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Enhancing the Force-Velocity Profile of Athletes Using Weightlifting Derivatives
May 24, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
Weightlifting movements and their derivatives can be programmed effectively by considering their force–velocity characteristics and physiological underpinnings to meet the specific training goals of resistance training phases in accordance with the typical application of periodized training programs.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Multidirectional Speed in Youth Soccer Players: Programming Considerations and Practical Applications
July 10, 2022by Adam Virgile, CSCS
This infographic provides a developmental framework within multidirectional speed for strength and conditioning coaches who work with youth athletes.
Coaches Program design
Ice Hockey
July 11, 2022by Developing Agility and Quickness
This excerpt from Developing Agility and Quickness highlights the high-intensity, reactive agility hockey players require, and provides two agility drills that challenge that skill.
Coaches Program design
Using Complexes to Help Improve Tactical Job Performance
August 24, 2018by Jay Dawes PhD, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, FNSCA
Just as any athletic team can benefit from sport-specific training, tactical professionals can benefit from occupational task-specific training as well. Combining pushing, pulling, pressing, and total body movements into complexes may help mimic the demands and movements of job tasks that tactical personnel may encounter.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
Practical Exercises for Rotational Power
May 7, 2018by Mark Watts, MEd, MS, CSCS, RSCC
One of the most difficult challenges for strength and conditioning professionals is incorporating non-traditional movements to develop explosive power in a team setting. In this session from the 2015 NSCA National Conference, Mark Watts will review several unique exercises in multiple planes of motion to develop explosive power using a variety of equipment.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
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
Training the “Post Youth” Client
May 9, 2018by Dan John
The aging athlete and office worker are both being cramped into body positions that not ideal. People in these situations could greatly benefit from some daily exercises to perform to overcome these issues. In this hands-on session, attendees will be given some simple movements that can be adapted for anyone and any situation.
TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Turkish Get-Up
September 22, 2023by Strength Training for Soccer
This excerpt walks strength and conditioning coaches through the Turkish get-up exercise.
Coaches Exercise Technique
What is the Catch? Clarifying Weightlifting Exercises and Terminology
April 20, 2018by Samuel H. Gardner, MS, CSCS, RSCC, USAW, USATF, Timothy Dombrowski, MS, CSCS, RSCC, USAW-ASPC, and Jeremy D. Gough, MS, CSCS, RSCC
This article covers commonly used terminology from United States of America Weightlifting (USAW), plus it contains illustrations of the basic positions for weightlifting exercises.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
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