Mississippi State Clinic

Alcohol is commonly consumed by athletes. This talk will highlight the impact of alcohol consumption on physiology, including metabolism, thermoregulation, skeletal muscle regulatory factors, and the nervous system. Potential influences of alcohol on athletic performance and weight management will also be discussed.

This talk will cover performance assessments in weight room. The talk will include the utilization of EMG, force plate, and 3D motion capture in the analysis of athletes and their progression. Additionally, vision manipulation's use in training and response to visual cues will be discussed.

The growth of the wearable technology industry and its utility in collegiate athletics has been exponential over the past several years. As more and more companies develop products that help quantify the stresses that athlete's are exposed to in practices, matches, or even daily life, it's important to delineate what makes a product appropriate and effective versus being a dust collector or fancy recruiting tool.  Strategies for application of collected data from wearable technologies can be advantageous towards the product of what sport staffs give to their athletes from both a training effectiveness and safety of training standpoint. Coach Duvall will be discussing the efficacy of these technologies from an athlete training and monitoring point of view.

This presentation will discuss new trends in strength and conditioning and include a question and answer session addressing questions concerning training associated with performance. 

Recent position statements regarding long-term athletic development have suggested we need to understand more regarding the natural mechanisms by which muscles get stronger. This presentation will define what long-term athletic development is, and what we already know regarding training programs for youth. Then we will examine the natural growth and development of skeletal muscle in young males and females to understand how natural growth and development influences muscle function. Understanding these growth and development-related influences on muscle function will provide a greater understanding of how best to design and implement
age-appropriate long-term athletic development programs in young males and females .

This talk will review current methods of strength and conditioning with power-endurance athletes, with a focus on collegiate soccer players. The session will cover both in-season and off-season training programs. Evidence-based examples will be used to demonstrate the rationale behind the different training methods. Practical applications will be provided for attendees to better assess implementation in their own programs.

This presentation will discuss new trends in sports nutrition and include a question and answer session addressing questions concerning nutrition associated with performance.