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The athlete's clock : how biology and time affect sport performance /

Rowland, Thomas W.

The athlete's clock : how biology and time affect sport performance / Thomas W. Rowland. - Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2011. - xxvii, 203 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Who's in charge here? Setting the race pace -- Marching to the same drummer : cadence in endurance events -- Dragsters, tiger beetles, and Usain Bolt : time and speed -- Circadian rhythms and sport performance -- It's all in the timing : keeping your eye on the ball -- The development of athletic skill during the childhood years : a conversation with Bob Malina -- Over the hill : aging and sport performance.

9780736082747 (print) 0736082743 (print)

2010049774


Sports--Physiological aspects.
Chronobiology.

RC1235 / .R685 2011

612/.044

QT 260

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