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Integrative Neuromuscular Training for Youth
April 21, 2018by Rick Howard, MEd, CSCS,*D, and NSCA High School Coaching
Coaches can help children and adolescents develop athletic ability by including motor skills training into sports practice and training. This approach is called integrative neuromuscular training.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Monitoring Strategies and Their Impact on Performance and Recovery
May 8, 2018by Dave K. Hamilton
When working with athletes who play team sports, your main goal as a strength and conditioning coach is to ensure that your athletes arrive at a competitive peak in a predictable way, Dave Hamilton says. No matter the athlete's level - college or elite - training loads impact the ability to perform. As coaches, we need to remove the subjectivity and use monitoring tools that are effective.
Coaches Exercise Science Testing and Evaluation
Systematic Goal Setting for Athletes and Coaches
November 19, 2018by Dr. Andrew D. Gillham, PhD, CSCS,*D
Andy Gillham goes over how to develop and prioritize goal setting for both athletes and coaches, in this session from the NSCA 2018 Coaches Conference. Creating systematic goal setting can help achieve team, performance, and personal goals.
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Leave No Stone Unturned—Training for Success in the NFL Combine
March 4, 2019by Loren Landow, CSCS,*D
The NFL Combine is a week-long evaluation process that allows NFL scouts, coaches, general managers, and owners to get an up-close and personal evaluation of the talent that comprises the given year’s draft class. This is a day-by-day program outline to maximize results and effort for the NFL combine.
Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation
Fat Loss Nutrition—Why and How to Minimize High-Reward Foods
October 11, 2019by Nick Tumminello, NSCA-CPT and James Krieger, MS
This article provides practical guidelines for limiting high-reward foods and demonstrates why minimizing high-reward foods is a simple and well-supported strategy for long-term adherence to a nutritional approach that emphasizes high-quality, nutrient-dense, lower calorie foods.
Personal trainers Nutrition
Windows of Opportunity
March 12, 2019by Developing Agility and Quickness, Second Edition: pp. 68 – 70
This book excerpt from Developing Agility and Quickness describes the windows of opportunity in youth athletes to time progressions in speed and agility training with their biological and chronological development.
Coaches Program design
Overcoming Challenges Associated with Training Youth Athletes
April 21, 2018by Ryan T. McClure, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
Strength and conditioning professionals must be proactive in fighting the challenges associated with time constraints and overtraining with their youth athletes. By applying the strategies explained in this article, a strength and conditioning professional can help a youth athlete perform at a high level when it matters the most.
Coaches Program design
From the Field – The Journey to Building a Sports Performance Facility: From Head Trainer to Business Owner
December 11, 2025by Jonathan Blakely Jr., CSCS,*D, RSCC
This PTQ article shares a real-world story to give inspiration and practical advice on creating your own sport performance business. Visit NSCA online to read more on athletic performance and professional development.
Personal trainers Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety Emergency Procedures Legal Issues Professional Development
Determinants of Running Speed
May 21, 2018by Developing Speed
Two factors that determine running speed are stride cadence and stride length. Because athletes propel themselves forward only when their foot is in contact with the ground, the stance phase of the running stride should be the focus of speed enhancement programs.
Coaches Exercise Science
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September 19, 2019by Brian Gearity, PhD, ATC, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT, RSCC*D, FNSCA, Chris Szedlak, PhD & Bettina Callary, PhD
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