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Practical Methods for the Strength and Conditioning Coach to Develop Student-Athlete Leadership—Part II
June 20, 2018by Michael Kasales, MA, CSCS, RSCC, USAW-2, FMS
This article is the second part of a two-part series that considers the potential role strength and conditioning coaches have in developing student-athlete leadership.
Coaches Organization and Administration Professional Development
Simplifying Olympic Lifts: Competency Development for the Tactical Athlete
In this hands-on lecture from the NSCA's 2014 TSAC Conference, TSAC Program Manager Tyler Christiansen introduces the concept of not only teaching the Olympic lifts to tactical athletes, but simplifying them to encourage acceptance and competency.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
Programming for the Novice Athlete
September 16, 2019by Christopher M. McQuilkin, CSCS
Tex McQuilkin, Director of Training for Power Athlete HQ, defines athleticism as a trainable performance variable at the 2019 Coaches Conference. McQuilkin illustrates the four phases of the competitive lifecycle for sport athletes and empowers coaches with strategies to best apply progressive overload and support the long-term trainability of novice athletes.
Coaches Program design
Special Considerations for Training the Female Athlete
May 8, 2018by Tara De Leon, MS, CSCS,*D, RSCC
In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 Coaches Conference, Tara De Leon presents common issues that female athletes face and provides solutions for how to optimize training in females. CEUs available.
Coaches Program design
Sun0830Lane
May 15, 2018 - May 13, 2025by Carrie Lane, CSCS
The Durable Endurance Athlete
Personal trainers
Athlete Profiling: Choosing a Periodization System to Maximize Performance
September 13, 2018by Nicholas Winkleman
In this video from the NSCAs National Conference 2012, Nick Winkleman discusses the use of periodization - its definition, considerations, using periodization profiles, and examples.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Motivating Youth Athletes Ages 10 – 13: From the Field
December 23, 2021by Will Mullins and Jeffrey Hartman, PhD, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
Do you understand the youth athlete? In order to train youth athletes effectively, coaches must have an understanding of how to motivate youth athletes. This article will explain how to do just that, as well as how to use age-appropriate developmental cues for this population.
Coaches Exercise Science
Long-Term Athlete Development in American Football
August 27, 2018by Joe Eisenmann, PhD
Joe Eisenmann explains current strategies for implementing long-term athlete development (LTAD) in American football, in this session from the NSCA’s 2018 Coaches Conference
Coaches Program design Organization and Administration
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
Needs Analysis for Injury Prevention
May 21, 2018by NSCA's Guide to Program Design
By understanding the means by which athletes encounter risk, strength and conditioning professionals can integrate exercise programs that may offset one of the steps toward injuries.
Coaches Program design
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