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The Power Position—Characteristics and Coaching Points
August 24, 2018by Michael Stone PhD
The power position is an integral position for a variety of power lifting movements. Athletes can develop their power position via an integrated approach involving sound exercise selection and purposeful instruction leading to enhanced strength and technique.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Power Clean
June 14, 2018by Exercise Technique Manual for Resistance Training 3rd Edition with Online Video
The power clean is similar to the power snatch but with two major differences. Firstly, the final bar position is at the shoulders, not over the head, and secondly, the grip is approximately shoulder-width apart, whereas the snatch has a considerably wider grip.
Coaches Exercise Technique
The Art of Integration—Periodizing Speed, Power, and Strength in the Training Process
March 12, 2019by Chris Bellon, PhD, CSCS
In this NSCA 2018 Coaches Conference video, Chris Bellon discusses integrating periodization for speed, power, and strength development for collegiate athletes.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
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
Resistance Exercise Considerations for Load Carriage
May 8, 2020by Tunde Szivak, PhD, CSCS,*D
This article addresses three main areas of resistance exercise that best prepares tactical personnel for load carriage.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
Running with Power
March 28, 2020by Joe Drake, MS, NSCA-CPT,*D
In this session from the 2019 NSCA National Conference, Joe Drake, co-owner of Gravity + Oxygen Fitness and Axiom Fitness Academy, discusses power, explains how running power allows you to determine overall effort, and educates on how to test and track running power in order to maximize training efforts.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Advanced Power Techniques
May 7, 2018by Duncan French, PhD, CSCS,*D, USAW
The expression of mechanical “muscle power” and the advanced training methodologies used to optimize it are explained by Duncan French in this session from the 2015 NSCA National Conference. By overviewing training strategies utilized with world-class athletes, this session links science with advanced training techniques designed to augment muscle power.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design
Revisiting the Vertical Jump: Managing the Relationship between Power and Skill
April 3, 2021by William Alli, CSCS
From the 2021 NSCA Coaches Conference, the University of Indiana, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, William Alli, provides his approach to the relationship between power and skill to help coaches understand the nuances in their athletes and how they can better communicate with them to achieve their performance goals.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Enhancing Power and Performance in Volleyball Hitters
November 10, 2025by Emma McGee, and Jeffrey Hartman, PhD, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
This NSCA Coach article explores how combining strength and plyometric training can improve volleyball hitters’ vertical jump and power. Visit NSCA online to read more on athletic performance and sports science.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Professional Development
The French Contrast Method – Theory and Application
July 27, 2023by Michael Long, MS, Christopher Fee, CSCS, and Christopher Taber, PhD, CSCS
The purpose of this article is to discuss the theory behind the French Contrast Method (FCM), current evidence demonstrating its effectiveness, as well as proper implementation and execution for athletic populations.
Coaches Program design
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