2016 April (Volume XXVI, No. 03)

To meet the Australian National Rugby Team’s requests, the University of Notre Dame Sports Performance Department offered them the Compton Family Ice Arena, which houses the ice hockey team and is stocked with a , athletic training room, and plunge tanks, and was available during the necessary hours.

The key to getting the Notre Dame Recreational Sports department to allow use of their fields was emphasizing the school-wide that would come with hosting the Wallabies.

Between the and waivers, agreeing to the schedules and use of each facility, and having all the necessary administrators sign the paperwork, the contract with the Wallabies proved more challenging than expected.

The used by the Wallabies covered the duration and quality of players’ sleep, upper- and lower-body soreness, level of recovery, mood, stress level, and injuries.

The strength staff at Notre Dame talked with Haydn Masters about numerous topics, including methods, planning periodizations, utilizing GPS and other player tracking data, and creating training programs based on the needs of individual athletes.

What did you learn from this article?

How will you apply the information presented in this article to your own practice?

Would you ever consider using questionnaires each morning to assess athletes’ health and wellness? Why or why not?

The serves as a deformable structure between two surfaces to more evenly distribute contact pressures, increase boundary lubrication, and maximize concavity/compression characteristics.

Overuse superior labral injuries occur for one of two reasons—either the body not being optimized, or the body is not biomechanically optimized because the athlete has poor mechanics.

A - approach is recommended to diagnose a labral injury.

Studies indicate that around half of all labral lesions can be symptomatically resolved through , allowing athletes to return to play without undergoing surgery.

In the author’s return-to-play protocol, once deficits have been corrected in formal rehabilitation, he targets lower-extremity muscle power and endurance, integrated sports-specific exercise, and upper-extremity power and endurance.

What did you learn from this article?

How will you apply the information presented in this article to your own practice?

Do you agree with the author’s recommendation of initially attempting conservative treatment for six to 10 weeks if superior labral injury is suspected before moving to advanced imaging and surgical exploration? Why or why not?

Pelot’s Team USA Beach Volleyball exercise library is broken into categories based on planes of , type of muscle action, how fast athletes execute each movement, and whether it is a pull or press.

In order to concurrently develop the and rate of force development for the USA Canoe and Kayak National Slalom Team, Dr. DeWeese emphasized complex, multi-joint, free weight exercises in the weightroom.

With Dr. DeWeese, paddlers performed a series of static and push-ups on a dual force plate to assess their reactive ability and power output.

To train both and muscular processes for the USA Synchronized Swimming Team, Wine included sprints with active recovery in the pool, high-intensity intervals on the bike, and high-intensity cross-training circuits.

The USA Synchronized Swimming Team’s include jumps and movements with moderate resistance, such as spider lunges, push-up arm extensions, sky reaches, medicine ball slams, skips, overhead squats, and overhead split squats.

What did you learn from this article?

How will you apply the information presented in this article to your own practice?

Do you agree with Pelot’s decision to move from elaborate and complex testing protocols to a more simplified approach? Why or why not?

According to the authors, relationships between player and coach are built over time through and by following the leadership model: love, care, and serve.

The intensity of the Clemson University football training resistance and volume of reps are throughout the season to ensure continual growth in mass and strength output.

To develop , the authors use exercises that involve anti-rotation, resisted hip flexion, and spinal erector emphasis.

Detailed daily injury reports allow the authors to understand the complexity of any issues that pop up, and they constantly communicate with the staff to help the players heal.

The authors implement protocols into their training every day via foam and PVC rolls, body tempering, lacrosse ball diffusion, PowerPlate stretches, high-and-low hurdle routines, and various static stretches.

What did you learn from this article?

How will you apply the information presented in this article to your own practice?

Do you agree with the authors’ choices for their five core in-season lifts? Why or why not?

Among the macronutrients, are unique because they serve many roles in the body, such as boosting gains in muscle mass, enhancing exercise recovery, and regulating tissues and organs.

The authors’ findings suggested that weight trainers who consumed well over grams of protein daily for at least a decade did not experience kidney damage, bone loss, dehydration, or hampered dietary quality.

One way to find an individual’s ideal protein dose is to have him or her consume grams of egg, whey, or casein after workouts for two to three months. Then, follow that up with another two- or three-month block of taking 70 grams post-training.

According to the authors, athletes should focus on eating a protein-rich meal or snack every two to four hours over the following day or two after a workout.

If athletes are going to utilize protein bars, the authors say look for those that include protein sources like whey, casein, or soy.

What did you learn from this article?

How will you apply the information presented in this article to your own practice?

Do you agree with the authors’ statement that athletes no longer have to worry about consuming protein immediately after a workout? Why or why not?