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Attentional Focus as a Resource to Optimize Tactical Personnel Training and Performance
June 19, 2020by Andrew Thompson, Jason Stone, MS, and Joshua Hagen
To address and combat neurocognitive decline in tactical personnel, this article will detail the mechanistic underpinnings of, and describe how to apply, attention regulation strategies to facilitate greater skill acquisition, retention, and performance transfer.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design
Optimizing Athletic Performance – The Role of Red and Infrared Light Therapy in NCAA Strength and Conditioning
June 3, 2025by Juan Gonzalez, PhD, John Osborne, Angel Huerta Mora, Sarah Martinez, Maria Quezada, And Leslie Cantu
This article will explore the wide-ranging benefits of photobiomodulation therapy (PBM), specifically in the context of NCAA athletes, and how it has the potential to become a vital tool.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment
Nutrient Needs during Deployment and Shift Work
August 23, 2021by NSCA's Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning
This excerpt explains the importance of optimal nutritional strategies in conjunction with good sleep hygiene and how that can help mitigate damaging effects of deployment and shift work on performance.
TSAC Facilitators Nutrition
Developing Fitness-Component Assessments for Military Units
A physical assessment continues to be one of the best ways to evaluate and measure physical preparedness and readiness of a military unit for job-related tasks and future missions. Tactical facilitators must consider multiple factors when developing testing protocols and programs, including leadership support, limited resources, and training cycle time constraints.
TSAC Facilitators Testing and Evaluation
The Impact of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome on a Female Athlete’s Performance and Overall Health
March 16, 2022by Avery Dravis-Stark, Winnie Victor, Caitlin Finn, and Christopher Brian Taber, MS, CSCS
This article serves to educate strength and conditioning coaches on the influence exercise can have on the various hormonal pathways that are impacted by polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), including insulin resistance, cortisol, testosterone, follicle-stimulating, and luteinizing hormones.
Coaches Exercise Science Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
Using Your Creativity and Knowledge Base to Implement LTAD—A Sample LTAD Program and Lessons Learned
June 20, 2018by Rick Howard, MEd, CSCS,*D, USAW
This article describes an innovative approach that was used to implement a long-term athletic development (LTAD) program in a health club, and includes the steps used for implementation.
Coaches Program design
Validated Physical Abilities of the California Law Enforcement Patrol Position of a Large Southern California Agency
April 24, 2018by Joseph Dulla, TSAC-F
To operate at the highest level possible, tactical athletes should train for the validated physical abilities applicable to their respective positions as identified by applicable subject matter experts.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Legal Issues
Applied Periodization in Shoulder Injury for the Tactical Athlete—Part 1
April 24, 2018by Joseph Morelli, CSCS and Keith Chittenden, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D
An organized, science-based, and evidence-based periodized program that is guided by capable and competent professionals is the most efficient and effective way to accomplish the task of returning from a shoulder injury to full active duty. The concepts of periodization paired with evidence-based strength and conditioning interventions provides the framework needed for tactical facilitators to accomplish this task.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
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