ESSA’s Student Manual for Health, Exercise and Sport Assessment, 2nd Edition (EPUB + Converted PDF)

By Jeff S. Coombes BEd(Hons) BAppSc MEd PhD ESSAM AES AEP FACSM FESSA, Tina Skinner BAppSc (HMS ― ExSci) (Hons) GCHigherEd PhD AEP

ESSA’s Student Manual for Health, Exercise and Sport assessment is an essential text for students and exercise clinicians wishing to accredit with ESSA as exercise scientists.

Written by former ESSA President Jeff Coombes and clinical exercise physiologist Tina Skinner, this book provides everything students need to achieve competency in ESSA Standard 7, Health Exercise and Sport Assessment. It contains in-depth and well-articulated methodology for all tests, data recording tables and normative values, and case study analyses.

Each of the 21 chapters addresses key health and fitness assessments used to evaluate health, fitness and performance. With easy-to-follow practicals throughout, this book has been updated to reflect current best practice and recent advances such as wearable devices and smartphone apps.

• Endorsed by Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA)
• Aligned with National University Course Accreditation Program criteria
• Practical data recording tables
• Australian-specific population normative data tables
• End of chapter discussion questions to apply knowledge to different case scenarios
• Traditional and contemporary gold standard tests that are valid and reliable
• Detailed, easy to follow step-by-step protocols
• An eBook included in all print purchases

Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elsevier; 2nd edition (April 12, 2022)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0729542696
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0729542692
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780729542692
• eText ISBN: 9780729586566