This book, The Athlete’s Clock; How Biology & Time Affect Sports Performance, explores how time, aging, and our internal biological clocks (circadian rhythm) affect sports performance. It also investigates how human control systems such as the central pattern generator (CPG) impact athletes especially in the area of speed. Another topic the author examines is how perceptuomotor timing allows humans to do remarkable things on the baseball and cricket fields of play.
Dr. Rowland’s book reminds me of Daniel Pink’s and Malcolm Gadwell’s work in which they translate the latest scientific research into useful information for coaches and athletes. You can order this book online at Human Kinetics.
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