Download or read book Physical Fitness and Athletic Performance written by A.W.S. Watson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports Science has increasingly developed both as an area of research and as a university subject. This book gives an authoritative account of the biological basis of athletic performance and training, based on an analysis of scientific and medical research in the area. The findings are presented in such a way that anyone involved in training for high-level sport will find the information accessible and of interest.