Complete Conditioning for Lacrosse

Paperback

Main Details

Title Complete Conditioning for Lacrosse
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Thomas Howley
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:296
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
Category/GenreSports training and coaching
Lacrosse
ISBN/Barcode 9781450445146
ClassificationsDewey:796.347
Audience
General
Illustrations 273 Halftones, black and white; 36 Illustrations, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Human Kinetics Publishers
Imprint Human Kinetics
Publication Date 7 October 2015
Publication Country United States

Description

Complete Conditioning for Lacrosse will help players accelerate faster, improve change-direction skills, take more powerful shots on goal, and get in great shape. Using 190 exercises to improve flexibility, speed, agility, power, and strength, players will be dominant forces on both ends of the field.

Author Biography

Tom Howley has been the strength and conditioning coach at Cornell University since 1995. He oversees the design and implementation of athletic performance programs for 32 of Cornell's varsity sports. From 1991 to 1995, Howley was the assistant director of strength and conditioning at East Carolina University. While there, the Pirates participated in two football bowl games (the 1992 Peach Bowl and the 1995 Liberty Bowl), qualified for the 1994 NCAA baseball regional tournament, and played in the 1993 NCAA basketball tournament. From 1989 to 1991, Howley was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach and assistant football coach at Auburn University, where he earned his master's degree in exercise physiology. During that time Auburn's football team was the 1989 Southeastern Conference co-champion, 1990 Hall of Fame Bowl champion, and 1991 Peach Bowl champion. In 1988 Howley earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from Tulane University, where he was a three-year letterman and two-year starting offensive lineman on the football team. . As a senior he received the New Orleans Quarterback Club Student-Athlete Award.