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A Scalable Approach to Athlete Monitoring
October 31, 2021by Dr. William Hornsby III, PhD, CSCS,*D and Dr. John Wagle, PhD, MBA, CSCS, RSCC
From the 2021 NSCA’s Coaches Conference, Guy Hornsby, Teaching Assistant Professor in Athletic Coaching Education at West Virginia University, and John Wagle, the Director of Performance Science and Player Development for the Kansas City Royals Major League Baseball (MLB) team, discuss applied sports science and athlete monitoring for both intercollegiate student-athletes and professional athletes.
Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation
Lessons Learned – “The Training Process”
June 5, 2020by Bo Sandoval, MS, CSCS, RSCC*D
In this session from the NSCA Coaches Conference 2020, Bo Sandoval, Director of Strength and Conditioning for the UFC Performance Institute, discusses the processes in which they assess their athletes, provide individualized training programs to make weight or build performance, and the various ways they are collecting vital information and research pertaining to fighters.
Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation
Load Carriage across Tactical Personnel: Green, Blue, Red
May 20, 2019by Rob Orr, PhD, TSAC-F
Rob Orr, co-lead of Bond University’s Tactical Research Unit, explains the differences in load carriage requirements and contexts between different tactical forces, and how to prepare tactical personnel for load-carriage tasks. This session from the NSCA’s 2018 Tactical Annual Training also looks at how to employ fitness assessments to determine future load carriage requirements.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Testing and Evaluation
Sport Science Load Monitoring Practices, Application, and Practicality for First Responders – Part II
August 29, 2025by Robert Lockie, PhD, TSAC-F,*D, and Jay Dawes, PhD, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT, TSAC-F,*D, FNSCA
This TSAC Report article discusses the training load of GPS technology and blood lactate monitoring for first responders. Visit NSCA online to learn more about tactical fitness.
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TSAC Research Column – January 2022
October 14, 2022by Dustin Dunnick, PhD, CSCS
This article is part of a continuing series of tactical strength and conditioning (TSAC) research reviews. It is designed to bring awareness to new research findings of relevance to tactical strength and conditioning communities.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation
The Recharge Skate – A Tool for Expressing In-Season Repeat Sprint Ability
March 14, 2022by Dr Brian Hickey, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D and Patrick Murphy, CSCS
This article features the recharge skate—an in-season hockey conditioning drill, designed by the authors, to maintain hockey-specific energy system fitness throughout the competitive season.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation
The Language of Movement
February 18, 2019by Gray Cook, MSPT, OCS, CSCS
Gray Cook, founder of the Functional Movement Screen™ (FMS™), talks about the importance of a movement screen and how to properly use and apply the understanding of movement and its part in performance at the NSCA’s 2017 National Conference.
Personal trainers Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation
Client Assessments—Posture Assessment
June 24, 2019by Daniel Flahie, MSEd, CSCS
Correct spinal alignment is key to many lifts and can help prevent back pain form everyday activities. This is an overview of the anatomy and methods to help identify and correct common postural imbalances.
Personal trainers Program design Testing and Evaluation Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
TSAC Report – October 2020 Research Column
May 16, 2021by Dustin Dunnick, CSCS
This article is part of a continuing series of tactical strength and conditioning (TSAC) research reviews. It is designed to bring awareness to new research findings of relevance to tactical strength and conditioning communities.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation
The Youth Physical Development Centre: Science and Practice Working in Synergy
October 8, 2019by Rhodri Lloyd, PhD, CSCS,*D
In this session from the 2019 NSCA National Conference, Rhodri Lloyd, Co-Founder of the Youth Physical Development Centre, examines the science and practice behind the development of athleticism in youth athletes.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation
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