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Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (Reds) – Awareness, Identification, and Management
November 19, 2025
This NSCA Coach article aims to equip coaches, athletic trainers, and support staff with the knowledge and tools necessary to manage REDs among college athletes. Visit NSCA online to read more on mental health and sport performance.
Coaches Exercise Science Nutrition Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease Professional Development Immune Function Hormones Strength and Conditioning Athletic Performance Bone Density Low Energy Availability (LEA) Mental Health
Integrated Perspectives on Tactical Preparation—Adding Mental Skill Training to Physical Fitness during Police Training Scenarios
January 15, 2019
This article shares various options for integrating mental skills training into existing strength and conditioning programs. Such simultaneous, dual-training approaches may better prepare officers for the realities of occupational performance.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Mental Skills Training
Using Intensity Based on Sets and Repetitions – Over 50 Years of Experience: A Brief Overview of Load Setting and Programming Strategy
December 15, 2025
This NSCA Coach article offers a brief description on the various methods for setting resistance training loads. Visit NSCA online to read more on strength training and program development.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety Professional Development Intensity Based Training Strength Coaches Power Lifting Fatigue repetitions in reserve (RIR) relative intensity (RI) repetition maximum (RM) velocity-based training (VBT)
Ice Hockey Strength and Conditioning Considerations – Sled Resisted Sprint Training
January 20, 2023
This article examines using the sled as a dynamic correspondence exercise for increasing on-ice acceleration.
Coaches Program design Ice Hockey Sled Sprints Dryland Training Acceleration
Measurement and Evaluation in a Microdosed Training Program
January 6, 2023
This article seeks to provide insight on a training method based around prescribing small amounts of training to achieve a large amount of physical improvements.
Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation Needs Analysis Testing Basketball
Why Youth Strength and Conditioning Matters
June 1, 2017
Providing a safe and effective youth strength and conditioning program is only the foundation of their long-term athletic development.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Youth Training Srength and Conditioning Coaching LTAD Athletic Development
Position Statements
Position statements are official statements of the NSCA on topics related to strength and conditioning and exercise science. All NSCA Position Statements are published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research® and free to the public.
TSAC Report 47 Research Review
June 1, 2017
This article is the 11th in a continuing series of tactical strength and conditioning (TSAC) research reviews. It is designed to bring awareness to new research findings of relevance to tactical strength and conditioning communities.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science TSAC Report tactical strength and conditioning TSAC
Advanced Understanding of Olympic-Style Weightlifting for Sport
September 24, 2018
Some of the major misconceptions concerning Olympic-style weightlifting for sport are addressed in this article, providing evidence-based recommendations to better implement the snatch, clean and jerk, and their derivatives in the training of high school and collegiate athletes.
Coaches Program design Olympic Style Weightlifting Snatch Clean Jerk High School Coaching hs-coaching
Shift-Based Program Scheduling for Firefighters
April 1, 2016
There is no argument that periodization is successful, and that different models can be applied with success in different fashions. The question of how shift work really affects a periodized program—more specifically firefighter shift work—is less clear.
TSAC Facilitators Program design shift work periodization fitness for firefighters tactical strength and conditioning firefighters TSAC
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