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Enhancing Athletic Performance – A Guide to Plyometric Training for High School Athletes
April 22, 2025
This article provides high school strength and conditioning coaches with a comprehensive guide for implementing plyometric training for high school athletes effectively.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Triple extension Neuromuscular coordination Explosive power Speed-strength Stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) High school athletes Plyometric training
Speed and Agility Testing Process
May 1, 2017
In order to ensure consistent and accurate results, coaches must take certain steps to ensure proper data collection. It is also important to establish sound protocols prior to testing.
Coaches Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation testing for sports performance how to test agility speed testing agility testing
Varying Tempo for Hypertrophy
June 1, 2017
Due to the principle of specificity, training should be tailored to the goal of the lifter in terms of the prioritization of strength, hypertrophy, health, and functional outcomes. If the goal is muscular hypertrophy, it may be beneficial to vary the repetition range, and to utilize a variety of loads and loading strategies in the pursuit of maximizing hypertrophy.
Personal trainers Exercise Science hypertrophy building muscle strength training weight training
Prepare, Work, Recover (Repeat) – The Process for Optimal Athletic Development
July 31, 2015
Donovan Santas, former Head Major League Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball (MLB) organization, explains the process for optimal athletic development by taking a look at the day-to-day practices and techniques used at the professional baseball level.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design rehab injury sports medicine Optimal Development Recovery
Training Program Considerations for Endurance Runners
May 1, 2017
This article contains examples of how to periodize training programs to help aerobic endurance athletes reach their peak condition at the appropriate time of the year.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Training for running exercise program design training for endurance sports how to train for a 5k how to train for a marathon how to train for a 10k race
Unbalanced Load Training for Athletic Performance
April 1, 2015
Integrating unbalanced load training into a strength or hypertrophy phase, or any workout program, can add a tremendous amount of demand on the lateral aspects of the core to help the athlete develop a strong core. Using unbalanced load training may help produce increases in athleticism, balance, and motor coordination without sacrificing strength or explosiveness.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design unbalanced load training strength training weight training
Interventions for a Stable Shoulder Complex—Building a Solid Foundation
October 15, 2018
Learn to perform and demonstrate proper shoulder complex exercise techniques for varied populations. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 Personal Trainers Conference, Jeremy Snyder, DPT, CSCS, examines basic shoulder anatomy and kinesiology including pathomechanics of the shoulder complex and exercise principles associated with a stable shoulder complex.
Personal trainers Exercise Technique Program design Shoulder Complex Recovery Shoulder Injury Corrective Exercise
Nutritional Strategies to Balance Exercise-Induced Inflammation
April 1, 2014
While acute inflammation is a normal response to high-intensity training, chronic inflammation results in depressed immunity and impaired muscle response. Learn about nutritional strategies to help balance exercise-induced inflammation to optimize performance outcomes.
Coaches Nutrition Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease strength and conditioning inflammation diet sport nutrition
What Coaches Need to Know About the NSCA Position Statement on Long-Term Athletic Development
July 1, 2014
It is incumbent on all youth coaches to provide youth with the very best opportunities to succeed and develop to the best of their potential. The 10 pillars of long-term athletic development and recommendations provide coaches with the information they need to help all youth reach their potential.
Coaches Program design Organization and Administration guidelines for youth strength training youth training long-term athletic development LTAD
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