New Mexico State Clinic

• What speed actually is (force, velocity, etc.)
• How children naturally develop speed vs adults
• Age-appropriate benchmarks and expectations

• Creative strategies to build student connection and program relevance beyond the weight room
• How to approach pitching your role and demonstrate your value as a full-time staff member
• Best practices for effective collaboration with academic, athletic, and wellness departments

• Recognize the common strength deficits that persist after PT discharge
• Identify movement-quality and biomechanical gaps during sports-related tasks
• Understand and apply continued formal return to play testing (staying within the scope of a strength and conditioning coach) and programming progressions

• Understand to progress eccentric, isometric, and concentric training that will limit interfering adaptations
• When to implement general and specific stressors throughout a training year
• How to progress power with time to peak velocity

• Why Olympic lifts aren't the "king"
• What other options there are for coaches working with athletes
• Why these other options trump Olympic lifts

• Order of operations for conditioning development through anaerobic and aerobic practices
• Learn how to design and progress repeat-sprint, tempo, and change-of-direction conditioning
• How to manipulate conditioning variables and schedules for in-season athletes

Explores the visible and invisible elements that contribute to team dynamics. This session will help coaches identify critical cultural elements within the team and apply evidence-based strategies for building positive spaces for performance and growth.

• Develop stress-responsive, functional movements
• Integrate martial arts, sport science & clinical evidence
• Promote personal excellence and community engagement