Massachusetts State Clinic

Weight Room

Mezzanine

(Weight Room)

• How to create a systemized approach to warm-ups
• How to incorporate testing

(Ex Room 1)

• Creating a long-term outline for creating and elevating the standard for the strength and conditioning program
• How to create value for your student athletes to ensure commitment
• How to integrate interns in the process of creating a positive culture

(Ex Room 2)

• Identify the difference between runners and non-runners
• Assess training needs
• Determine practical training strategies

(Weight Room)

• Understand the biomechanical and force-time demands of horizontal deceleration and why braking ability underpins change-of-direction performance
• Learn practical and field-based methods to assess deceleration capacity, including jump-based proxies, and identify high-risk braking patterns
• Apply evidence-based progressions to train deceleration as a skill by integrating eccentric capacity, stiffness control, and sport-specific chaos

(Ex Room 1)

• Demonstrate how diverse professional and cultural experiences inform an unique and effective coaching philosophy
• Illustrate how a values-driven culture of excellence is the catalyst for collective team success
• Outline a framework for translating discipline and resilence forged in the weight room directly into high-level sports performance

(Ex Room 2)

• Learn how force outcomes can simplify exercise selection
• Gain knowledge on how to best prescribe an exercise program based on nervous system and musculoskeletal development while taking into consideration the sport specific and physiological demands of the athlete
• Learn how to implement conditioning protocols that match the demands of your weight room sessions
• Learn how the small details within a microcycle can impact the macrocycle

Mezzanine

Mezzanine

• Learn the importance of the viscoelastic properties of fascia and become familiar with the idea of biotensegrity
• Apply a three step approach (prep, stretch, load) on how to integrate fascial training as strength coaches

• Understanding a systematic approach to developing energy systems
• Learning to use heart rate to individualize and gamify conditioning sessions
• Prescribing work-to-rest-ratios to reflect training goals and sport demands

• How to maximize modification and exercise selection across a variety of athletes with different injuries and needs
• Scheduling strategies to optimize coaching for return to play athletes
• How to transition athletes from a "modified" card avoiding their injured body part to progressive and appropriate loading once cleared by athletic training

(Weight Room)

• Building a culture
• Understand the unique demands of military athlete training
• Develop a holistic approach to training

(Ex Room 1)

• Why our language matters and definitions of current terms used in the LGBTQ+ community
• Barriers that this population of athletes face
• Inclusion strategies and practical application of new knowledge

(Ex Room 2)

• Provide an overview of the major clinical conditions encountered by the exercise professional
• Identify key considerations to be taken into account when working with clinical populations in an exercise capacity
• Adapt and apply s&c principles to specialized clinical settings

(Weight Room)

• Explain how complex systems science and evolutionary physiology provide a unifying framework for understanding strength as an emergent, context-dependent ability across rehabilitation and performance
• Critically evaluate conventional rehabilitation and strength & conditioning practices to develop a more holistic understanding of training and treatment effects, including how outcomes are defined, measured, and interpreted

(Ex Room 2)

Designing effective training programs can be challenging when working with a new team or client. This session presents a practical, repeatable framework to guide coaches and fitness professionals through the program design process. Attendees will learn how to perform a meaningful needs analysis, develop an annual training plan that accounts for real-world constraints, and select exercises with purpose rather than habit or trends. Emphasis is placed on improving clarity, consistency, and confidence in decision-making while enhancing communication with athletes, clients, and sport coaches.

(Weight Room)

• Understand a comprehensive, multi-modal approach to defining and assessing achilles and patellar tendon health
• Apply evidence-informed tendon loading strategies in their respective training environment
• Apply in-season management strategies that balance performance demands with long-term achilles and patellar tendon health