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To Be a Kid Again
By Vern Gambetta
If you want to improve your athlete’s movement skills, take an hour and go watch children play unsupervised. Observe how freely they move, how uninhibited they are, and how quickly they solve any movement problem presented to them. Then go back to your athletes and do everything you can to incorporate that same freedom of movement and spontaneity into their training and see what happens.
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Soccer Strength
An overhauled strength and conditioning program put together by two coaches new to campus has helped reinvigorate the Pepperdine University women’s soccer team.
By Matt Young & Jamie Faro
Matt Young, MEd, CSCS, is the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Pepperdine University. He can be reached at: matt.young@pepperdine.edu. Jamie Faro, MS, CSCS, is the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Pepperdine. She can be reached at: jamie.faro@pepperdine.edu… more »
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Predicting Concussion Recovery
Using a national high school athlete injury database, researchers have identified specific concussion symptoms that, when present at initial injury, predict the athlete will struggle with concussive symptoms for longer than one week. Their study appeared in the January issue of Brain Injury.
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Aiming Higher
When athletes are interested in using an outside facility for strength training, how should you respond?
BY P.J. Gardner
P.J. Gardner, MS, ATC, CSCS, PES, is an Athletic Trainer and one of the strength coaches at Liberty High School in Colorado Springs, Colo. He has 25 years of experience designing and implementing resistance training programs for athletes and can be reached at: tcpj@earthlink.net.
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A New View
Making a big career change can be daunting. In this three-part article, athletic trainers who have been there share their stories.
By Tim Bream
Tim Bream, MS, ATC, is the Director of Athletic Training Services and the Head Football Athletic Trainer at Pennsylvania State University. He can be reached at: htb2@psu.edu.
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End to End
To dominate play through a long basketball season, this author suggests correcting asymmetries and training with “monster” lifts during the preseason.
By Timothy DiFrancesco
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Live From Las Vegas
Check back here to read T&C Associate Editor Dennis Read’s insights from the floor of the NATA 64th Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. Dennis will be there beginning Tuesday and with highlighted sessions to attend in hand will spend the next three full days at the convention taking in the sights and sounds and reporting them back in this blog space.
Thursday, June 27, 8:53 p.m. (PDT)
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Steven Bennett
New Castle (Ind.) Chrysler High School
By R.J. Anderson
R.J. Anderson is an Assistant Editor at Training & Conditioning. He can be reached at: rja@MomentumMedia.com.
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Freeing the Foot
As running barefoot and with minimalist shoes has taken off, new research is uncovering the pros and cons of the practice, as well as how to shed shoes safely.
By Dr. Daniel Cipriani
Daniel Cipriani, PhD, PT, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Schmid College of Science and Technology at Chapman University, where he teaches courses in biomechanics and kinesiology. He can be reached at: cipriani@chapman.edu or follow him on Twitter @danielcip3.
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Making Waves
By going against the current of traditional thinking, this author has developed a unique and effective strength and conditioning regimen for the Auburn University men’s and women’s swimming teams.
By Bryan Karkoska
Bryan “PK” Karkoska, MEd, CSCS, SCCC, is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach of Olympic Sports at Auburn University, where he has worked with the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams for the past 19 years. He can be reached at:
pk@auburn.edu.
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Rapid Recovery
Rapid recovery after maximum power output is arguably one of the most important factors in sport performance. It should be regarded as a cornerstone of performance ranking with strength, speed, and agility.
In the heat of a game, athletes need to be fresh, alert and ready as soon as the moment calls. Fatigue is a performance killer; still trying to catch your breath when going into the next play means you cannot be ready to repeat your best possible effort.
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Q&A with Melinda Larson
Whitworth University
It’s a good thing Melinda Larson, MS, ATC, AT/L, is used to having a lot on her plate. When June began, she was serving in her dual roles as Head Athletic Trainer and Associate Professor of Health Science at Whitworth University. But after the school’s athletic director announced he was leaving on June 12, Larson was immediately appointed Interim Athletic Director–trading in her position as the supervisor of the four-person sports medicine staff for a job that would have her lead a department with more than 60 employees.
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Get a Grip
Grip strength training is not very glamorous, but it is an important part of the University of South Carolina football program.
By Joe Connolly, Justin Markley, & Michael Pimentel
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Heads & Headers
After football, the sport with the highest rate of concussions is women’s soccer. A veteran athletic trainer takes a look at the causes and offers new ideas on prevention.
By Maria Hutsick
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Power Play
How do you develop a training plan for athletes who need to maintain strength and balance while competing on a sheet of ice? Notre Dame’s coach explains.
By Tony Rolinski
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Amira Idris
University of Delaware
By R.J. Anderson
R.J. Anderson is an Assistant Editor at Training & Conditioning. He can be reached at: rja@MomentumMedia.com.
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Veggies Galore
What happens when you take meat, eggs, and dairy out of an athlete’s diet? Going vegan is possible for high performance, but only with a clear understanding of the hurdles.
By Susan Kundrat
Susan Kundrat, MS, RD, CSSD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and the Nutritional Sciences Program Director at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is also the co-founder of RK Team Nutrition and can be reached at: kundrat@uwm.edu.
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Down the Meridian
As more athletes seek alternatives to Western medicine, a new discipline called sports acupuncture has emerged. This author combines his background in athletic training with the Eastern form of treatment.
By George Leung
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Raising Their Game
A simple, yet adaptable, off-season training program helps University of Southern California volleyball players get ready to attack the competition.
By Brent Metz
Brent Metz, MEd, CSCS, SCCC, USAW, is an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Southern California, where he works with the women’s and men’s volleyball teams. He has also been a strength coach at the University of Texas and Fresno State University and can be reached at: bmetz@usc.edu.
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Q&A with Brent Faure
Pocatello (Idaho) School District
In most sports, when an injury occurs during a competition, the rest of the participants are asked to step away to give the athletic trainer room to operate. However, when Brent Faure, MS, ATC, EMT, covers rodeo, he actually welcomes people hovering over him as he’s treating an injured rider. That’s because there’s often a bull or horse still in the ring with them.
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Talk of the Test
A roundtable of strength coaches offer their thoughts on tracking and improving athletes’ performance, as well as their own, through testing.
By Dennis Read
Dennis Read is an Associate Editor at Training & Conditioning. He can be reached at: dr@MomentumMedia.com.
Sports are a bottom-line endeavor. Most contests have a clear winner and loser, and the results are there for all to see. Athletes are judged by how they perform in the heat of competition, but the evaluations don’t stop there.
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It’s the Sport, Not the Gender
A new Journal of Athletic Training study examined ACL injuries across muliple sports at the high school level and presented findings that show risk factors for the injury are more sport-specific than gender-specific. In the study, the authors also emphasize prevention techniques.
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Comeback Athlete: Kelsie Johns
Xavier University
By Mary Kate Murphy
Mary Kate Murphy is an Assistant Editor at Training & Conditioning. She can be reached at: mkmurphy@MomentumMedia.com.
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Fueled for Takeoff
The University of North Carolina is using a “full court press” in nutrition to assist its men’s basketball players in rising above the competition.
By Mary Ellen Bingham
Mary Ellen Bingham, MS, RD, CSSD, is the Head Sports Nutritionist at the University of North Carolina, where she works closely with many of the varsity sports teams, including men’s basketball. She can be reached at: BinghamM@email.unc.edu.
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Twofold Approach
An off-season training program focused on injury prevention and position-specific workouts has helped the University of South Carolina baseball team win two national championships in the past four years.
By Billy Anderson
Billy Anderson, MSCC, is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Olympic sports at the University of South Carolina and the Head Strength Coach for its baseball team. He can be reached at: bdanders@mailbox.sc.edu.
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To The Bone
Treating a stress fracture can test the patience of even the most experienced athletic trainer. This two-part article provides a double dose of rehab secrets.
By Summer McKeehan
Summer McKeehan, MS, ATC, LAT is Associate Athletic Trainer for women’s basketball at Duke University, where she has been on staff since 2001. She has also served as the athletic trainer for the USA Basketball Women’s U18 and U19 National Teams. She can be reached at: summer@duaa.duke.edu.
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Prepared to Launch
A training program that draws inspiration from a variety of sports helps Oklahoma State University throwers develop the attributes they need to send their implements into orbit.
By John Baumann
John Baumann, CSCS, is in his ninth year as an Assistant Track & Field Coach at Oklahoma State University, working primarily with men’s and women’s throwers. He has also worked at the University of Illinois and George Mason University, where he was Head Strength Coach. He can be reached at: john.baumann@okstate.edu.
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ACL Studies Take Center Stage
By Patrick Bohn
Recently, a new wave of research on ACL tears and reconstruction techniques has been published in a variety of medical journals and websites. In this blog, we take a look at the most recent findings. .. more »
Quick Sand
Looking for a new way to increase your athletes’ quickness while lessening impact? This author suggests sand training, which helps achieve the ideal 45-degree body angle when accelerating out of a cut.
By Scott O’Dell
Scott O’Dell, MA, CSCS, is the Director of Strength and Conditioning at East Central University of Oklahoma. Author of the book, The Power Revolution, he has been an NSCA conference speaker in areas such as plyometrics and strength development and can be reached at: sodell@ecok.edu.
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Finishing Strong
At the University of Central Florida, the football team’s strength and conditioning program focuses on explosiveness, training major movement patterns, and being the tougher team in the fourth quarter.
By Ed Ellis, Dr. Tredell Dorsey, and Luke Day
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