{"product_id":"performance-assessment-in-strength-and-paul-comfort-9781032831480","title":"Performance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerformance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning\u003c\/strong\u003e provides an indicative guide regarding the most appropriate and reliable methods of assessing and monitoring athletic performance in athletes. This new and fully revised second edition explores the full range of considerations required to reliably assess performance, including questions of ethics and safety, reliability and validity and standardised testing, before going on to recommend (through a comparison of field- and laboratory-based techniques) the optimal methods for testing all aspects of physical performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book delivers a concise review of the existing literature related to the primary topic, followed by practical applications and guidelines for the standardisation of appropriate testing procedures and protocols for each type of testing. Additionally, a discussion of the key variables (e.g., specific force-time characteristics) for the tests is explored in relation to benchmarking, longitudinal monitoring, fatigue monitoring and injury risk, as appropriate for each test. Closing with a section on interpreting, presenting and applying results to practice, and illustrated with real-life case study data throughout, \u003cb\u003ePerformance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning\u003c\/b\u003e offers the most useful guide to monitoring athlete performance available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is an essential text for upper-level strength and conditioning students and practitioners alike as well as all individuals involved in training athletes and researchers in the field of sports science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Comfort\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032831480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032831480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.94d","brand":"Paul Comfort","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49083699659007,"sku":"9781032831480","price":233.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/performance-assessment-in-strength-and-paul-comfort-9781032831480","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}