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Athletic Development
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Athletic Training Sites
Tackling Drills from a site that I use for my own training. Very good article on basic tackling drills and fundamentals from a fellow football coach. There are also some very good alternative training methods that can be adapted for kids.
Great website on speed and physical conditioning. It is based on Renegade Training by John Davies. I am a big Renegade fan and use it in my own youth development training programs. Lot of good quality field tested material.
I have all three of his books and his training methods are top notch and they can be trimmed and toned down for kids very easily. He is a great trainer. By reducing the plyometric aspects and volume a lot of this can be easily adapted to kids.
This is an awesome website on combat conditioning, body weight training, and various other methods. Not for the faint of heart! There are aspects of it that can toned down and adapted for kids and football. Remember football is a combat sport!
Great website on physical conditioning and training I use a lot of the methods they teach. These are the guys that trained the men ofr the movie “300”.
Great library of how to execute each lift using video and pictures. It discusses all major olympic lifts and auxillary and supplemental lifts.
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Athletic Training Sites
NSCA Educational Podcasts
CDr. Dan Judelson discusses the effect of hydration on exercise performance
Dan Judelson is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University, Fullerton. There he examines the effects of hydration state on muscular function, endocrinology, and exercise performance. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and has presented at several state, regional, and national NSCA conventions
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Dynamic Flexibility: When, Where, and Why.
Peter is currently the Education Department Manager for the NSCA education department. He has recently returned to the NSCA after a 3 year term as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the United States Olympic Committee based in Colorado Springs. Prior to that he was the Educational Programs Coordinator for the NSCA. His experience includes six years as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the United States Air Force Academy. He has trained elite collegiate, amateur, and professional athletes at such places as the New York Jets (NFL), Univ. Tennessee Volunteers. Mr. Melanson also served as the National Director of Strength/Conditioning and Advanced Rehab for HEALTHSOUTH, while developing and operating their Human Performance Center.
Benefits of the Olympic Lifts.
Dr. Haff is currently a member of the NSCA Board of Directors and an assistant professor in the Division of Exercise Physiology at the Medical School at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. He is a USA Weightlifting Regional Level Coach and a former national level weightlifter. Dr. Haff received the NSCA‘s Young Investigator Award in 2001.
Steve discusses the integration of Speed, Plyometrics, and Agility.
Steve is the Proprietor & Director of Excelsior Sports; a consulting firm specializing in multidisciplinary approach to athlete preparation. Steve has over two decades in the trenches as a Sports Performance and Strength & Conditioning professional. He earned his BS in Sport & Exercise Science at SUNY Buffalo, and his MS in Kinesiology at the University of Colorado. Currently, he is an Associate Editor for Strength & Conditioning Journal and lead author of the NSCA Strength & Conditioning Professional Standards and Guidelines.
