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Achilles Recovery in Soccer – Best Practices for Regaining Full Speed
December 8, 2025by Valeria Ruffo, and Jeffrey Hartman, PhD, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
This NSCA Coach article outlines the best practices for Achilles recovery in soccer. Visit NSCA online to read more on athletic performance and sports recovery.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease Professional Development
Tests of Core Muscle Power
May 21, 2018by Developing the Core
This article describes two different methods for testing core muscle power. Both of the described methods utilize medicine ball throws.
Coaches Testing and Evaluation
Core Exercises Unique to Baseball and Softball
June 7, 2022by Developing the Core
This excerpt from Developing the Core explains core exercises unique to baseball and softball.
Coaches Program design
Assessing Speed and Agility Related to Sport Performance
May 23, 2018by NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments
This article presents information about assessing speed and agility in a controlled environment with a test that is similar to the actual demands of a specific sport.
Coaches Testing and Evaluation
Firefighter Perceived Fitness: Implications for Injury Risk and Training Program Development
May 9, 2018by Katie Sell, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F
In this session from the 2015 NSCA TSAC Annual Training, Katie Sell discusses current research on how perceived fitness in firefighters may be related to injury prevalence (on-duty and in training) and provide recommendations on how tactical facilitators can decrease adverse repercussions of inaccurately perceived fitness levels (e.g., injury, overtraining, and job-related preparation).
TSAC Facilitators Program design Safety
Gluteal Muscle Strength and Activation, and the Relation to Knee Pain
March 12, 2019by Joseph J. Swinfen
This article focuses on exercises that strengthen the gluteal muscles for abduction to help reduce knee pain in full range of motion and promote proper movement in the primary knee joints.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
Integrating Whole Health in Veterans Affairs Healthcare – The Role and Application of the TSAC-F
August 15, 2025by Mark Young, MS, TSAC-F, and Dalan Zydel, MS, MBA, CSPS
This article from the TSAC Report shares dietary guidance, customized exercise programs, and strategies for integrating whole health for veterans. Visit NSCA online to learn more about exercise science.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Nutrition Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease Professional Development
Obstacle Course Training to Enhance Army Physical Readiness
April 25, 2018by Russell Nowels, MS
Obstacle course training can offer variety to any physical readiness training program. Properly conducted obstacle course training may be a useful method to train strength, endurance, and mobility simultaneously.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
Plyometric Training
August 15, 2020by Strength Training
This excerpt describes plyometric training with regards to the stretch-shortening cycle.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science
Developmental Model for Prospective Male and Female US Air Force Special Warfare Candidates—Part II: Training Program Management
December 23, 2023by John Mata, MS, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F, RSCC, Zach Kinninger, MEd, CSCS, and Nicholas DiMarco, MS, CSCS, TSAC-F
This article will focus on the management of the physical training process of US Air Force Special Warfare candidates, with relevant information geared toward the specific demands seen within the first phases of a Special Warfare Operator’s development.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
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