NSCA Tactical Annual Training

This course will provide attendees with a current, evidence-based understanding of sleep and its role in the health and wellbeing of humans.  Attendees will leave with a knowledge of the function of sleep, basic sleep architecture, sleep debt, sleep mythology and the impact (positive and negative) of sleep on athletic performance, brain health, and immune function.  The course will finish with providing insight into wearable sleep technology and sleep strategies for patients and/or themselves.

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Sponsored by Perform Better

• Review roles and capabilities of Dietitians directly integrated into Army maneuver units
• Discuss practical tips to maximize collaboration between strength & conditioning professionals and Dietitians in Army units

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This session will take a closer look at how all variables within a program must be addressed to account for cumulative fatigue, density of variables within your program and how to manage stressors for the tactical athlete with high demands for physical, mental, physiological and emotional stress. 

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• Determining if weightlifting is right for your population. 
• Weightlifting variations to help maximize results and minimize risk 
• Substitutions for the weightlifting movements

HANDS-ON

• Understand the reality of conducting research that is not laboratory-based, with law enforcement populations that may not always prioritize the need for research.
• Recognize the need for scientific rigor within law enforcement research, and practices that can be made to optimize this considering the practical reality of this environment.
• Identify the importance of law enforcement research for individuals and larger departments, and why it is necessary to work through the obstacles and challenges that may be faced by both law enforcement and academic personnel.

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• Understanding factors influencing musculoskeletal injury and the recovery process.
• Understanding and recommending appropriate physical assessment for return to duty recommendations.
• Understanding the role and the importance of the clinician and tactical facilitator/coach in the recovery process.

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Interactive

This session will explore a few regenerative methods that can be used to optimize recovery and downregulate the nervous system. During the hands on, attendees will be exposed to and try these methods. Attendees will walk away with an understanding of when and how to implement these strategies into their programs. 

HANDS-ON

Sponsored by Perform Better

• Introduction of the traditional occupational medicine model and the inefficiencies that are often associated within public safety.
• Understanding SCU TSM model and how “front loading” can lead to improved focus on patient-centered care and the needs of public safety.
• Application of specific movements and utilizing pneumatic-resistance technology to improve quality reconditioning programs for both lower and upper extremities.

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• Identify the situations that create the greatest energy deficits.
• Know the expected impacts of varying levels of energy deficits on performance.
• Understand different strategies to potentially mitigate energy deficit driven performance decrements

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Learn proper prescription to utilize weightlifting effecively for your desire result

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All Attendees and Exhibitors Welcome - please join us for food and drink and see the latest and greatest offerings from our exhibitors

Major Donny Bigham | Chief of the Human Performance Office at Fort Benning, GA

Jay Dawes | Assistant Professor of Applied Exercise Science at Oklahoma State University

INTERACTIVE

• Learning how a single movement can have tactical and functional implications toward overuse as well as performance.

HANDS-ON

• Understanding Training is a process 
• Most Applicable Adaptation for Tactical Performance
• The Most Effective Applications for Tactical Performance

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• Attendees will be able to list at least three main components of an effective HPO Program.
• Using their unique operating environment, attendees will analyze at least three ways they can obtain assistance for creating/sustaining an HPO Program using existing/local no-to-low cost resources.
• Using their unique operating environment, attendees will develop a plan for wining one heart, one mind, and one injury at a time while scaling for future program growth.

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• Learn to assess and correct breathing mechanics at rest and during activity
• Discover Pre-Workout breathing reset routines
• Utilize intra-workout recovery breathing to enhance performance

HANDS-ON

• Explore the research behind vision training in relation to performance and concussions.
• Understand the implementation of vision training and how to apply it to different populations.
• Learn different vision exercises that are available and what they are used for.

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• Learn how coaching the moment can still provide all the data you need. 
• Learn how to use that data to understand the population and the individual 
• Learn how to use the data to understand yourself and coaching efforts.

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Interactive

Hunter Schurrer | Strength and Conditioning Specialist (KBR contractor) at 1^st Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Bob Lockie | Assistant Professor in Strength & Conditioning and researcher at Cal State Fullerton

INTERACTIVE

Annette Zapp – Lieutenant and Strength & Conditioning Coach with FireSQFitness

Rob Orr – Leads Bond University’s Tactical Research Unit

INTERACTIVE

Why train both? How to train both. Hands-on application for immediate exposure.

HANDS-ON

• Identify the risks and hazards associated with marine operations
• Identify the vibrational and peak forces experienced during marine operations and the potential acute and long term risks associated with these forces
• Identify general recommendation

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Many tactical warriors become involved with the specialized training required for underwater operations. Frequently law enforcement and fire service personnel must undertake search and recovery operations during which they are exposed to the hazards of underwater environments coupled with the stress of submersible water pressures. Military personnel may also engage in search and recovery operations as well as utilizing the underwater environment for infiltration purposes and access to marine targets. 

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Interactive

Bruce Seidman | Strength and Conditioning Specialist (KBR contractor) at 3^rd Ranger Battalion 75^th Ranger Regiment

Lieutenant Joe Dulla | 31-year LA County Sherriff’s veteran who oversees Recruit Training Unit

INTERACTIVE

John Hofman | Director of TSAC, Fitness, & Human Performance at Southern California University

Brian Schilling | Professor of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences and researcher with UNLV

INTERACTIVE

• Discuss the research behind vision training in relation to performance and concussions.
• Understand the implementation of vision training and how to apply it to different populations.
• Learn different vision exercises that are available and what they are used for.

HANDS-ON

• Explain how the back is compromised by both passive and active duties
• Compare the active, passive and control systems that allow the lower back to transfer load
• Construct programs to optimizing the physical conditioning and reconditioning of the lower back in tactical personnel

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• Discuss the various components of a comprehensive injury prevention program within a Fire Department
• Discuss implementation strategies to create a comprehensive injury prevention program 
• Understand the value of a multi-faceted approach for Fire and Rescue personnel

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Matt Thompson | NSCA Tactical Program Associate Manager

Brent Alvar | Professor at Point Loma Nazarene University; tactical author and researcher

INTERACTIVE

• Learn how to effectively address back issues to decrease/prevent pain, increase durability and enhance job performance in the context of tactical career demands.
• Determine best practices for relieving pain, building strength and mobility, and maintain

Sponsored by Perform Better

HANDS-ON

• Learn what HRV is and the inferences it affords 
• Learn how to apply HRV in testing and training 
• Learn how to transition from collection, to assessment, interpretation, and application

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• Role of leadership - vision, stratagems, and talent acquisition 
• Lessons learned - risk, opportunity, and ROI 
• Innovation - it's not just about technology

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Discuss indirect means of placing unwanted stress on the back and how to identify and mitigate these factors

Interactive

JD Mata | Strength Coach with 10^th Mountain Division and Asst. Program Manager with REEF Systems

Logan Brodine | Strength and Conditioning Specialist (KBR contractor) at 10^th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

INTERACTIVE

• Review key points from TSAC 2018's talk, "Hacking Cognitive Neuroscience to Optimize Tactical Operators"
• Provide demonstrations employing hacking techniques in skill acquisition and performance 
• Perform group hands-on activities to stimulate creativity and integrate hacks

HANDS-ON

• Designing programs for tactical units
• Fitting the training program to busy work-schedules
• Possibly overcoming the "continuity problem"

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1. Implement a ‘Military Strength & Conditioning philosophy’
2. Set up a platform of specialists
3. Guarantee the quality of your coaches

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-  Learn how and why tactical athletes should take a proactive, movement-based approach to relieving and preventing back pain

Interactive

John Mackersie | Strength and Conditioning Specialist (KBR contractor) at 10^th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Ron Stenger | Director for T3i and spearheaded human performance upgrades in the Air Force  

INTERACTIVE

• 5 W’s of a Special Operations Forces conditioning program

• Apply science to achieve energy system needs while providing autonomy of schedule to the soldier 

• Learn to go further and faster utilizing low intensity training

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• Review historical perspectives of researching the run
• Review current research and contemporary approaches,
• Demonstrate current application of 2D kinemtatic/kinetic feedback, acceleromoter, and survey feedback 

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-  In depth discussion of how the Norwegian special operations forces prepare their operators before exercises and deployments, and how they plan weeks with regard to intensity in relation to the stressors inherent to the work plan

Interactive

• Attendees will be exposed to a theoretical model aimed at enhancing all aspect of human optimization (health, wellness, performance) within a tactical environment
• Attendees will be exposed to a complex system approach to human optimization in a tactical environment
• Attendees understand to how to place the service member at the center of human optimization

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• Identify mechanisms by which military operations degrade muscle mass and performance.
• Define Warfighter nutrition requirements - do they differ from strength athletes?
• This is not sanctioned competitive sports - this is war. Identify ethical and efficacious androgen therapies to enhance Warfighter lethality.

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• What is the Critical Speed Concept and how can the parameters be used for tactical professionals?
• What does normative data published on critical speed in tactical professionals' populations tell us?
• How can critical speed be modeled with load carriage for use in prescribing high-intensity interval training?

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• Understand how chronic sitting affects functional task performance in tactical professionals;
• Understand how the negative effects of sitting are exacerbated by load carriage;
• Understand the impact of sitting on muscular imbalance, mobility and musculoskeletal pain; 
• Identify practical strategies to mitigate the negative effects of chronic sitting

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• Why to measure the holistic stresses imposed on tactical athlete 
• How to holistically monitor stress 
• How to implement and mitigate stress

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Session sponsored by Zephyr Performance Systems

• Difference between selection and development 
• Philosophy and science behind the programs
• Example programs for application

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• Gain key insight into what administrators are looking for when choosing a Strength Coach (hint: they have NO IDEA); learn to write your contract proposal to focus on those items 
• Learn 7 ways to unlock buy-in from the personnel to ensure your contract will be renewed.

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• Understanding the effects of head injuries on the mental aspects of performance 
• Understanding the effects of head injuries on the physical aspects of performance: balance, recovery, endurance 
• Understanding the effects of head injuries on the social aspects of getting back into the game

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• List and explain the principles that have helped guide effective coaches in their program design process 
• Explain how these (or similar) principles can help filter systems and methods to create a more effective training program

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• Understand the basic neuroscience of pain
• Review current concepts on pain neuroscience education 
• Learn what language can potentially enhance or impede athletes’ recovery

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• Appraise the implication of the physical demands and musculoskeletal injury on Special Operations Forces 
• Apply a system to improve physical performance, reduce risk of injury and return Special Operation Forces to duty. 
• Critique evidence on the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary system within Special Operations.

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• Understanding Training is a process
• Most Applicable Adaptation for Tactical Performance
• The Most Effective Applications for Tactical Performance

LECTURE

• Explore the research behind vision training in relation to performance and concussions.
• Understand the implementation of vision training and how to apply it to different populations.
• Learn different vision exercises that are available and what they are used for.

LECTURE

• Identify the risks and hazards associated with marine operations
• Identify the vibrational and peak forces experienced during marine operations and the potential acute and long term risks associated with these forces
• Identify general recommendation

LECTURE

• Explain how the back is compromised by both passive and active duties
• Compare the active, passive and control systems that allow the lower back to transfer load
• Construct programs to optimizing the physical conditioning and reconditioning of the lower back in tactical personnel

LECTURE

• Clear up several common misconceptions about HRV and the inferences it affords
• Learn how to apply HRV in tactical athlete testing and training programs
• Identify methods for transitioning from collection, to assessment, interpretation, and application

LECTURE

• Designing program for tactical units
• Fitting the training program to busy work-schedules
• Possibly overcoming the "continuity problem"

LECTURE

• 5 W’s of a Special Operations Forces conditioning program
• Apply science to achieve energy system needs while providing autonomy of schedule to the soldier
• Learn to go further and faster utilizing low intensity training

LECTURE

• Identify mechanisms by which military operations degrade muscle mass and performance.
• Define Warfighter nutrition requirements - do they differ from strength athletes?
• This is not sanctioned competitive sports - this is war. Identify ethical and efficacious androgen therapies to enhance Warfighter lethality.

LECTURE

• Why to measure the holistic stresses imposed on tactical athlete
• How to holistically monitor stress
• How to implement and mitigate stress

LECTURE

Sponsored by Zephyr Performance System

• Gain insight into what administrators are looking for when choosing a Fire Department Strength Coach (hint: they have NO IDEA); learn to write your contract proposal to focus on those items.
• Identify key ways to unlock buy-in from the line personnel to ensure your contract will be renewed

LECTURE

• Understand the basic neuroscience of pain
• Review current concepts on pain neuroscience education
• Learn what language can potentially enhance or impede athletes’ recovery

LECTURE