Review of Platonov’s 'Sports Training Periodization. General Theory and its Practical Application' – Kiev: Olympic Literature, 2013

The fifth part of the reviewed monograph entitled Macrostructure of the preparation process in athletes (pp. 375–484) is probably one of the most crucial to the book. Platonov presents in detail the following topics „Bases for year round periodization in a training process” (chapter 20), “Eastern European experience of year round periodization in a training process” (chapter 21), “American and Australian experience of year round periodization in a training process” (chapter 22), “Contemporary models of year round periodization in a training process” (chapter 23) and “Direct preparation for competition” (chapter 24).