Performance assessment in strength and conditioning: Second edition
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Abstract
Performance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning 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. The 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, Performance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning offers the most useful guide to monitoring athlete performance available. This 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.
Keywords
strength and conditioning, performance assessment, athlete monitoring, reliability, force-time characteristics, sports performance
Document Type
Book
Date of Publication
1-1-2026
Publication Title
Performance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
ISBN
[9781032831480, 9781040764596]
Copyright
subscription content
First Page
1
Last Page
418
Recommended Citation
Comfort, P., & Jones, P. A. (Eds.). (2026). Performance assessment in strength and conditioning (2nd ed.). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003508007