The exciting world of the high-performance is in a permanent change thanks to the own evolution of the sciences surrounding it: medicine, biomechanics, physiology, anthropometry, nutrition, psychology, physical fitness, etc. This book is written with the aim of occupying a space within the complex world of alpine skiing, and specifically in the field of physical training, quite an explored area and with too many discrepancies concerning its application when looking for an optimum performance. The author analyses, explains and argues about the basic and complementary more relevant physical capabilities for a skier and, what is more important, their correct administration and timing. Even so, the main objective of this book has been trying to unify criteria, especially among physical training professionals and, apart from that, serving as a methodological guide for all those trainers who do not have enough material or financial means in their clubs or regional federations.

The concepts in the text could be defined as innovative and even transgressive. They are innovative as they are based on the latest research carried out, especially in the fields of strength and flexibility, and transgressive as, in several parts/sections of the book, the author proposes some training methods which are very often oriented just the opposite way to the one set by the orthodox line, although they are always argued and supported on a scientific base. Through a careful and critical reading, the reader will be able to draw conclusions about what he himself has implemented so far in the field of physical training and the range of possibilities that can be opened when discovering the new options that the book offers.