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Boots on the Ground: What Have We Learned? A Retrospect on the Past 10 Years Working as a TSAC-F
October 15, 2018
The tactical strength and conditioning field is evolving each year. Because of the experience of those in the field, as well as the growing body of research, we are gaining a better understanding of what it actually means to work within the tactical field.
TSAC Facilitators Organization and Administration Professional Development TSAC TSAC-F Tactical Athlete Strength and Conditioning
Shift-Based Program Scheduling for Firefighters
April 1, 2016
There is no argument that periodization is successful, and that different models can be applied with success in different fashions. The question of how shift work really affects a periodized program—more specifically firefighter shift work—is less clear.
TSAC Facilitators Program design shift work periodization fitness for firefighters tactical strength and conditioning firefighters TSAC
NSCA Announces 2025 Coach of the Year Awards
The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is proud to announce the recipients of the organization’s 2025 Coach of the Year Awards
Operationalizing Power
June 1, 2017
Considering that the term "power" typically evokes the perception of high-speed movement, many people are inclined to take the tenets of specificity to literally mean “train fast, be fast.” However, to create the most strategic methods of training and adaptation, it is vital to compartmentalize power into the primary testable and trainable elements.
Coaches Exercise Science Testing and Evaluation power power training strength and conditioning
Purpose and Methods of the Hip Hinge and Squat in High School Strength and Conditioning—with Personal Perspective and Sample Program
January 1, 2015
The hip hinge and squat exercises, and their variations, are used in many strength and conditioning programs to develop athletes of many sports. The listed progressions are examples of practical implications used to develop athletes, but there may be additional practical and effective methods used by strength and conditioning coaches for similar purposes.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design squat strength and conditioning hip hinge high school coaching high school hs-coaching
Fundamentals Not Fluff: Transitional Movement Skills for Athletes
January 30, 2017
Brett Bartholomew talks about the risks posed to athletes who are partaking in randomized and unstructured training practices often supervised by non-certified professionals. This session from the NSCA’s 2017 Coaches Conference will help you identify ways in which a “skills not drills” approach towards movement training design can not only lead to enhanced transfer of training to the competitive environment, but also better retention on behalf of the athlete as they progress through future training.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design movement skills skill acquisition skill application competition
Practical Applications and Future Directions of Electromyography use in Tactical Populations
November 20, 2020
This article reviews electromyography (EMG) procedures as well as provides examples of how EMG data analysis has been used in tactical populations.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Testing and Evaluation EMG Force Output Muscle Activation Load Carriage
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