North Carolina State Clinic

Overview of all of the components that go into high-performance training in professional soccer, specifically, in Major League Soccer environments. This presentation goes through the design of specific aspects of the overall program, and how they are all pieces of the larger high-performance puzzle.

This session will provide general philosopy/sample progression relevant to low-grade hamstring strain RTP in professional baseball, communicate specific constraints/challenges of operating in professional baseball (as it relates to RTP in-season), and discuss the importance of a collaborative approach when developing a plan of attack (calendars, exercise plans, alternative strategies, etc.). 

• Identify the Olympic Lifts, their variations and the nomenclature associated with them
• Create strategies for adding them to broad and specific strength and conditioning programs based on proper progression of both
  technical proficiency and intensity
• Teach proper execution of the selected lifts and their variations with understandable coaching cues

• Understanding what perceptual-cognitive skills are
• Recognizing the differences between novices and experts
• Introducing how to incorporate them into training sessions

• Performance professionals can expand their coaching "toolbelt" by understanding female specific performance needs
• Coaches can improve their interpersonal tact while navigating difficult topics such as menstrual cycles, performance lens of birth control usage, perimenopause, and female retention in Special Operations

• Understand gameday +/- principles and their application to basketball (versus soccer)
• How data collected from Catapult Sports Technology (or similar) can inform exercise prescription and practice planning (Bonus:
  how to communicate this with your sport coaches)
• Exercise prescription can be modified at all levels: exercise selection/execution, volume, or intensity

• Why is measurement and evaluation important?
• What qualities are we measuring and evaluating?
• How do we get more out of the data we collect?
• Creating systems of data collection and monitoring that are sustainable

• Individuals understand and self reflect on what areas they need to focus continuing education on
• Individuals leave with a practical plan for their personal development

• Become familiar with dietary supplement regulation
• Identify the red flags of low-quality supplements
• Discover the hallmarks of high-quality supplement companies