Schedule

The NSCA research community gets together annually to collaborate on the latest issues and groundbreaking discoveries in strength and conditioning.

Light breakfast provided from 8:30-10:00 AM

8:00 AM - 
8:15 AM - 
8:30 AM - 
8:45 AM -

The NSCA research community gets together annually to collaborate on the latest issues and groundbreaking discoveries in strength and conditioning.

9:00 AM -
9:15 AM -
9:30 AM -
9:45 AM -

Flip the script and engage in interactive discussions with leaders in the field. No lectures — just open dialogue to inspire your mindset and next career move.

Career Connections

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

1. Understand scientific principles underlying training methodologies.
2. Implement strength & conditioning programs for athletes.
3. Adapt training variations for different fitness levels and goals.
4. Assess recovery strategies within program design.
5. Utilize analytics to optimize training decisions.
6. Balance performance, durability, and recovery in training plans.

Lecture

1. Define what common pre-workout ingredients are.
2. Explain each ingredient's proposed mechanism of action.
3. Understand the current research on each ingredient.

Lecture

All attendees and exhibitors welcome, food provided

1. Understand the logistic complexities of Velcoity Based training
2. Integrate Velocity Based training for business growth

Lecture

1. How to coach their pregnant athletes through each trimester of pregnancy and their return to performance postpartum.
2. How to understand core + pelvic health symptoms and movement adjustments for their clients.
3. Help coaches who work with military and first responder women navigate their training during pregnancy and return to duty postpartum.

Lecture

Lecture Sponsored by Wu Tsai Human Performance 

1. Application of technology in team settings and building reliable assessments.
2. Insight into performance systems and speed development that can be used in rehab settings
3. Implementation of research and developmental case study within youth athletes.

Lecture Sponsored by the Women's Committee

1. Will discuss the Etimology of Coach. What is a coach?
2. Learn why a S&C coach needed
3. Discuss who the S&C coach serves

Lecture

1. This presentation will help you learn how to: Plan an appropriate movement progression for any compound exercise.
2. Apply the systematic joint control approach to seamlessly teach any compound exercise Execute purposeful movement coaching through precise cueing.
3. Implement movement corrections specific to perfecting exercise form Practice this coaching system hands-on with a compound exercise.

Hands-on

1:00 PM -
1:15 PM -
1:30 PM -
1:45 PM -

Flip the script and engage in interactive discussions with leaders in the field. No lectures — just open dialogue to inspire your mindset and next career move.

Career Connections

Many of the NSCA’s eleven committees host open annual meetings at national events to discuss progress, set goals, and advance their mission serving the NSCA.

Participate in your field area’s Professional Development Group (PDG) meeting to access tailored resources and help PDG leadership advocate for your priorities.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

1. Learn the use of electrical stimulation for exercise training
2. Describe the use of electrical stimulation for neromuscular testing

Lecture

1. Identify key areas where an S&C coach can expand their professional scope of practice and job responsibilities within the medical system while improving upon outcomes for common orthopedic conditions.
2. Highlight areas of limitation currently known within the medical system and where an S&C coach can insert themselves professionally to better improve access to care for athletes and the outcomes they incur.
3. Provide an overview of the systems, philosophies, and methods I used when developing a Bridge Program for both injured and healthy athletes one of the top ranked orthopedic pediatric hospitals in the country.

Lecture

1. Learn to intentionally create a culture of service, results, community and financial performance

Lecture sponsored by Perform Better

1. Understand the logistic complexities of Velcoity Based training
2. Integrate Velocity Based training for business growth

Hands-on

1. Identify and understand inflammatory variables associated with recovery following muscle damage
2. Identify the time course of the inflammatory response to muscle damage and effects of key recovery modalities

Research Lecture

Many of the NSCA’s eleven committees host open annual meetings at national events to discuss progress, set goals, and advance their mission serving the NSCA.

Participate in your field area’s Professional Development Group (PDG) meeting to access tailored resources and help PDG leadership advocate for your priorities.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

1. The role of resistance training variables (volume, intensity, frequency) in maximizing muscle growth.
2. A review of the literature on the time course of skeletal muscle growth.
3. Nutritional strategies that support muscle hypertrophy, including protein intake and timing.

Lecture

1. Discover how to strategically design plyometric and medicine ball training programs that maximize performance resilience

Lecture Sponsored by EXOS

1. Opportunity to audit intent of exercises for histology and/or objective
2. Improve movement and force tolerance profiles

Lecture sponsored by Perform Better

1. Learn the latest trends and findings, including testing methodology and future research directions.
2. Gain practical insights for on-court performance improvement.
3. Learn how to minimize the likelihood of injury occurance and optimizing on-court athlete performance.
4. Discover how new research translates into practical application.

Research

Attendees will learn to create SMART, age-appropriate learning objectives for strength and conditioning programs that assess student progress, design inclusive objectives for diverse learners, and promote higher-order thinking. They will also master aligning program goals with educational standards, ensuring safety and injury prevention, and designing progressive, developmentally appropriate activities that support students’ physical, cognitive, and emotional growth.

Lecture sponsored by Hammer Strength & the NSCA Foundation

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Many of the NSCA’s eleven committees host open annual meetings at national events to discuss progress, set goals, and advance their mission serving the NSCA.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Many of the NSCA’s eleven committees host open annual meetings at national events to discuss progress, set goals, and advance their mission serving the NSCA.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

1. Learn how the literature tells us that the shoulder is only as strong as the kinetic chain it works with
2. Understand why focuing on individual muscles of the shoulder will impede your results
3. Apply the science of functional movement to develop more mobile and resilient shoulders
4. Identify the most common errors in developing shoulder strength
5. Discover why shoulder issues are typically a byproduct of dysfunction in other areas of the body

Lecture sponsored by Perform Better

Lecture sponsored by Perform Better

1. Narrow down important metrics for profiling athletes using force plates.
2. Provide normative data for countermovement jump on force plates.
3. Critically-think how specific patterns relate to specific sporting demands.

Lecture

1. Identify key areas where a S&C coach can expand their professional scope of practice and job responsibilities within the medical system while improving upon outcomes for common orthopedic conditions.
2. Highlight areas of limitation currently known within the medical system and where a S&C coach can insert themselves professionally to better improve access to care for athletes and the outcomes they incur.
3. Provide an overview of the systems, philosophies, and methods I used when developing a Bridge Program for both injured and healthy athletes one of the top ranked orthopedic pediatric hospitals in the country.

Bridge the Gap Practical

1. Understand nutrition limitations in Warfighters.
2. Learn what the protein reqs are during energy deficits to maintain muscle
3. Will discuss therapeutics to maintain performance during arduous conditions.
4. Examples of how we have collected data in the field
5. A broad understanding of Warfighter physiology and demands

Research Lecture

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Many of the NSCA’s eleven committees host open annual meetings at national events to discuss progress, set goals, and advance their mission serving the NSCA.

Show your badge to enter The College Basketball Experience. All attendees and exhibitors welcome.

Address: 1401 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64106 (a 10-min walk or a 10-min trolley ride)

Must be RSCC and RSVP in advance

Light breakfast provided from 7:30-9:00 AM

1. Identify and understand several gait and movement pathologies and how to address these without complex and cost prohibitive equipment and technologies.
2. Discuss significance of the foot and ankle complex, myofascial connections, and physiological concepts’ effect with whole body movement.
3. Review case studies with video and evaluation results of unique clients and athletes which will offer a unique way to adapt training.

Bridge the Gap Lecture

1. Explore how applied sport science can seamlessly integrate with strength and conditioning practices.
2. Demonstrate practical examples of navigating extensive data sources and illustrate how to simplify decision-making.
3. Provide a unique perspective by challenging the conventional key performance indicator (KPI) model.

Lecture

Flip the script and engage in interactive discussions with leaders in the field. No lectures — just open dialogue to inspire your mindset and next career move.

Career Connections

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8:45 AM -
9:00 AM -
9:15 AM -

1. Discuss challenges with conducting research in Tactical Athlete population
2. Learn strategies for working with large groups of tactical athletes
   Practitioner/PT - Understand how to improve health and well-being among tactical athletes
3. Understand how to overcome barriers to fitness in first responder populations. 

Lecture

1. Learn to guide athletes to the correct resources for supplement questions.
   Practitioner/PT - Identify appropriate supplement recommendations for clients.
2. Learn how to identify appropriate supplement recommendations for clients

Lecture

1. Learn the importance of clarity in terminology, the need for evidence-based practices, and the value of interdisciplinary approaches in understanding strength training methodologies
2. Learn the importance of synthesizing diverse training methodologies and terminology to create an effective training programs tailored to athletes' specific needs
3. Learn the significance of integrating various strength training methodologies and adaptations to optimize performance outcomes based on sport-specific demands

Lecture

1. Design practice activities that develop athletes' self and situational awareness through intentional movement challenges and team dynamics.
2. Demonstrate and implement movement-based disciplinary tools that maintain team culture and individual growth while avoiding punitiive approaches.
3. Create practice plans that strategically integrate awareness-building and constructive discipline exercises at optimal points during training sessions and practices.

Hands-on

9:30 AM -
9:45 AM -
10:00 AM -
10:15 AM -

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

1. Translate research-supported training methods into product innovation and development
2. Learn how to develop rule-based systems for exercise programming and progressive overload, built for scalability.
3. Explore the latest advancements in sport technology with decision-making strategies on how and why to implement them. 
4. Understand the role of the virtual environment, user experience, machine learning, and artificial intelligence in enhancing assessment and training in sport science and fitness.

Lecture

1. Understand the alignments between sport psychology, high performance, and mental health.
2. Be able to take tangible and immediate action toward developing a high-performance culture that prevents and supports mental health concerns.
3. Be able to enlist strategies alongside that understanding in usable, effective ways (including the utilization of the High Order Performance Framework and the CARE Model).

Lecture

1. Gain insight into firefighters' distinct culture, operational demands, and psychological challenges.
2. Examine pivotal research studies on firefighter health, wellness, and performance enhancement.
3. Acquire effective communication strategies to convey research findings' significance and practical implications to firefighters.
4. Develop skills for bridging the gap between research outcomes and practical application within the firefighting community.

Lecture

1. Identify and understand several gait and movement pathologies and how to address these without complex and cost prohibitive equipment and technologies.
2. Discuss significance of the foot and ankle complex, myofascial connections, and physiological concepts’ effect with whole body movement.
3. Review case studies with video and evaluation results of unique clients and athletes which will offer a unique way to adapt training.

Bridge the Gap Practical

10:30 AM -
10:45 AM -
11:00 AM -
11:15 AM -

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Lunch provided in Exhibit Hall

Many of the NSCA’s eleven committees host open annual meetings at national events to discuss progress, set goals, and advance their mission serving the NSCA.

1. Better understand how the resistance exercise stimulus in your research can vary
2. Learn how the resistance exercise program your athletes and clients use can vary
3. Understand the training stimulus without going into the lab
4. Better understand how the resistance exercise program your tactical population uses can vary

Lecture

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum's President, Bob Kendrick, will share the profound impact of African-American baseball on the sport and in greater society.

Sponsored by the DEI Committee

1. Current research on strength & longevity will be discussed
2. Discuss considerations for Exercise Prescription for Health & Longevity

Lecture

1. Understand training objectives for plyometric training for youth athletes.
2. Be able to progress task complexity based upon technical competency when coaching youth athletes.
3. Be able to apply evidence-based coaching pedagogy to enhance stretch-shortening cycle function when coaching youth athletes.

Hands-on

Participate in your field area’s Professional Development Group (PDG) meeting to access tailored resources and help PDG leadership advocate for your priorities.

1:00 PM -
1:15 PM -
1:30 PM -
1:45 PM -

1. Discuss existing literature focused on different strength domains
2. Provide practical examples of how to train force application during different performance task
3. Identify task-specific differences in force application during different performance tasks

Lecture

1. Learn how fascia can impair power generation and movement skill developoment
2. Understand how fascia impacts our exercise progressions and programming
3. Discover how fascia can be related to chronic pain and movement dysfunction
4. Learn how understandining fascia can improve resilience and movement efificiency

Lecture sponsored by Perform Better

1. Learn about the NPAP/KC Physical Activity Plan (primarily focus on schools, community rec, and youth sport)
2. Connect NSCA LTAD as a framework to the USOPC ADM as a specific framework to positively influence strength and conditioning, youth sport, fitness, physical education and physical activity
3. Indicate ADM is specifically mentioned in the NPAP as part of a strategic initiative in the Sport sector
4. Examples of what this may look like in action

Lecture

1. Coaches will understand the different auto-regulatory prescriptive methods available and how these different methods can be used to maximize adaptations.
2. The science of each method and their strengths and weaknesses will be detailed so that coaches can make better informed decisions around their training prescription.
3. Applied and practical recommendations will be provided for the implementation of RPE, RiR, and VBT methods and how these methods can work alongside traditional percentage-based prescription.

Lecture

1. Understand foot mechanics and foot assessment
2. Integrate foot and core sequencing strategies in return to performance training.
3. Get insights on foot training exercises.

Hands-on

1. Learn to evaluate differences in muscle oxidative capacity in response to training
2. Understand the value of differences muscle oxygenation responses

Research Lecture

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

1. Long term strength power development.
2. Benefits of increased strength power development for specific sports.
3. Technical development in the weight room.

Lecture

1. Identify the critical aspects of your beliefs and how to transpose those into your coaching and leadership development system.
2. Learn practical and effective communication skills for athletes and sport coaches to save you time and headaches.
3. Develop a plan to ensure continuity in your program as assistant coaches, graduate assistants, and interns come into and exit your program.

Lecture

1. Using performance qualities and outputs to build competitive and cognitively challenging agility session to maximize engagement and fun.
2. Remember the importance of "play" and letting the athletes think and problem solve for themselves.

Hands-on

1. Translate findings from cell models to understand adverse impacts of alcohol on skeletal muscle regeneration and implications for training adaptations
2. Understand the relevance of studying impacts of alcohol on muscle regeneration
3. Describe to clients, athletes, and patients how alcohol misuse could adversely impact training adaptations
4. Describe to clients, athletes, and patients how alcohol misuse could adversely impact training adaptations

Research Lecture

Flip the script and engage in interactive discussions with leaders in the field. No lectures — just open dialogue to inspire your mindset and next career move.

Career Connections

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

Join any Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting to connect with like-minded professionals, hear the latest updates, and engage in discussions led by SIG leadership.

1. Learn about career options available outside the school or organizational setting
2. Discover alternative career options available outside the private sector or tactical setting

Lecture

1. Identify nutritional supplements that have scientific support for physical and cognitive performance enhancement
2. Understand dosing and timing considerations to optimize supplement effectiveness
3. Describe medical, legal, and policy considerations related to sport supplement use

Research Lecture

1. Identify the flaws of discretizing continuous variables into groups and how to effectively communicate findings from continuous measurements.
2. Learn why dividing one variable by another does not account for that variable and how to approach confounders.
3. Apply the assumption of linearity to diminishing returns and its influence on predictive models.

Lecture

***Limited availability - additional purchase - RSVP required***

Sponsored in part by Matrix

1. What does it mean to vet a technology.
2. How to identify the links between physical attributes and on field performance.
3. Creating a system of actionable insights.

Lecture

1. Learn Pre-workout / pre-competition prep. Also a screen to steer the progressions of workouts.
2. Discover Pre-test protocols to maximize athlete output for testing.
3. Explore how to improve physical readiness by improving stability, mobility, and coordination for the tacticall population.

Lecture

8:30 AM -
8:45 AM -
9:00 AM -
9:15 AM -

1. Identify principles of facilitating learning in strength and conditioning environments.
2. Explain the process of curriculum development that supports effective and sustainable strength and conditioning education.

Educator Lecture Series

1. Attendees will learn about the underpinning physical qualities of speed and athleticism and where traditional weight room methodology may fall short.
2. Attendees will gain insight into how to improve the transfer of training effect of strength and power development programs to actual performance on the field, court or track.
3. Attendees will learn the practical means and methods Mike has used to rate of force development, fast eccentric force generating capacities and elasticity in elite athletes across a wide range of sports.

Lecture

1. Learn how limb/body segment length affects common assumptions of "proper form".
2. Learn how to adapt programs for different body segment length combinations.

Hands-on

Flip the script and engage in interactive discussions with leaders in the field. No lectures — just open dialogue to inspire your mindset and next career move.

Career Connections

1. Discuss technologies for enhancing instructional practices for aspiring strength and conditioning (e.g., CSCS) and sport science (e.g., CPSS) professionals.
2. Review applied research on the integration of technology in educational programs and its impact on learning outcomes.

Educator Lecture Series

9:30 AM -
9:45 AM -
10:00 AM -
10:15 AM -

Hands-on

1. What is the Human Weapon System.
2. How to create a human performance program for HWS populations.
3. Understand new holistic HP paradigm.

Lecture

10:30 AM -
10:45 AM -
11:00 AM -
11:15 AM -

1. Design practical and engaging strength and conditioning course work

Lecture

1. Design programs that are built upon the individual needs in the context of male-female differences
2. Identify the key areas to address in a training program for female athletes

Lecture