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Sports Nutrition for the High School Athlete
May 9, 2018by Tavis Piattoly, MS, RD, LDN
Even though most high school athletes feel as though their diet is sufficient in quality and caloric value, this session from the 2015 NSCA National Conference explains that high school athletes usually do not meet their caloric needs to support their training volume. Tavis Piattoly identifies the challenges high school athletes face regarding their nutrition and the strategies that can be used to correct these issues.
Coaches Nutrition
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September 19, 2019by Lydia Caldwell, PhD
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Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches
Teaching and Motivating Youth Athletes—A Personal Perspective
April 21, 2018by Ryan T. McClure, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
Strength and conditioning coaches should strive to teach athletes in a way they can understand: by hearing, seeing, and practicing. This article describes some techniques that a coach can use to accomplish this.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Sport Performance and Metabolic Rate
May 18, 2018by NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments
Knowledge of metabolic rate can help athletes as well as health-conscious people improve their exercise performance or obtain the fat-to-lean-mass ratio optimal for their personal situations. Two examples of how this works follow.
Coaches Exercise Science Nutrition
Biomechanical Effects of Loaded Marching and Resulting Training Recommendations
February 13, 2026by Brian Thebaud, MS, CSCS, TSAC-F, Jamie Mraz, DPT, OCS, CSCS, and James Prendergast, MS, CSCS
This TSAC Report article highlights ruck performance for tactical athletes with key insights on load carriage biomechanics, gait changes, and training strategies to reduce injury. Visit NSCA online to learn more about military strength training.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Safety Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease Professional Development
Push, Jump, Punch: A Developmental Approach to Teaching Athletes the Power Clean
May 10, 2018by Joe Kenn, MA, CSCS,*D, RSCC*E
Explore the developmental process of teaching an athlete how to perform a power clean. In this session from the 2015 NSCA National Conference, Joe Kenn demonstrates how to “slow cook” athletes to a fundamentally sound power clean through a process of implementing supplemental movements.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Agility and Quickness Test: Box Step-Off Landing Assessment
May 21, 2018by Developing Agility and Quickness
This book excerpt explains how to perform the box step-off landing assessment, which is used to determine an athlete’s readiness before beginning a program in agility and quickness.
Coaches Exercise Technique Testing and Evaluation
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May 14, 2018 - May 13, 2025by Shara Vigeant, NSCA-CPT
Regeneration and Recovery for Combat Athletes
Coaches
The 6-Year Plan—Developing a Comprehensive Strength and Conditioning Program from Jr. High to High School
May 9, 2018by Doug Bull, MS, CSCS, RSCC, USAW
In this session from the 2016 NSCA Coaches Conference, Doug Bull addresses the multitude of problems faced by high school strength coaches every day. These include constraints on time and available space, training multisport athletes, dealing with the developmental level of the athlete, and ways to utilize a coaching staff to aid in running a successful program.
Coaches Program design
Pulling Movements for the Tactical Athlete
September 4, 2018by Jonathan M. Carlock, MS, CSCS
Jon Carlock, MS, CSCS, *D, spoke at the 2013 TSAC Conference about pulling movements for the tactical athlete.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
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