Understanding and Managing Stress in Collegiate Athletics
by Jonathan Lynch, MS, CSCS,*D
NSCA Coach
June 2016
Vol 4, Issue 4
It is important for strength and conditioning coaches, sport coaches, athletic trainers, and administrators to recognize and address the evidence of stress within student-athletes in order to avoid chronic stress-related anxiety and injury.
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