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Maximizing Game Performance – A Task-Based Approach to Speed and Agility Development
July 31, 2015
On-field success in sports requires the ability to solve sport-specific problems and utilize speed and agility within the specific context of the game. In this session from the 2015 NSCA National Conference, Ian Jeffreys explains how adding a task-based approach to an athlete’s speed and agility training can help ensure optimal transfer from training to game performance.
Coaches Program design strength and conditioning Speed Training Agility Training Game Performance
Vertical vs. Horizontal-Oriented Drop Jump Training: Chronic Effects on Explosive Performance of Elite Handball Players
August 5, 2019
This infographic highlights the effects on performance measures from separate vertical or horizontal jump training programs in elite handball players.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Program design Infographics Horizontal Jump Vertical Jump Explosive Performance
Transferring Physical Conditioning Principles to Practice to Enhance Performance in Tactical Personnel
July 22, 2019
This article provides methods used by tactical facilitators, related research articles, and professional interviews to demonstrate how physical conditioning facilitates the transition from practice to duty for service members, including law enforcement and fire and rescue personnel.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Tactical Physical Conditioning Law Enforcement Military
Year-Round Nutrition Program
March 5, 2021
This excerpt briefly explains nutrition periodization for different training cycles to help maximize performance for endurance athletes.
Personal trainers Coaches Nutrition Macronutrients Hydration Nutrition Periodization Training Cycle
Survival Swimming Performance Enhancement Workshop – Mental Skills and Virtual Reality to Manage Acrophobia
January 26, 2020
This article will highlight an intervention involving mental skills training and virtual reality (VR) to address acrophobia with this population.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease Mental Skills Training Virtual Reality Acrophobia Diaphragmatic Breathing
Concurrent Cognitive and Physical Fitness Training
December 8, 2023
This article presents general information suggesting physical training as a means for improving cognitive fitness.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design Cognitive Fitness Personal Training Psychological Training
Autonomy-Supportive Coaching: A New Perspective on Training Athletes
November 12, 2021
From the 2021 NSCA’s Coaches Conference, Adam Feit, Coordinator of Physical and Mental Performance at Springfield College, discusses the benefits of satisfying athletes’ and coaches’ basic psychological needs. He also explains how behaviors can help or hinder performance and how to create an autonomy-supportive training and coaching environment.
Coaches Professional Development Behaviors Motivation Support Feedback Autonomy-Supportive Training
Lessons Learned – “The Training Process”
June 5, 2020
In this session from the NSCA Coaches Conference 2020, Bo Sandoval, Director of Strength and Conditioning for the UFC Performance Institute, discusses the processes in which they assess their athletes, provide individualized training programs to make weight or build performance, and the various ways they are collecting vital information and research pertaining to fighters.
Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation MMA Energy Systems Development Surveys Weight Class
Effects of Training on Sand or Hard Surfaces on Sprint and Jump Performance of Team-Sport Players: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
June 18, 2021
This infographic breaks down training on different surfaces and how they affect performance outcomes.
Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation Infographics Sand Sprint Jump Team Sports
Carbohydrate Periodization—Part 2: Time Carbohydrate Restriction
August 19, 2019
This is the second part of a two-part series that investigates the effects of dietary carbohydrate availability on exercise performance and how specifically timed restriction of carbohydrates may also paradoxically enhance exercise performance in the medium and long term.
Personal trainers Nutrition Carbohydrates Carbohydrate Restriction Glycogen Calorie Intake
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