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The Art of Integration—Periodizing Speed, Power, and Strength in the Training Process
April 1, 2019
In this NSCA 2018 Coaches Conference video, Chris Bellon discusses integrating periodization for speed, power, and strength development for collegiate athletes.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Periodization Speed Power Strength Training Collegiate Athlete
Introducing Non-Traditional Sports for U.S. Youth Strength and Conditioning Development
September 24, 2021
The purpose of this article is to make the case for implementing non-traditional sports into training programs that prepare youth for participation in traditional American sports and bridge the gap between pedagogy of physical education and strength and conditioning youth coaching.
Coaches Program design Pedagogy Gaelic Football Youth Education hs-coaching
Implementing Olympic-Style Weightlifting in Strength Training for Sport
August 26, 2019
This article considers some of the main differences between the training of Olympic weightlifters and the use of Olympic weightlifting exercises in strength training for sport.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Olympic Weightlifting Power Snatch Power Clean Deceleration Plyometric Rate of Force Development
Functional and Nonfunctional Overreaching and Overtraining
June 1, 2017
If manipulation of the training variables is not tailored correctly to the desired adaptations and specific training goals, an athlete can experience symptoms of nonfunctional overreach. If this process continues, the athlete can develop overtraining syndrome.
Coaches Exercise Science kinetic select overreach overtraining strength and conditioning
Quantifying Training and Competition Load
August 6, 2021
This excerpt from NSCA’s Essentials of Sport Science highlights the importance of quantifying training load for both programming and monitoring an athlete’s progression or regression over time.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Program design Training Load Player Load RPE GPS
The Woman Warrior—Training Considerations for Women Entering Elite Combat School
April 1, 2016
Several obstacles can derail women from reaching or succeeding in the elite combat schools and will need to be mediated. The main obstacles this article focuses on are the current standard fitness requirements for attending an advanced combat school, the high absolute strength and power demands required by these combat schools, and the unique physiology of women compared to men.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design tactical athlete military athlete tactical strength and conditioning TSAC combat schools
Designing a Resistance Training Program for Paralympic Throwers
April 5, 2024
This article focuses on a program for a Paralympic athlete born with a congenital limb deficiency (transradial peromelia) of the right arm.
Coaches Program design Paralympic Athlete Throwers Shot Put Transradial Peromelia
Leave No Stone Unturned—Training for Success in the NFL Combine
March 4, 2019
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 NFL Combine Football Athlete Testing
Preparatory Period
September 4, 2020
This excerpt from the Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning outlines what training typically looks like in the preparatory period, or off-season.
Coaches Program design Preparatory Period Off-Season Hypertrophy Strength Endurance Basic Strength
Normalizing Fitness Data
May 1, 2017
Field tests have become popular in applied exercise science and sport performance enhancement programs because of their simplicity and ability to generalize results. However, numerous confounding factors may influence the validity of test data from such evaluations.
Coaches Testing and Evaluation sport performance training fitness training fitness tests fitness testing
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