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Training for Pickleball
February 9, 2024
The purpose of this article is to provide an example of a resistance training program for improving performance and reducing the possibility of injury for pickleball players.
Coaches Program design Pickleball Achilles Tendon Circuit Training Racket Sports
Developing Bilateral Symmetry for Basketball Players—Considerations for the Use of Rotational Suspension Bodyweight Training
January 1, 2014
In order to develop athletes who can move optimally in multiple planes of motion, training should include elements that can challenge them in multiple planes while providing various resistance and proprioceptive challenges.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design basketball coaching NSCA Coach Bilateral Symmetry Rotational Training Training for Basketball
What is the Catch? Clarifying Weightlifting Exercises and Terminology
January 1, 2013
This article covers commonly used terminology from United States of America Weightlifting (USAW), plus it contains illustrations of the basic positions for weightlifting exercises.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Olympic-style weightlifting power snatch squat weightlifting clean and jerk snatch
Integrating Plyometric Training for High School Soccer Athletes – Part 2
June 4, 2021
In the second of this two part series, this article will discuss program design with an emphasis on integrating lower limb plyometric training into soccer training to enhance power actions, as well as, consider high school athletes’ biological characteristics and long-term athletic development (LTAD).
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design High School LTAD Plyometrics Maturation Power Soccer hs-coaching
Development of Phase Potentiation for Strength and Power Athletes
January 26, 2015
Power and strength translate into force, the key behind any push athlete's success. In this lecture from the NSCA's 2015 Coaches Conference, USOC Coach Brad DeWeese discusses periodization and the need to develop phase potentiation for push athletes.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Strength and Conditioning Coach Power Athlete Strength athlete Strength and Power Programming Phase Potentiation
Special Considerations for Training the Female Athlete
January 31, 2017
In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 Coaches Conference, Tara De Leon presents common issues that female athletes face and provides solutions for how to optimize training in females. CEUs available.
Coaches Program design Female athletes Anatomical differences Training Considerations Programming for Female Athletes hs-coaching
The Recharge Skate – A Tool for Expressing In-Season Repeat Sprint Ability
March 4, 2022
This article features the recharge skate—an in-season hockey conditioning drill, designed by the authors, to maintain hockey-specific energy system fitness throughout the competitive season.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation Ice Hockey Repeat Sprint Ability Alactic Energy Systems Development
Return to Perform: Student-Athlete Assessments and Guidelines for Safe Return Back to Sports during the Period of COVID-19
November 19, 2021
The purpose of this article is to strongly suggest and offer a pragmatic and stepwise approach that takes into account the ideas and concepts of shared decision making that allows for the “best practices,” pre-participation screenings, evaluations, and stratification flow charts for safe and effective return to play for athletes.
Coaches Program design Acclimation Health Risk Screening COVID-19 Resistance Training
Risk-Benefit Considerations for Deadlifting in Rehabilitating Low-Back Injuries
April 30, 2025
This article highlights the key benefits of deadlifts in exercise therapy, addressing the often-overlooked issue of low-back pain in strength and conditioning.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease Workout Injury Joint Health Resistance training Lumbar Spine posterior-chain rehabilitation exercise Low-Back Injury Weight Lifting Exercise Therapy Deadlift
Resistance Exercise Preserves Physical Function of Older Adults—Implications for Strength and Conditioning Professionals
October 15, 2018
Older adults who desire to remain physically active at work, recreation, or sport can improve muscular strength, physical performance, and injury prevention if engaged in a properly designed resistance exercise program. The programming considerations presented herein may serve as a useful reference for strength and conditioning professionals working closely with active older adults.
Personal trainers Coaches Program design Older Adults Training older population Resistance Training
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