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Fri1500Garrish
May 17, 2018by John Garrish, MS, CSCS, RSCC
Social Media and High School Athletes
Coaches
Recruitment Through Training, Building the Perfect Team
December 3, 2019by Douglas Sheppard, NSCA-CPT,*D
In this session from the 2018 Personal Trainers Conference, Douglas Sheppard, Owner of J & D Fitness Personal Training Studio, discusses how hiring quality staff is one of the biggest challenges in strength and conditioning. He also discusses how he discovered where to find a good coach and how to effectively develop them.
Personal trainers Organization and Administration Professional Development
Suggested Strategies for Developing and Retaining Fire Fitness Trainers
April 24, 2018by John R. Bennett, MS, CSCS,*D
This article provides a list of items that affect the ability to develop and retain quality fire fitness trainers and provides possible solutions to common challenges for program managers that make decisions for a facility or agency.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 10: Jim Davis
Jim Davis, Director of the Good Athlete Project, talks to the NSCA Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Scott Caulfield, about developments in high school coaching, options for how to structure and fund a high school position, coaching for kindness, and the application of cognitive neuroscience to fitness and exercise.
Coaches Professional Development
Age-Specific Strength Training: Planning and Programming Resistance Training
November 12, 2018by Lance S. Walker, MS, PT
In this session from the 2018 NSCA National Conference, Lance Walker talks about how to create and develop age-specific strength training programs for ages 9 – 18 and how the programs change and progress. He also discusses how to get the most out of each program for young individuals.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Multi-Joint Training versus Isolated Training for Core Development
June 8, 2018by Developing the Core
Ground-based free weight lifts, especially the explosive Olympic-style lifts, are highly recommended for athletic conditioning for the core muscles. They can provide a moderately unstable stimulus to augment activation of the core and limb muscles, while still providing maximal or near maximal strength, velocity, and power output.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique
Inside Spartan Performance: A Holistic, Integrated Approach to Developing Youth Sports Performance
August 28, 2018by Joe Eisenmann, PhD
In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 National Conference, Joe Eisenmann explains how to identify the components of an integrated holistic youth sports performance program and takes a look at the unique challenges of training the youth athlete.
Coaches Program design Organization and Administration
Building a Career for the Performance Trainer
May 16, 2018by Diane Vives, MS, CSCS,*D
Diana Vives, MS, CSCS,*D, presents, "Building a Career for the Performance Trainer"
Coaches Professional Development
Training Philosophy
October 25, 2019by Developing Power
When considering applying advanced methods to affect and augment maximal power output, this excerpt from Developing Power explains three key points to consider.
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Employee or Independent Contractor? Guidelines for Classifying Workers
November 29, 2020by Guillermo Escalante, DSC, MBA, ATC, CSCS and Manuel Escalante
Some positions within the fitness industry can be tricky to classify. This article helps businesses decipher the difference between a hired employee and an independent contracted position.
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