Power and Explosiveness: First Step(s)

Creator(s)

Michael H. Stone, East Tennessee State UniversityFollow
Kimitake Sato, East Tennessee State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

7-1-2013

Description

Power (along with Impulse) is arguably the most import characteristic for an athlete to develop. Power (particularly peak power) has strong relationships with sports performance such as lifting, throwing, sprinting, jumping and agility. Development of power is best accomplished by a progressive sequence that is characterized by successive phases that increased work capacity, muscle cross-section area, maximum strength and task specific power. Furthermore, evidence indicates that for power development, weaker athletes benefit as much or more from the development of strength through basic strength training than from power training.

Location

Taipei, Taiwan

Copyright Statement

© The Author(s). This document was originally published in the Proceedings of the International Conference of Biomechanics in Sports.

Citation Information

Stone, Michael H.; and Sato, Kimitake. 2013. Power and Explosiveness: First Step(s). Annual ISBS meeting, Taipei, Taiwan. https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/article/view/5520