2022 NSCA National Conference

Breakfast provided

8:30 AM | Jason Pagan | Sex-specific reliability of lower limb corticospinal excitability and silent periods
8:45 AM | Katie Kennedy | Low-intensity contractions of the quadriceps cause greater central fatigue
9:00 AM | Jonathan Beausejour | Verifying accuracy of motor unit firing rates from surface EMG
9:15 AM | Christopher Cleary | Thigh muscle cross-sectional area in rehabilitating young athletes

Grab your opportunity to connect in a small group setting with "veterans" from different areas of strength and conditioning. If you are looking for tips in coaching the private sector, join Chad & John from Parisi Speed Schools.

1. Identification of current methods and practice as a Strength & Conditioning Educator
2. Discuss and identify methods for enhancing the education of S&C practitioners through the design, delivery, and assessment of university-level courses within a Strength and Conditioning program.
3. Discuss and identify current best practices for teaching/learning strategies in the S&C program
4. Generate researchable ideas related to S&C practitioner education
5. Discuss the needs of Strength & Conditioning Educators
6. Discuss and identify methods of contributing to NSCA Initiatives related to education
7. Networking and relationship building with fellow Strength and Conditioning Educators

9:30 AM | Meghan Magee | Body composition and eating disorder risk in high school athletes
9:45 AM | Jake Hudgins | Validity and reliability of a commercial running power meter
10:00 AM | Alan Burton | A meta-analysis of motor competence correlates in adolescents
10:15 AM | Susannah Reiner | Motivation and physical activity in virtual fitness users

Grab your opportunity to connect in a small group setting with "veterans" from different areas of strength and conditioning. If you are looking for tips to break into S&C for the tactical population, join Annette & Joe.

This your opportunity to connect with others in strength and conditioning who share your professional interest in Rubgy.  Come ready to share ideas and find out how to move this special interest forward.

1. My journey since 1985 attending and being an active member of the NSCA
2. Lessons I have learned along the way
3. Thoughts on being a coach who also happens to be female.

Lunch not provided.

1. Describe how resistance is supplied during FIT and how this compares to other resistance training systems. 
2. Understand how exercise technique and moment of inertia interact to affect resistance training stimulus during FIT. 
3. Discuss potential benefits and limitations to FIT as an exercise modality. 
4. Provide technique coaching for FIT to achieve eccentric overload.
5. Understand how to use FIT in a periodized resistance training plan to meet specific training goals.

Located in Elite Hall (Exhibit Hall) behind Session 2

1. Understand the neurological and histological changes that present the need for high-speed resistance training in older persons.
2. Describe the specific training protocols that can target the general and specific needs of older individuals.
3. Recognize the biomechanical and functional dictates of loading during high-speed training of older persons.
4. Look at the most effective equipment to maximize power gains in older persons.

1. Show the need for autoregulatory training and recovery protocols within the tactical community and also possible applications within sport, that help to promote force and team readiness, performance, and long-term sustainment.
2. Demonstrate how difference pieces of commonly available commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies can be combined into a comprehensive system that provides data-driven immediate and actionable recommendations for training and augmented recovery.
3. Discuss how this autoregulatory approach provides programming flexibility to coaches and empowers them with a fusion of objectively measured and subjectively qualified readiness and wellness indicators to inform real-time programming and training practices.

1. The attendee will be able to correctly place depth jumping into the programming scheme
2. The attendee will be able to teach the technical execution of safe depth jumping
3. The attendee will be able to construct appropriately individualized box courses for use in depth jump training.

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1:00 PM | Taylor Dinyer-McNeely | Muscle activation following repetitions completed to failure
1:15 PM | Marissa Brunner | Head position and muscle activation during the squat
1:30 PM | Greg Ryan | Seasonal anthropometric and field test variation in professional soccer players
1:45 PM | Jonathan Hamil | Comparing high-speed running and sprint distances in college soccer

Grab your opportunity to connect in a small group setting with "veterans" from different areas of strength and conditioning. If you are looking for tips to train clients in the special populations arena, join Robert for this session.

This your opportunity to connect with others in strength and conditioning who are also High School Coaches.  Come ready to share ideas and help move this professional group forward in the industry.

This is your opportunity to connect with others in strength and conditioning who share your professional interest in Figure Skating.  Come ready to share ideas and find out how to move this special interest forward.

1. Be able to identify the major physiological principles governing exercise training as it relates to player development from profiles to outcomes.
2. Be able to identify the linkages needed in program implementation for successful outcomes in player development.
3. Be able to understand the physiological challenges and cost-benefit demands for developing athletes at the collegiate level.
4. Understanding the challenges of workout evaluations and individual program monitoring and accountability.
5. Understanding the use of testing evaluations as they relate to improvement in athletes' potential for performance.

1. Learn the latest research in what causes mobility restrictions.
2. Learn how to treat mobility problems with exercise.
3. Differentiate mobility problems by asking the right questions.

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1. Build a better understanding of athletic performance skills: deceleration, force absorption and landing mechanics.
2. Develop sound exercise selection and training program strategies.
3. Review practical weight room and field/court progressions and regressions.

Grab your opportunity to connect in a small group setting with "veterans" from different areas of strength and conditioning. If you are wanting guidance as a young female in this profession, join Meg & Molly for some sage advice.

This is your opportunity to connect with others in strength and conditioning who share your professional interest in training special populations.  Come ready to share ideas and find out how to move this special interest forward.

This is your opportunity to connect with others in the strength and conditioning who share your professional interest in training the Strongman. Come ready to share ideas and find out how to move this special interest forward.

Accreditation adds value to a program and institution.  Colleges and universities with programs seeking to be leaders in strength and conditioning education, choose the Council on Accreditation of Strength and Conditioning Education (CASCE-pronounced kass-key) accreditation.  The high-level quality assurance of accreditation provides students (prospective, current and graduates) the confidence in their choice of institution, ensuring the industry is supplied with professionals who know how to safeguard their athletes, while elevating the credibility and necessity of the profession in the eyes of the public.  Learn from CASCE Board Members how accreditation can benefit your program, including each step of the accreditation process, from application to decision. 

Located in Elite Hall (Exhibit Hall) behind Session 2

Body Image: Its Components & Effects on the Athletic and General Population and General Recommendations

 Strength and conditioning coaches, sport coaches, and personal trainers are in position to identify individuals at risk for body image dissatisfaction and related disorders. Therefore, the NSCA Exercise and Sport Psychology Special Interest Group will present the components of body image and how these components effect athletes and general population. We will be discussing risk factors, signs and symptoms, correlates of body image (e.g., overtraining, perfectionism), plus recommendations to help combat negative body image.

1. Potential ways that athletes can integrate with nontechnical (the support services of a particular sport).
2. Relationship models between technical (the sport coach) and nontechnical coaching.
3. Employing a non-technical service support model.

1. Identify the most commonly used performance-enhancing drugs
2. Identify the sports most commonly associated with adverse analytical findings
3. Describe the Athlete Biological Passport

1. Accumulate intel to mastermind a solution for Fire Department challenges and create a sizzling proposal to capture a contract opportunity from thin air
2. Construct an operating system approach; run quietly in the background providing consistent and smooth health and wellness solutions
3. Justify ongoing existence by building strong relationships and exemplifying enhanced value beyond testing metrics

This is your opportunity to connect with others in the strength and conditioning who share your professional interest in Lacrosse. Come ready to share ideas and find out how to move this special interest forward.

1. Understand the manipulation of resistance training variables for maximizing muscle hypertrophy
2. Understand the role of advanced training methods in resistance training for muscle hypertrophy
3. Understand the potential interactions between aerobic and resistance training, and their combined effects on muscle hypertrophy

1. Comprehend the current research analyzing the health and fitness of first responders, and how this can infuence their performance during their training academy and what they do when working in the field.
2. Identify how health and fitness changes for first responders from the training academy to the workforce, and what training practices could be applied for trainees/cadets/recruits and incumbent first responders
3. Recognize the practical application of the current literature relative to the helath and fitness of first responders, and the positive role that strength and conditioning practitioners can play in the job performance and lives of first repsonders.

1. Cultivating relationships and how they can benefit your future.
2. Creating a plan for improvement of self and department; relying on your strengths.
3. Establishing your reputation through words, actions and social media.

This is your opportunity to connect with others in the strength and conditioning who share your professional interest in Sport Science and Performance Technology. Come ready to share ideas and find out how to move this special interest forward.

Discuss topics that are common to S&C professionals who work in a high school setting.  This is a follow-up to the roundtable held at the January 2022 NSCA Coaches Conference.

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What is a dine-around? Dine-arounds are informal dinners at local restaurants that provide an opportunity for networking, stimulating conversation and peer learning.  This special option is limited to groups of no more than 10.  Each diner is responsible for his or her own meal.

Sign up sheets will be available in the registration area.

RSVP through registration process.  This is a private party for those with RSCC designation.  NSCA's RSCC are CSCS Coaches that have demonstrated experience and knowledge working in team sport or tactical performance units. Registered coaches apply advanced knowledge to assess, motivate, educate, and train athletes for the primary goal of improving sport performance. Every registered coach participates in annual training and assessment beyond what is required of their peers and is held to the highest standards of professional education and practice in the industry. The RSCC Coaching Registry serves as verifiable proof of a strength and conditioning coach’s experience, professionalism, and subject mastery. 

1. Articulate an understanding of key terms and evidence-based strategies to enhance S&C pratitioner preparation.
2. How-to locate and adapt the scholarship of teaching and learning to their context.
3. How to design, deliver, and assess a university-level course or professional development course.

1. Crafting and cultivating your personal brand.
2. Understanding the needs of the economic buyer.
3. Create your point of differentiation, Exploring the unique challenges facing female coaches.

Sponsored by NSCA Women’s Committee

1. Identify common professional characteristics that strength coaches and physical therapists share
2. Describe the necessary academic prerequisites in order to apply to physical therapy school
3. Discuss potential career opportunities for an individual trained both as a strength coach and physical therapist.

8:30 AM | Erica Goldstein |Isocaloric drinks effective for promoting recovery in masters class athletes
8:45 AM | Nile Banks | Acute energy drink effects on exercise performance
9:00 AM | Matthew Cuthbert | Traditional versus micro-dosing in-season strength training
9:15 AM | Harry Cintineo | Minimal-equipment blood-flow restriction training

Grab your opportunity to connect in a small group setting with "veterans" from different areas of strength and conditioning. If you are wanting to break into the growing field of sport science, join Paul to learn more.

The NSCA weightlifting SIG will hold its 2022 meeting at National NSCA with a portion of the meeting devoted to a unique hands-on segment. After a brief introduction an interactive, audience-driven demonstration will take place in which designated coaches of the SIG will teach two athletes a proper progression for hang clean execution. One of the athletes will be a novice, while the other a seasoned weightlifter, allowing the audience to view differences between the two. Afterwards, the SIG meeting will conclude with an open discussion forum between the weightlifting SIG’s executive council and those in attendance.

1. Learn about recent developments and initiatives in the world of sport science.
2. Understand how the endurance athlete is being studied for elite performance at the Bowerman Sport Science Center.
3. Describe how sport science is approached at the Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory.

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• Exam the value you add to your staff and athletes.
• Strategies to serve diverse populations.
• Exploring how your values impact the student and client experience.

Sponsored by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

1. Identify cognitive processes associated with psychomotor skill learning in athletes.
2. Provide instructional strategies to facilitate efficient skill acquisition during training sessions.

9:30 AM | Christopher Proppe | Blood flow restriction exercise performed to failure versus 75 repetitions
9:45 AM | Matthew Hermes | The effect of accentuated eccentric loading on bench press performance
10:00 AM| Paola Rivera | Isotonic blood flow restriction exercise and training status
10:15 AM| Conor Cantwell | Multiple set AEL force and velocity characteristics

Grab your opportunity to connect in a small group setting with "veterans" from different areas of strength and conditioning. If you need advice on the steps to academia, join Abbie & Brandon.

This is your opportunity to connect with others in the strength and conditioning who share your professional interest in training the Performing Arts athletes. Come ready to share ideas and find out how to move this special interest forward.

This is your opportunity to connect with others in the strength and conditioning who share your professional interest in Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. Come ready to share ideas and find out how to move this special interest forward.

1. This presentation looks at how a Gamespeed approach, focusing on the goal of speed and agility application, can help shed light on the best way forward.

1. This session will describe and evaluate asymmetry quantification and how it can be practically applied in athlete monitoring programs.
2. Special attention will be paid to the identification of the common issues and obstacles associated with monitoring asymmetry including measurement reliability, validity, and task specificity.
3. Methods to prevent and avoid these issues will also be discussed.

10:30 AM| Baron Thompson | Individualized volume progressions on strength adaptations in trained men
10:45 AM| Christopher Bonilla | Practice effect on ACFT performance
11:00 AM| Jasmin Jenkins | MDL EMG and hemodynamics in hypoxia
11:15 AM | Dan Omcirck | The load-velocity profiles of different landmine punch throw variations

Grab your opportunity to connect in a small group setting with "veterans" from different areas of strength and conditioning. If you are considering a graduate degree, talk with Rachel & Brian about their journey.

The Data Blitz will consist of individuals that the NSCA Foundation has supported with Grant funding and allow them to present their research results from the funded study. The Data Blitz will be a series of 5-minute fast-paced talks, each covering just a bite-sized bit of the NSCA Foundation funded research. 

1. Dr. Malia Blue- Validity of Body Composition Assessment in Racial and Ethnic Minorities
2. Erica Goldstein- Sport Nutrition Knowledge Between Parents and Adolescent Female Athletes
3. Dr. Paul Comfort- Micro-Dosing Strength Training in Soccer: A Randomized Cross Over Feasibility Study
4. Dr. Andy Fry- Losing Power in the Weight Room-“Does Adrenaline Play a Role in Overreaching?
5. Emily Tagesen- Does Menstrual Phase Affect the Recovery from Exercise Induced Muscle Damage?

This your opportunity to connect with others in strength and conditioning who are also Personal Trainers or Private Sector Coaches.  Come ready to share ideas and help move this professional group forward in the industry.

Located in Elite Hall (Exhibit Hall) behind Session 2

Sponsored by the Women’s Committee

Lunch provided

Located in Elite Hall (Exhibit Hall) behind Session 2

1. Define sarcopenia
2. Identify the cellular mechanisms that may contribute to sarcopenia and how these may impact health and fitness programming.
3. Design programs that will help offset the consequences of sarcopenia.
4. Summarize the relevant sarcopenia literature related to health and fitness.

1. Critically examine the literatiure based surrounding the use of flotation restricted environmental therapy in athletic performance and recovery.
2. Identify examples of how this form of water immersion therapy may be used in mental preparation, visualization and physical recovery.
3. Provide firsthand accounts of athlete experiences and tips for promoting relaxation in novice floaters

1. Design creative, outside the box warm-ups that enhance all aspects of athleticism and motor learning
2. Introduce the concept of differential learning and how that fits into the overall model of development
3. How to incorporate games, play, and choice and the importance of doing so every day

1:00 PM| Sally Paulson | Physical performance and sleep quality
1:15 PM| Pasquale Succi | Is a verification bout required for the determination of VO2max?
1:30 PM| Damjana Cabarkapa | Kinetic characteristics of setting motions in women's volleyball
1:45 PM | Michael Toczko | RPE as a measure of subjective fatigue in first responders

This is your opportunity to connect with others in the strength and conditioning who share your professional interest in Soccer. Come ready to share ideas and find out how to move this special interest forward.

This your opportunity to connect with others in strength and conditioning who are also Collegiate Coaches.  Come ready to share ideas and help move this professional group forward in the industry.

1. Identify the types of regenerative medicine procedures that may be used for the management of orthopaedic conditions.
2. Understand the synergistic benefits of regenerative medicine and exercise.
3. Recall post-procedural management strategies following stem cell procedures.

1. Identify the importance of maintaining strength throughout the lifespan.
2. Identify neuromuscular changes that negatively impact strength preservation with age
3. Identify possible interventions to help preserve or enhance strength by targeting the neuromuscular system

1. Learn how to implement efficient, safe, and effective teaching progression for the hang at knee power snatch in a large group.
2. Perform assessment and progression of movements supported by USA Weightlifting best practices.
3. Apply effective remedies for common errors in a large group setting.

All attendees welcome who want to discuss topics related to training high school, college and professional soccer athletes.

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This is your opportunity to connect with others in the strength and conditioning who share your professional interest in Bodybuilding. Come ready to share ideas and find out how to move this special interest forward.

This is your opportunity to connect with others in the strength and conditioning who share your professional interest in Long Term Athletic Development. Come ready to share ideas and find out how to move this special interest forward.

1. Identify Science
2. Identify Sport
3. Differentiate Exercise Science and Sport Science
4. Understand the origins of Sport Science
5. Understand where Sport Science is currently
6. Understand where Sport Science may go

This is your opportunity to connect with others in the strength and conditioning who share your professional interest in Track and Field. Come ready to share ideas and find out how to move this special interest forward.

1. Discuss the lessons that I learned in 33 years of coaching that helped us build lasting relationships, avoid conflict, improve performance and win championships.
2. I will discuss building a culture of hard work that’s needed to win games and develop strength that will last a lifetime.
3. Discuss the planning and organization of training for our 3 National Championship football teams.
4. Discuss communication and negotiating skills to get what you want and what the student athletes need in order to be successful.
5. Discuss filtering through the various emerging technologies and how we determined what we would hang our hats on.

RSVP through registration process.  Enjoy a wonderful meal with colleagues as we celebrate the best in the industry this year.

Sponsored in part by Matrix

1. Introduce a holistic model for the injury process.
2. Introduce a 6 phase return to play model that can help coaches and practitioners take the athlete from function to optimal.

1. Describe the most commonly used peak week strategies by bodybuilders.
2. Identify effective/ineffective and safe/unsafe peak week practices used by bodybuilders.
3. Design evidence based peak week strategies for bodybuilders.

1. Explore the foundation needed to create an environment where Servant Leadership thrives and creates a dynamic culture. 

8:30 AM | Danilo Tolusso | The influence of fatigue on reliability of performance recovery metrics
8:45 AM| Christoph Szedlak | Stakeholders of a S&C certification body identify psychosocial coaching practice
9:00 AM | Faith Brown | Analysis of in-season workloads in women's collegiate basketball
9:15 AM | Erica Marshall | Vagal recovery following high load and blood flow restriction exercise

1. Examine the current state of strength & conditioning research and how it has led to "Chaos in the Brickyard"
2. Discuss why training intervention studies are true experimental research for strength & conditioning
3. Explore lessons learned conducting training interventions to improve study design.

1. How to dictate load based on velocity of the movement.
2. The relationship between velocity and rating of perceived exertion based on repetitions in reserve.
3. Using velocity in a large group vs. smaller groups/1 on 1.

1. Provide information to use with your clients to educate them about the importance of movement in addition to "workouts”
2. Demonstrate exercises to help your clients develop a movement routine
3. Deliver tools for the toolbox of movement activities for your clients to utilize

9:30 AM| Chad Kerksick | Force and damage responses to high and low force producers
9:45 AM | Elisabeth Ohrnberger | Relationships between body composition and injury rates in collegiate runners
10:00 AM| Roger Kollock | The impact of anthropometrics on dynamic stability
10:15 AM | Valerie Neira | Power production asymmetry during cycling time-trial

Grab your opportunity to connect in a small group setting with "veterans" from different areas of strength and conditioning. If being a strength coach in the high school setting is on your bucket list, talk with Mike.

Located in Elite Hall (Exhibit Hall) behind Session 2

1. Learn to compare and contrast the different NSAID types.
2. Describe the positive and negative effects of NSAIDs on muscle and bone.
3. Understand how NSAIDs influences performance and recovery.

1. Introduce a holistic model for the injury process.
2. Introduce a 6 phase return to play model that can help coaches and practitioners take the athlete from function to optimal.

10:30 AM | Bridget Melton | Evolution of physical training in law enforcement academies
10:45 AM | Catherine Saenz | TIAARA study: Building the collegiate dancer health and performance profile
11:00 AM | Michael Lane | Effects of wearing explosive ordinance disposal equipment on metabolic demands
11:15 AM | Robert Lockie | Age-related differences in firefighters from a health and wellness program

1. Identify factors that help a person succeed as a strength and conditioning coach and conversely pitfalls to avoid.
2. Discuss traits needed to connect with athletes other coaches and administrators
3. Provide real world examples and guidelines for developing and maximizing the coaches personal "coaching tool box".