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Working with Elite Athletic Women’s Menstrual Cycle
July 28, 2023by Delaney Stone-Kerr, CSCS
The purpose of this article is to share the importance of the menstrual cycle’s effects on elite athlete performance, and how these effects should influence the training and recovery of high-performing athletic women.
Coaches Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
Advanced Weightlifting Exercises for Improved Performance
May 9, 2018by Michael Conroy and Doug Berninger, MEd, CSCS,*D, RSCC
See demonstrations of weightlifting derivatives for improved athletic performance. Mike Conroy from USAW and Doug Berninger from the NSCA explain coaching cues and corrections so that your athletes can benefit from training in a safe and time-effective manner.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Using Age-Specific Benchmarking of Performance Measures to Create Individual Strength and Conditioning Programs
May 8, 2018by Kevin Paxton, MS
Learn about processes of data collection and presentation, and how to use the data to individualize athletes’ training. In this session from the NSCA’s 2016 National Conference, Kevin Paxton demonstrates an age-specific long-term athletic development (LTAD) syllabus for soccer players.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Sun1100Weatherwax
October 4, 2018by Dawn Weatherwax, ATC, RD, CSSD, CSCS
Advances in Sports Nutrition: The Latest in Nutrition, Supplementation, Relative Blood Work and Gene Testing on All Aspects of Athletic Performance
Personal trainers
Fri0900Eisenmann
May 17, 2018by Joe Eisenmann, PhD
Long-Term Athlete Development in American Football
Coaches
What Coaches Need to Know About the NSCA Position Statement on Long-Term Athletic Development
April 20, 2018by Rick Howard, MEd, CSCS,*D
It is incumbent on all youth coaches to provide youth with the very best opportunities to succeed and develop to the best of their potential. The 10 pillars of long-term athletic development and recommendations provide coaches with the information they need to help all youth reach their potential.
Coaches Program design Organization and Administration
Practical Application for Long-Term Athletic Development
June 11, 2018by Larry Meadors PhD, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, RSCC*E, USAW-2
Learn about the framework for practical, functional, and sequential skill development for a “best practices” model. This model is designed to develop a movement vocabulary, physical literacy, and movement skills for improved athleticism.
Coaches Exercise Science
The Inter-Association Task Force for Preventing Sudden Death in Collegiate Conditioning Sessions
May 23, 2018by NSCA
This consensus statement provides specific conditioning recommendations with the intent of ending conditioning-related morbidity and deaths of collegiate athletes.
Coaches Exercise Science Safety
Windows of Optimal Trainability
June 11, 2018by Ben Fletcher, MS, CSCS, FMS
The “five Ss” of trainability and performance are critical periods of development that all youth strength and conditioning coaches should consider when creating a training program. Coaches should take advantage of each window to maximize a youth athlete’s potential and help ensure a long athletic career.
Coaches Program design
A Closer Look at the 10 Pillars of LTAD: The Programming Pillars of LTAD for Strength and Conditioning Professionals – Part 1
January 10, 2022by Rick Howard, DSc, CSCS,*D, FNSCA
This article describes the long-term athletic development programming pillars and suggests practical applications for strength and conditioning practitioners.
Coaches Program design Professional Development
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