Strength & power are key elements of soccer performance A stronger player can sprint faster jump higher change direction more quickly & kick the ball harder Strength Training for Soccer introduces the science of strength training for soccer Working from a sound evidence-base it explains how to develop a training routine that integrates the different components of soccer performance including strength speed coordination & flexibility & outlines modern periodization strategies that keep players closer to their peak over an extended period Dealing with themes of injury prevention rehabilitation & interventions as well as performance the book offers a uniquely focused guide to the principles of strength & conditioning in a footballing context Fully referenced & full of practical drills detailed exercise descriptions training schedules & year plans Strength Training for Soccer is essential reading for all strength & conditioning students & any coach or trainer working in football ...

Nearly a decade ago Gallup unveiled the results of a landmark 30-year research project that ignited a global conversation on the topic of strengths More than 3 million people have since taken Gallup's Strengths Finder assessment which forms the core of several books on this topic including the 1 international bestseller Strengths Finder 20 In recent years while continuing to learn more about strengths Gallup scientists have also been examining decades of data on the topic of leadership They studied more than 1 million work teams conducted more than 20000 in-depth interviews with leaders & even interviewed more than 10000 followers around the world to ask exactly why they followed the most important leader in their life In Strengths Based Leadership 1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Rath & renowned leadership consultant Barry Conchie reveal the results of this research Based on their discoveries the book identifies three keys to being a more effective leader knowing your strengths & investing in others' strengths getting people with the right strengths on your team & understanding & meeting the four basic needs of those who look to you for leadership A unique access code means that you can take a new leadership version of Gallup's Strengths Finder program The new version of this program provides you with specific strategies for leading with your top five strengths & enables you to plot the strengths of your team based on the four domains of leadership strength revealed in the book ...

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From the former Treasury Secretary the definitive account of the unprecedented effort to save the US economy from collapse in the wake of the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression On 26 January 2009 during the depths of the financial crisis & having just completed five years as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Timothy F Geithner was sworn in by President Barack Obama as the seventy-fifth Secretary of the Treasury of the United States Now in a strikingly candid riveting & historically illuminating memoir Geithner takes readers behind the scenes during the darkest moments of the crisis Swift decisive & creative action was required to avert a second Great Depression but policy makers faced a fog of uncertainty with no good options & the risk of catastrophic outcomes Stress Test Reflections on Financial Crises takes us inside the room explaining in accessible & forthright terms the hard choices & politically unpalatable decisions that Geithner & others in the Obama administration made during the crisis & recovery He discusses the most controversial moments of his tenures at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York & at the Treasury including the harrowing weekend Lehman Brothers went bankrupt; the searing crucible of the AIG bonuses controversy; the development of his widely criticized but ultimately successful plan in early 2009 to end the crisis; the bracing fight for the most sweeping financial reforms in seventy years; & the lingering aftershocks of the crisis including high unemployment the fiscal battles & Europe's repeated flirtations with the economic abyss Geithner also shares his personal & professional recollections of key players such as President Obama Ben Bernanke Hank Paulson & Larry Summers among others & examines the tensions between politics & policy that have come to dominate discussions of the US economy An insider's account of how the Obama administration saved the economy but lost the American people Stress Test reveals a side of Timothy Geithner that only few have seen ...

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- a step-by-step handbook addressing the most common sailing situations that anyone cruising will have to manage Here you will find clever highly effective & successfully tried & tested shorthanded solutions for dealing with everything from getting off & then back onto the dock in a variety of wind & tide configurations sail setting & reefing mooring & anchoring to sailing in heavy weather & new techniques for man overboard all clearly illustrated with straightforward diagrams & sequence photos 21 QR codes dotted throughout the book link to online video demonstrations to bring the techniques to life As single or short-handers you have to plan carefully prepare properly & be able to anticipate This book will be a godsend with its original techniques for coping in every situation
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