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Coaches’ Guide to Sports Burnout
March 1, 2024by Samantha Dardaman, MS, CSCS, RSCC
The purpose of this article is to provide clarity and give an overview of sports burnout as it pertains to both athletes and coaches.
Coaches Exercise Science
From the Field – What Being a Good Personal Trainer Really Involves
May 8, 2021by Lee Boyce
This article gives readers a personal insight into the qualities that a successful and credible personal trainer should have.
Personal trainers Professional Development
The Intersection of Therapy and Performance with the Oklahoma City Thunder
January 13, 2020by Andrew Paul, MEd, CSCS
From the 2019 NSCA’s Coaches Conference, Andrew Paul, Senior Athletic Performance Coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the National Basketball Association (NBA), discusses the importance of the emerging role of the dual-credentialed physical therapist/strength and conditioning specialist and identifies communication strategies to help facilitate good relationships and player transitions between the medical and performance teams.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Testing and Evaluation Professional Development
High Performance Leadership
May 8, 2018by Tim Wakeham, MS
"How can we practically, meaningfully and positively affect communication, leadership, and motivation for our staff, our athletes, and our teams?" Tim Wakeham strives to answer this question during this lecture from the 2015 NSCA Coaches Conference.
Coaches Professional Development
Becoming a Strength and Conditioning Coach
June 8, 2018by Michael W. Favre, MEd, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D
This article encompasses some of the necessary experience, education, certifications, and personal development needed to become a strength and conditioning coach.
Coaches Exercise Science
Becoming a Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach
May 17, 2018by Michael W. Favre, MEd, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D
Coach Favre speaks at the 2013 NSCA National Conference. In this first of four videos, he will go over some of the traits and abilities that make a good collegiate strength and conditioning coach, including communication, attention to detail, initiative, and integrity.
Coaches Organization and Administration Professional Development
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National Basketball Strength and Conditioning Association (NBSCA) Performance Summit 2019 – Chicago in Review
March 21, 2020by Stephen Bird, PhD, CSCS, RSCC*E, Thomas Huyghe, CSCS, and Ernest Delosangeles Jr, ATC, CSCS
This article provides a review of sessions presented at the 2019 National Basketball Strength and Conditioning Association (NBSCA) Performance Summit including strength and conditioning methods and coaching strategies, in-season strength programming, force plate assessment, injury prevention, and player monitoring.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation Professional Development
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