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Supporting the Winter Sport Athlete from Talent I.D to Olympic Podium
December 17, 2018by Scott Riewald, PhD, CSCS
This 2018 National Conference video features Scott Riewald in an overview of the 2018 USA Winter Olympic team and discusses how sport science support contributes to elite athlete performance. As well as the training, preparation, and expanding talent identification initiatives to influence performance for the Olympic Games.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Organization and Administration
Resistance Training and Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement— Considerations for Prosthesis and Client Safety
April 10, 2018by Grayson Elmore
Historically, patients who undergo reverse total shoulder arthroplasty/ replacement (rTSA) procedures receive much stricter activity limitations for sports and resistance training endeavors in comparison to the traditional total shoulder arthroplasty/replacement. This may cause confusion amongst personal trainers about safety as it relates to designing resistance training programs for these patients.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design
Considering the Culture within the Training Facility
June 20, 2018by Andy Gillham, PhD, CC-AASP, CSCS
This article explores what a facility-level culture may look like, identifies some of the expected benefits of purposely developing that culture, and discusses some misalignment between what coaches say they want the culture to feel like and the message the athletes are likely to receive.
Coaches Exercise Science
Plant-Based Nutrition for Performance, Recovery, and Health
August 7, 2023by Brooke Starkoff, PhD, RDN, LDN and Elizabeth Lenz, PhD
This article provides a background on the benefits of plant-based nutrition for athletic performance, recovery, and overall health.
Personal trainers Nutrition
Thoracic Mobility
April 19, 2018by Gregory Spatz, PT, DPT, PRC, CSCS and Nathan J. Shaw, ATC, PRT, CSCS,*D, RSCC
The loss of required thoracic spine ranges of motion for sport movements can be problematic for the elite athlete, as well as the weekend warrior. The purpose of this article is to explore biomechanical causes for thoracic mobility restriction as well as provide easily applicable techniques to restore mobility.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Motivating Youth Athletes Ages 10 – 13: From the Field
December 23, 2021by Will Mullins and Jeffrey Hartman, PhD, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
Do you understand the youth athlete? In order to train youth athletes effectively, coaches must have an understanding of how to motivate youth athletes. This article will explain how to do just that, as well as how to use age-appropriate developmental cues for this population.
Coaches Exercise Science
Don’t Just Be Different… Be a Difference Maker!
May 9, 2018by Gary Schofield Jr., ATC/L, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D
“The goal of what we’re trying to do is make a difference in someone’s life,” says Gary Schofield in this session from the 2015 NSCA National Conference. Coach Schofield explains areas where you can make a difference for your athletes, including movement efficiency, recovery and regeneration, autoregulation, velocity-based training, and conditioning with purpose.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Supramaximal Eccentric Strength Training
May 9, 2018by Dietmar Schmidtbleicher, PhD
Dietmar Schmidtbleicher, Head and Chair for Sport Sciences at the Institute of Sport Sciences at the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main in Frankfurt, Germany—and one of the world’s leading experts on strength and power training—explains the influencing factors of force production in eccentric muscle actions. Schmidtbleicher made a rare appearance in the United States at the NSCA’s 2015 National Conference.
Coaches Exercise Science
NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 34: Megan Evans
Megan Evans, Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Sports at Virginia Tech, talks to the NSCA Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Scott Caulfield, about the journey from student-athlete to assistant director.
Coaches Professional Development
Microdosing and the Tactical Athlete – Considerations and Opportunities for Time-Critical Performance
January 20, 2023by Daniel James Bunyan, CSCS, TSAC-F
This article explains the potential benefits of microdosing training with tactical athletes.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
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