These electronic resources are available by contacting the ESC office.

Crash Training
Author: Frank Horwill
A description of crash training and its principles – 3 pages (Word)

Designing Effective Resistance Training Programs: A Practical Example
Author: Strength and Conditioning Journal: V. 24, #6, pp. 7–15, 2002.
Information on strength training program design with an example – 14 pages (Word)

Mental Training for Entry Level Children
Author: Canadian Ski Coaches Federation
A guide to teaching mental skills to children – 13 pages (pdf)

Mental Training for Juvenile Athletes
Author: Canadian Ski Coaches Federation
A guide to teaching mental skills to juvenile athletes – 21 pages (pdf)

Mental Preparation and the Western Canada Summer Games
Author: Laura G. Farres, Team BC
Considerations in preparing for the WCSG – 6 pages (Word)

NSCA Core Training
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 2(6)
Two articles on core strength training – 30 pages (pdf)

NSCA Periodization
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 1(9)
Three articles on periodization – 26 pages (pdf)



NSCA Power Training
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 1(6)
Two articles on power training – 20 pages (pdf)

NSCA Plyometrics
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 2(2)
Three articles on plyometrics – 26 pages (pdf)

NSCA Plyometrics 2
NSCA Performance Training J. 3(2)
Two articles on plyometrics – 20 pages (pdf)

NSCA Core Training 2
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 2(6)
Two articles on core strength training – 26 pages (pdf)

NSCA Cross Training
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 1(2)
Three articles on cross training – 28 pages (pdf)

NSCA Cycling
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 1(5)
Three articles on cycling – 24 pages (pdf)

NSCA Golf
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 1(3)
Two articles on golf – 21 pages (pdf)

NSCA Racquet Sports
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 1(1)
Three articles on racquet sports – 19 pages (pdf)

NSCA Running
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 1(8)
Two articles on running – 22 pages (pdf)

NSCA Running 2
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 2(3)
Three articles on running – 21 pages (pdf)

NSCA Soccer
NSCA Performance Training J. 3(3)
Three articles on soccer – 26 pages (pdf)

NSCA Snow Sports
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 2(1)
Three articles on snow sports – 29 pages (pdf)

NSCA Strength Fundamentals
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 1(4)
Two articles on strength training – 19 pages (pdf)

NSCA Strength Fundamentals 2
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 3(4)
Three articles on strength training – 23 pages (pdf)

NSCA Swimming
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 1(7)
Three articles on swimming – 32 pages (pdf)

NSCA Swimming 2
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 2(4)
Two articles on swimming – 21 pages (pdf)

NSCA Winter Sports
Author: NSCA Performance Training J. 3(1)
Three articles on winter sports – 21 pages (pdf)

Optimizing the performance environment
Author: Gordon Sleivert & Susan Boegman
A summary of the factors affecting elite performance – 104 pages (pdf)

Over-training and infection in athletes
Author: Sport England
Prevention strategies for coaches and team doctors – 8 pages (pdf)

Periodization Research and an Example Application
Author: Strength & Conditioning Journal: V. 24, #6, pp. 62–70, 2002.
A summary of periodization research with an example – 11 pages (Word)

Principles of the organization of training for high performance athletes
Author: Yuri Verhoshansky
Verhoshansky's views on the organization of high performance training – 8 pages (pdf)

Progression Models in Resistance Training for Healthy Adults
Author: American College of Sports Medicine
Position Paper – 17 pages (pdf)

Should Static Stretching Be Used During a Warm-Up for Strength and Power Activities?
Author: Strength and Conditioning Journal: V. 24, #6, pp. 33–37, 2002.
Survey of evidence contra-indicating static stretching – 6 pages (Word)

The Development of Speed
Author: Dietrich Harre
An athletics article on training for speed development – 5 pages (pdf)

What form of tapering works best?
Author: Owen Anderson
An analysis of tapering research with recommendations – 6 pages (Word)

Young Athletes and Strength
Author: Jess Jarver
A guide to strength development in young athletes – 6 pages (pdf)

Youth Strength Training
Author: American College of Sports Medicine, March 1998
A Current Comment by the American College of Sports Medicine – 2 pages (pdf)