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Basic Obstacle Race Program Design for a First-Time Participant

July 27, 2023by Dr Brian Hickey, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D

Article Members Only

The purpose of this article is to provide personal trainers an overview of training clients for their first Spartan Sprint event.

Personal trainers Program design

Twelve-Station Agility Circuit

April 26, 2021by Developing Agility and Quickness

Article

This excerpt from Developing Agility and Quickness explains a twelve-station agility circuit for basketball athletes.

Personal trainers Coaches Program design

NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 75: Brian Buck

Podcast

Brian Buck, Director of Sports at Sparta Science, talks to the NSCA Coaching Program Manager, Eric McMahon, about the new roles that data and technology are playing in the weight room. Topics under discussion include what young coaches should know getting into the field of strength and conditioning and the importance of building relationships and developing people. Find Brian on Twitter: @brianbuck6 | Find Eric on Instagram: @ericmcmahoncscs or Twitter: @ericmcmahoncscs

Coaches Professional Development

From the Field – What Being a Good Personal Trainer Really Involves

May 8, 2021by Lee Boyce

Article

This article gives readers a personal insight into the qualities that a successful and credible personal trainer should have.

Personal trainers Professional Development

A Coach’s Dozen: An Update on Building Healthy, Strong, and Resilient Young Athletes

October 1, 2018by Yann Le Meur

Article

The “coach’s dozen” is a collection of 12 principles that will help youth coaches, physical education teachers, and pediatric exercise specialists maintain inclusive, sustainable, and enjoyable participation in exercise and sport.

Coaches Program design

Gravitational Running and the Tactical Athlete

February 4, 2020by Nicholas Barringer, PhD, RD, CSCS,*D, Erik Serrano, and Joseph Kardouni

Article

The purpose of this article is to review various gravitational running (GR) techniques from an evidence-based approach, then recommend whether to include GR techniques in the training of tactical athletes.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design

Two-Arm Kettlebell Swing

May 18, 2018by Exercise Technique Manual for Resistance Training, 3rd Edition With Online Video

Article

Read a step-by-step description of how to perform the two-arm kettlebell swing, in this exclusive excerpt from the book Exercise Technique Manual for Resistance Training-3rd Edition With Online Video, published by Human Kinetics.

Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique

From Talking the Talk to Walking the Walk: A Demonstration of Mental Toughness Techniques for Tactical Facilitators

August 27, 2018by Peter Jensen, PhD

Video

Learn how to differentiate between the three critical tactical psychological skills related to enhancing tactical athlete performance, and how each tactical psychological skill impacts performance for the tactical athlete. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 TSAC Annual Training, Peter Jensen, PhD, teaches how to apply each tactical psychological skill in a training setting to improve tactical athlete performance.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique

Career Development for Women as Strength and Conditioning Coaches

May 16, 2018by Andrea Hudy, MA, CSCS,*D, RSCC*E

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Career Development for Women as Strength and Conditioning Coaches

Coaches Organization and Administration Professional Development

Is Athlete “Buy-In” All that it is Cracked up To Be? An Analysis of Strength and Conditioning Coach Talk Discourse

August 23, 2018by Brian T. Gearity, PhD, ATC, CSCS,*D, FNSCA and Clayton Kuklick, MA, PhD, CSCS

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Learn about a framework for analyzing how knowledge is created through “coach talk discourses,” and how those discourses guide coaches’ thoughts, feelings, and practices. This article critiques the coach talk discourse of “buy-in” in order to provide strength and conditioning coaches with other ways to think about and understand coaching.

Coaches Exercise Science Organization and Administration
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