Forum : High School Strength and Conditioning Coaches http://nsca-lift.org/ContentTemplates/Forum.aspx?g=topics&f=245&groupid=-1 Welcome http://nsca-lift.org/ContentTemplates/Forum.aspx?g=posts&t=2147483846 Started by Christina
Last Posted to on Thursday, May 10, 2012 12:12:50 PM by Christopher J. Powell, CSCS,*D 6/4/2012 2:26:09 PM

I am a current strength & conditioning coach at a high school and was wondering if anyone has had to create or establish any policies & procedures for their practice?

I would like to see if anyone is interested in pointing me in a direction where I could view some or speak to someone who has created some policies and procedures for their school/or position.

 

Chris Powell MS CSCS*D

cjp78@hotmail.com 

]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 16:12:50 GMT High School Physical Education Assessment http://nsca-lift.org/ContentTemplates/Forum.aspx?g=posts&t=4294968153 Started by Patrick McHenry, MA,CSCSD 6/5/2012 11:05:38 AM
Last Posted to on Friday, April 26, 2013 7:14:15 PM by Anonymous

Hi Patrick,

I do a pre- and post- test with maxes in the weight room. I have been teaching what we call "Accelerated PE" for over ten years. It is open to all athletes and to those intending on joining the military. 

They max in the beginning of the term, either a single rep or multi-rep max, and then they max again at the end of the term and must show improvement.

The three maxes are the following:

1. Barbell or dumbbell bench press

2. Box back squat or front squat or parallel squat or dumbbell/barbell split squat or dumbbell/barbell Bulgarian split squat

3. Barbell/dumbbell incline bench press or Jammer press

]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:14:15 GMT Practical Application for Long-Term Athletic Development http://nsca-lift.org/ContentTemplates/Forum.aspx?g=posts&t=4294967868 Started by Patrick McHenry, MA,CSCSD 6/5/2012 11:05:38 AM
Last Posted to on Friday, February 01, 2013 2:21:29 PM by Joseph W. Heron, CSCS 7/2/2012 10:42:42 AM

Great article.

 

As a High School S&C coach, I really hope more and more emphasis continues to be put on progressing through fundamental movements rather than over-emphasizing sport -specific skills.  I'll do just about anything support this philosophy, and I'll surely reference this article while doing so. 

 

Joey

]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:21:29 GMT 2013 Coaches Conference http://nsca-lift.org/ContentTemplates/Forum.aspx?g=posts&t=4294967867 Started by Patrick McHenry, MA,CSCSD 6/5/2012 11:05:38 AM
Last Posted to on Thursday, January 17, 2013 2:39:26 PM by John A. Marquez, CSCS 8/9/2012 1:23:00 PM

Thanks for your leadership.

John Marquez

Mountain Range High School

]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:39:26 GMT Exercise and Brain Development http://nsca-lift.org/ContentTemplates/Forum.aspx?g=posts&t=4294967912 Started by John A. Marquez, CSCS 8/9/2012 1:23:00 PM
Last Posted to on Thursday, January 17, 2013 2:37:47 PM by John A. Marquez, CSCS 8/9/2012 1:23:00 PM

We are putting together some information to write a statement paper for the NSCA.  It seems that every once in while we have to justify our contributions to children and our place in education.  The is a copy of a message that I sent to Patrick McHenry to hopefully get the ball rolling.  I believe our organization needs to make a statement for physical education and performance training in our schools.  Any and all help with respect to this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Patrick- 

In the SIG meeting, I volunteered to help write a paper-I've been poking around and looking at some brain development research. I think a good approach would be a focus on the brain development side. As coaches, we build structure in children first, then function. I think this is the true value of physical education and performance training; we help develop the whole child neurologically. When academic learning is the entire focus, we developing function before structure. 
I am pretty inexperienced at this, and I will follow your lead. Just let me know what I can do to help. 
John 

http://ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/11074154 
Abstract 
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, the most abundant of the neurotrophins in the brain, enhances the growth and maintenance of several neuronal systems, serves as a neurotransmitter modulator, and participates in use-dependent plasticity mechanisms such as long-term potentiation and learning. In recent years, evidence has been gathering that brain-derived neurotrophic factor may have an important role in the neuropathology and treatment of depression. It has recently been reported that chronic (at least two weeks) antidepressant treatment leads to an up-regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factormessenger RNA levels in the hippocampus, an important brain area for behavioral regulation, as well aslearning and memory. Our laboratory has previously shown that general physical exercise very rapidly increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor messenger RNA in this brain area. In this report, we have tested the hypothesis that the combination of these two interventions, general physical activity and antidepressant treatment, leads to increased levels of specific promoter-derived transcripts of brain-derived neurotrophic factor messenger RNA in a manner that appears to be both additive and accelerated. Our results suggest that these two very different interventions may possibly converge at the cellular level. The induction of brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression by activity/pharmacological treatment combinations could represent an important intervention for further study, to potentially improve depression treatment and management. 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100915171536.htm 
Sep. 16, 2010 — Researchers have found an association between physical fitness and the brain in 9- and 10-year-old children: Those who are more fit tend to have a bigger hippocampus and perform better on a test of memory than their less-fit peers. 

http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/assets/files/Research/Brain%20boost_emailer.pdf 
This pdf lists the research between sport, physical activity and student success.Patrick- 

]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:37:47 GMT Isometrics http://nsca-lift.org/ContentTemplates/Forum.aspx?g=posts&t=4294967886 Started by Ty R. Nordic, CSCS 6/8/2012 4:45:01 PM
Last Posted to on Friday, January 11, 2013 7:19:33 PM by Ty R. Nordic, CSCS 6/8/2012 4:45:01 PM
I am a High School Strength and Conditioning Coach, working with 13 different sports throughout the year. Most coaches are pretty "hands off" (which I prefer) and just let me do my thing. However, the football coach is very hands on, and frustrates me beyond belief. I am pretty vanilla with football. Hang Cleans or Cleans on explosive days where we focus on speed of movement and plyometrics. Snatch movements on lifting days where the focus is strength development. Squats, Bench, Rows, etc are on those days. He has finally become OK with this as the athletes have made tremendous improvements doing this for the past 2 years (using a linear periodization model throughout the year). However, NOW he is into isometrics to build "mental toughness" (because it hurts). He wants the athletes to hold a squat position for 2 minutes, followed by a 1 minute rest and repeat it 3 times a workout. I told him that isometric training would have a detrimental effect on speed and explosiveness. He said, "prove it"... Which brings me to you. Is there any research out there that shows the effect of isometrics on speed and explosiveness? My gut tells me there must be, but I have not been able to find anything...
Thanks for the help! ]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:19:33 GMT Money issues in the HS weight room http://nsca-lift.org/ContentTemplates/Forum.aspx?g=posts&t=4294967869 Started by Patrick McHenry, MA,CSCSD 6/5/2012 11:05:38 AM
Last Posted to on Monday, January 07, 2013 6:40:54 PM by Patrick McHenry, MA,CSCSD 6/5/2012 11:05:38 AM

Another topic discussed at the Coaches Conference was ways to generate money for the HS weight room.

 

Doug Bull has been innovative in the area. He has put on conferences at his school as well as charging for his summer program. 

The money I earn from my summer program is used to pay the coaches who help out and the rest is used for equipment in our room. 

What are some other ideas that coaches use to generate funds to support their HS weight room. 

Patrick

]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:40:54 GMT Competition in the weight room http://nsca-lift.org/ContentTemplates/Forum.aspx?g=posts&t=4294967512 Started by Robert L. Kinnaird, MEd, ATC, CSCS 10/29/2012 4:14
Last Posted to on Monday, October 29, 2012 4:26:06 PM by Robert L. Kinnaird, MEd, ATC, CSCS 10/29/2012 4:14

Hello-

 

I am looking for new ideas to create a sense of competition in our weight room.  In the past we have had some activities at the end of a session or week such as physical or mental test to encorporate competition. One example is our "battle of death" which is two individuals on a wrestling mat with one small towel.  Both athletes grab the towel with both hands, and wrestle the towel away from the other.  When one hand comes off the towel its over.  If anyone has an idea please forward to bkinnaird@berea.k12.oh.us.]

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Beau Kinnaird

Berea High School

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