Athletic Body in Balance Book/DVD Package

Description

This book includes exercises and programmes to improve stability, mobility, agility, strength, power, speed and endurance. Readers are shown how to identify functional weaknesses in the body and correct them for improved sports performance. Sport specific movements such as hitting, striking, cutting and turning are also addressed. Assessment tests are design to show athletes where they have imbalances and a sequential approach should help readers understand how to move through each level. Athlete profiles also feature as part of the assessment process.

Gray Cook is a physical therapist, board certified in orthopedics. He also is a certified strength coach with experience in several sports at the youth, college, and professional levels. Cook is a nationally recognized lecturer and consultant to the NFL, NBA, NHL, and WNBA as well as numerous college sports medicine and conditioning facilities. His innovative research and applied work are found in many rehabilitation and conditioning publications.Cook is the director of orthopedic and sports physical therapy at Dunn, Cook & Associates. He also serves as the creative director of sport-specific training for Reebok (R) and is Reebok's (R) first master coach.Gray Cook received his graduate degree in physical therapy education at the University of Miami School of Medicine with a focus on orthopedics and sports rehabilitation and research in motor learning. Cook is a faculty member of the North American Sports Medicine Institute and is the codeveloper of the course titled Functional Exercise Training and Rehabilitation. He lives in his hometown of Danville, Virginia.