Club’s Academy performance development programme. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach (RSCC) and Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT) with the NSCA, and has been re-certified with Distinction (*D) in all categories. He was the NSCA’s High School Professional of the Year in 2006, and in 2009 was awarded a Fellowship by the NSCA. Ian is a Founder member of the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association, and was a member of the Board of Directors from the organisations inception in 2004 through to 2013. He is the Editor of the UKSCA journal, Professional Strength and Conditioning, and is on the Editorial Board for the NSCA’s Strength and Conditioning Journal and the Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning

Jeremy Moody is a Senior Lecturer in Strength and Conditioning and Programme Director for the MSc in Strength and Conditioning at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK, teaching across both the undergraduate and postgraduate schemes in strength and conditioning. He is a frequent national and international speaker in the fields of strength and conditioning and elite sport performance management. His experience extends across many able-bodied and disabled sports, gaining an international coaching reputation having coached successful athletes at the Commonwealth, European, World, Olympic and Paralympic levels of competition as well as with many youth and developing athletes. Jeremy’s industry-based roles have included Regional Lead at the English Institute of Sport, Performance Manager at UK Athletics, Performance Director for the Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Association, and Performance Director and Chief Operations Officer at Welsh Judo. Jeremy has consulted to Sport Wales, Sport England, UK Sport, various National Governing Bodies and professional sports teams. A member of the UKSCA Board of Directors on a number of occasions and Chairman between 2010 and 2012, Jeremy was one of the inaugural group to establish the current UKSCA accreditation procedure (ASCC)