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Physical Training Considerations for Ice Hockey
June 11, 2018by Daniel Meinz, MA, CSCS
In order to effectively prepare an ice hockey player for the season, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of the specific demands of the sport.
Coaches Program design
Lower-Body Power Development for Collegiate Female Soccer Players
September 7, 2020by Isabel Corrales, CSCS, Aleksandar Beljic, CSCS, and Robert G. Lockie, PhD, TSAC-F
This article discusses the influence of lower-body power on soccer performance in collegiate female soccer players. It also covers testing for muscular power qualities, different training modalities to use, and sample training programs as examples.
Coaches Program design
Knee Movement and Exercise Guidelines
July 29, 2019by NSCA's Essentials of Personal Training Second Edition, pg. 552-553
This excerpt from NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training discusses the importance of education on proper running surfaces, appropriate footwear, and the benefits of cross-training in addressing overuse of the knee.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science Program design Client Consultation|Assessment
Global Positioning System
March 14, 2022by NSCA’s Essentials of Sport Science
This excerpt from the NSCA’s Essentials of Sport Science, discusses some of the benefits and validity of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) data.
Coaches Program design Professional Development
The Growth and Maturation of the Female Pediatric Athlete
November 6, 2018by Amanda Martinez, Raul Hernandez Castillo, and others
Growth and maturation are two important processes that occur throughout an individual’s childhood and adolescent years. The purpose of this article is to review the dimensions, proportions, stature, body mass, and maturational events of all female pediatric athletes in general. It also serves to identify how early sport specialization and different modes of training of the female pediatric athlete affects her growth and maturation.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Influence of Perceptual-Cognitive Function on Movement Output
August 30, 2020by Developing Agility and Quickness, Second Edition
This article briefly describes the importance of training perceptual-cognitive skills for faster performance.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Program design
Recovery Methods for Endurance Athletes
October 24, 2020by Lisa Stanley
This article will look at the use of supplements, nutrition, compression socks, cryotherapy, and myofascial release as enhanced recovery methods for endurance runners.
Coaches Nutrition Program design
Velocity-Based Training in Professional Baseball
June 17, 2019by Eric McMahon, MED, CSCS, RSCC*D
Major League Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Texas Rangers, Eric McMahon, describes how he utilizes velocity-based training for professional baseball players and the benefits this technology brings to the players in this session from the NSCA’s 2019 Coaches Conference.
Coaches 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
Bridge: Coaching Acceleration, with Loren Landow
May 4, 2018by Loren Landow, CSCS,*D
Loren Landow, owner of Landow Performance in Denver, CO, shows some example progressions and cues for sprint mechanics.
Coaches Exercise Technique
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