| 5 Biggest Mistakes of the Could be Fast Player |
Jeremy Boone, CSCS |
How many times have you watched a game and thought to yourself, "Wow, that player could be really fast if only..."? Join Jeremy Boone in this interactive workshop as he discusses the '5 Biggest Mistakes of the Could Be Fast Player'. During this two hour presentation, you will learn practical training methods to address player development based upon the latest sports science research. At the end of the presentation, you will leave armed with suggested training progressions, corrective exercise strategies, periodization strategies, and two specific assessments that will help to take the guesswork out of your program design for individual players. You will be able to immediately return home and implement this material into your own program. |
Jeremy Boone, CSCS, is the owner of Athlete By Design Inc. He has had the opportunity to work with athletes and teams at all levels of play both nationally and internationally during his coaching career including NFL, NBA, MLS, WUSA, and MLB. Coach Boone has authored multiple training DVD's including a latest group project, fitnessforsoccer.com, focusing on age specific player development. Most recently, he has been involved in research addressing topics such as quantifying force production and force absorption and psychological profiling of athletes. |
| Effect of Overweighted Forearm Training on Bat Swing Velocity |
David Szymanski, PhD, CSCS*D |
If you are interested in learning about what contributes to bat swing velocity from a biomechanical, electromyographical, and physiological perspective, you will want to attend this presentation. This talk will review research and present information in an easy to understand format for the practitioner. You will learn what sports science tells us about training methods to improve bat swing velocity, as well as hear research results from two studies that examined whether using a supplemental “sport-specific” device improves bat swing velocity. |
David Szymanski, PhD, CSCS*D, is an assistant professor of exercise physiology, Director of the Applied Physiology Lab, and the Volunteer Assistant Baseball Coach at Louisiana Tech University. He formerly was the Sports Performance Director for Velocity Sports Performance-Tulsa. Prior to that, Dr. Szymanski was the Exercise Physiologist for the Auburn University Baseball team for 5 years. Before attending Auburn University, where he earned a doctorate in exercise physiology, Dr. Szymanski was the Assistant Baseball Coach and Weight Room Director at Texas Lutheran University for five years. Dr. Szymanski has been involved in several research studies evaluating sports performance. His primary research has focused on ways to improve baseball performance. Dr. Szymanski can be contacted at dszyman@latech.edu. |
| The Prevalence and Prevention of In-Season Detraining in Collegiate Athletes |
Todd Miller, PhD, CSCS*D |
It is well known that off season strength and conditioning programs can bring about large positive changes in fitness and sport performance. However, an increase in demands on the athlete during the regular competitive season can have a negative effect on these performance gains.The purpose of this session is tho show why, and how much, performance can suffer over the course of a regular season in college football and soccer players. Strategies to prevent in-season detraining will also be explored. |
Todd Miller, PhD, CSCS*D, is currently an Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at the George Washington University in Washington DC, where he is responsible for the development of the Master's degree program in Strength and Conditioning. He has degrees in Exercise Science from Penn State and Texas A&M, and worked as a student strength and conditioning coach at both of those institutions. After leaving A7M, he completed his postdoctoral work in Microbiology at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. In addition to studying human athletic performance, his early research interests focused on the response of skeletal muscle to stimulated microgravity. He is involved with the NSCA on multiple levels, including serving as Chair of the Nominating Committee, and as an associate editor for the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. |
| Fueling Strategies for Football |
Joshua Hingst, MS |
This session will be a complete guide to pre-game, game-time, and post-game nutrition interventions for the game of football. The session will identify specific nutritional needs and cover various areas of concern such as: Electrolytes, carbohydrates, fluid, protien, vitamin, and mineral concerns. The impact of proper nutrition on performance will be discussed as well as a specific look at the different fueling protocols utilized at Florida State University. |
Joshua Hingst, MS, is the Director of Sports Nutrition and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for football at Florida State University. He has to bachelor degrees from the University of Nebraska in exercise science and dietetics, where he also got his first experiences in college strength and conditioning. Hingst earned a masters degree in Sports Nutrition from Florida State and is a certified strength coach and is accredited as a registered dietician. Josh also works as an adjunct professor. |
| Power, Agility and Speed Training for Football |
John Graham, MS, CSCS,*D, FNSCA |
Athletic Performance in the sport of football requires that today's athletes learn and utilize the latest evidence-based training techniques in Power, Agility and Speed training. This presentation will discuss means of integrating power, agility, and speed training into a football athlete’s performance enhancement program. Descriptions and video demonstrations will be given on the use of speed, agility and plyometric training exercises and drills along with a needs analysis and athletic performance testing system to evaluate program design and performance enhancement. |
John Graham, MS, CSCS,*D, FNSCA, is the Director of Community & Corporate Fitness at Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Netwrok in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the NSCA Board of Directors from 2001-2003 and served as the Vice President in 2002 and Secretary/Treasurer in 2003. John was awarded the NSCA Strength & Conditioning Journal Editorial Excellence Award in 2000. He presently serves as a coulmn editor fot the NSCA Strength & Conditioning Journal. |
| Specialized Movement Training for Both Offensive and Defensive Skill Players |
Pete Bommarito, MS, CSCS, USAW |
In theis session there will be an analysis of some of the specific movement demands of the skill positions in football. The analysis will be illustrated by video and specialized and progressive drills will be outlined and demonstrated. Some of the topics that will be discussed are general speed training concepts that need to be incorporated for all positions, position-specific technical mechanics training for each position group and creative ways to group many positions performing different skills into the same training group. |
Pete Bommarito, MS, CSCS, USAW, Pete Bommarito is the Director of Perfect Competition's Athletic Development Center, where he oversees a team of performance, nutritional, and medical/rehabilitation specialists. His responsibilities include training NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB players and prospects. In addition, he works with many youth, high school, and collegiate athletes and teams. He is also a consultant for many collegiate and high school hockey, football and baseball teams. Prior to developing the vision at Perfect Competition, he has been a strength coach at Ball State University, the International Performance Institute, as well as interned for the Indianapolis Colts. |
| Injury Trends Among Major League Baseball Players: Implications for Strength & Conditioning Professionals |
Matthew Rhea, PhD, CSCS |
This presentation will address the trends in major injuries among MLB players from 1999-2005. Strength and conditioning practices among baseball players will be considered in relationship to those injury trends providing potential interventions to positively alter the occurrence of specific injuries in baseball. |
Matthew Rhea, PhD, CSCS, is currently the director of the human movement Master's Degree at A.T. Still University. His research has focused on sports performance enhancement and injury prevention. In addition to his scholarly work, Dr. Rhea also serves as a consultant to various college and professional sports organizations ans has worked with college and professional athletes for 10 years. |
| Base Running Techniques |
Lee Taft, CSCS |
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Lee Taft, CSCS Highly respected as one of the top athletic movement specialists in the country, Lee is co-owner of Sports Speed, Etc., and President of Lee Taft Speed Academy, Inc. Over the past 17 years, Lee has worked with many athletes of all ages and abilities. His major focus and passion has been in the athletic development of young athletes. Nationally known as an expert in movement technique, Lee's innovative techniques to improve multi-directional speed is the up and coming teaching method of many professionals. |
| Developing the Physical Attributes of a Lineman |
Patrick McHenry, MA, CSCS*D, Coach Practitioner |
Linemen make up the largest group of players on a football team and yet they receive the least amount of position specific training. In this session you will learn specific lifts, agility drills and other training methods to develop the skills necessary to be a lineman. |
Patrick McHenry, MA, CSCS*D, Coach Practitioner, is the head strength & conditioning coach at Castle View High school in Castle Rock, CO. I design the lifting & speed / agility programs for all the weight lifting classes as well as working with the schools 20 varsity sports. His Masters degree is in Physical Education, emphasis Kinesiology from the University of Northern Colorado. Patrick is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist with Distinction and a Coach Practitioner with the National Strength & Conditioning Association. He is also a Certified Club Coach with USA Weightlifting. Patrick has worked with athletes from youth to the Elite level in a wide variety of sports. Many of my high school athletes go on to play volleyball, wrestling, football, softball, soccer and lacrosse at the colligate level. In 2003 he was the regional Strength coach of the Year for American Football Monthly, in 2005, was the NSCA High School Strength Coach of the year and in 2006 received the Editorial Excellent Award from the Strength and Conditioning Journal. Patrick is published in books, journals, internet manuals and videos, is the former state director for the NSCA, on the NSCA High School SIG executive committee and the Colorado High School Coaches Association board. |
