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Alan Tyson has been a clinician for over 12 years and is the vice president of sports performance and rehabilitation for Miller Orthopaedic Clinic. He is a licensed physical therapist board-certified as a sports clinical specialist, a certified athletic trainer, and a certified strength and conditioning specialist. He has been a physical therapy and rehabilitative consultant for the Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Eagles, Charlotte Sting, and Charlotte Knights.

Tyson speaks on both the regional and national levels regarding numerous rehabilitative topics. He is the column editor for ""Rehab Tips,” a bimonthly column in the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Strength and Conditioning Journal, and he writes a column for Pure Power Magazine.

Tyson is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, National Athletic Trainers' Association, and National Strength and Conditioning Association. He lives in Waxhaw, North Carolina.

Ben Cook is the Manager of Sports Performance at the Epicenter Sports Performance Enhancement Center. Ben has worked with high school, college, and professional athletes in strength and conditioning for 18 years. From 1993-2001 he was the Strength and Conditioning Coach for men's basketball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ben earned his master's degree in Exercsie and Sports Science from the University of North Carolina and is a certified personal trainer and strength and conditioning specialist.

Cook lives in Harrisburg, North Carolina.

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Designed for high school and college athletes and coaches, the program places emphasis on body control, balance exercises, and hip strengthening, combined with more traditional workout regimens, to improve performance while guarding against injury. The program is based on an evaluation system that helps determine what an athlete's physical limitations are and how he or she should proceed through the program's levels. Co-author Tyson is a physical therapist and trainer associated with Carolinas Physical Therapy Network, and Cook is manager of sports performance at the Epicenter Sports Performance Center in North Carolina. The guide has no index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR