TY - BOOK AU - Johnson,Taylor AU - DiFrancisco-Donoghue,Joanne AU - Balentine,Jerry TI - Conditioning for esports: a guide to training and performance SN - 9781718207479 AV - GV1469.34.E86 C66 2025 U1 - 794.8 23/eng/20231128 PY - 2025///] CY - Champaign, Ilinois PB - Human Kinetics KW - eSports (Contests) KW - Video games KW - Social aspects KW - Computer games KW - Physical fitness KW - Physiological aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1. Esports Performance Overview -- Part 2. Mindset, Nutrition, and Recovery -- Part 3. Physical Assessment, Exercises, and Programming N2 - "This book teaches strength and conditioning specialists and related practitioners how to assess and train esport athletes to improve their health and well-being, increase their longevity in the sport, and, ultimately, become better players. It discusses how traditional sport training and conditioning practices can be transferred and applied to esports, including the importance of physical training, healthy eating and sleeping practices, and mental health care for cognitive and physical development. It also covers specific injuries that are common amongst esport athletes, how to reduce their incidence, how to recognize them when they do occur, and available care strategies, such as corrective exercises"-- ER -