NSCA's Guide to High School Strength and Conditioning Online CE Course With Print Book

This package includes:

• NSCA’s Guide to High School Strength and Conditioning book
• Online study guide
• Online continuing education exam

NSCA's Guide to High School Strength and Conditioning CE Course equips you to deliver the highest-quality programs in the high school setting—whether you are a certified strength and conditioning professional, physical education teacher, sport coach, or administrator.

This course provides insights into the benefits of a strength and conditioning program at the high school level and offers advice for the implementation of such a program. Loaded with practical information, you will learn the variables to consider when designing a resistance or cardiovascular training program and 13 detailed protocols for conducting movement and performance assessments. Detailed descriptions and photos help you properly teach technique for

• 28 resistance training exercises,
• 10 bodyweight exercises,
• 12 anatomical core exercises,
• 11 static and dynamic stretching exercises,
• 12 plyometric exercises,
• 10 speed and agility drills, and
• 5 cardio machines.

Sample warm-up sequences and exercise sessions for resistance, plyometric, speed and agility, cardiovascular, and circuit training are also provided—all of which follow the guidelines and recommendations for high school student-athletes.

Once you complete the course and pass the exam, you can print a certificate for continuing education credits.
 
Learning Objectives

• Explain the expansion of resistance training programs in the high school setting and the need for certified and qualified strength and conditioning professionals.
• Identify the various roles a strength and conditioning professional may fill in the high school setting and identify the key responsibilities when working with schools, students, parents, coaches, and teams.
• List the key traits necessary for the success of a strength and conditioning professional in the high school setting.
• Explain the importance of strategic planning when advocating for a full-time strength and conditioning position, including identification of stakeholders, collection of data, and identification of funding resources.
• Understand the purpose of assessing student-athletes and know the setup, equipment, and protocols involved.
• Demonstrate resistance training techniques and integrate best practices into the high school physical education curriculum to facilitate student-athletes’ lifelong personal fitness initiatives.
• Apply state and national standards for high school student-athletes.
• Design an instructional plan that is built around the class schedules and the training experience level of the students.
• Apply professional recommendations for training facility layout and maintenance, including equipment needs and spacing, weight room safety guidelines, and maintenance, cleaning, and emergency procedures.
• Define key terms in exercise science.
• Identify safe and responsible exercise choices for the age, skill, experience, goals, and fitness level of student-athletes and be able to provide instruction on these movements in a weight room with student-athletes.
• Understand the importance of safety in lifting techniques.
• Differentiate training exercises for the lower body, upper body, total body, and anatomical core and know modifications for these exercises.

Audience

Strength and conditioning professionals, sport coaches, and physical education teachers who work with high school student-athletes.

Preface
Rick Howard, Patrick McHenry, and Mike Nitka

Introduction. Strength and Conditioning-Related Professionals in the High School Setting
Edwin C. Jones and Shawn L. Jenkins

Chapter 1. Curriculum and Class Structure and Guidelines
Anthony S. Smith and Bruce R. Harbach

Chapter 2. Class Scheduling, Planning, and Assessments
Gary S. McChalicher and Brandon Peifer

Chapter 3. Strength and Conditioning-Related Resources for Teachers and Professionals
Patrick Mediate and Mike Nitka

Chapter 4. Resistance Training Exercises
Scott Sahli

Chapter 5. Bodyweight Exercises
Jim Davis

Chapter 6. Core Exercises
Joe Lopez

Chapter 7. Warm-Up
Darnell K. Clark

Chapter 8. Resistance Training
Shana McKeever and Rick Howard

Chapter 9. Plyometric Training
Samuel Melendrez

Chapter 10. Speed and Agility Training
Phil Tran and Ray Karvis

Chapter 11. Individual and Group Activities
Daniel Flahie

Appendix. NSCA Strength and Conditioning Professional Standards and Guidelines

The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is the world’s leading organization in the field of sport conditioning. Drawing on the resources and expertise of the most recognized professionals in strength training and conditioning, sport science, performance research, education, and sports medicine, the NSCA is the world’s trusted source of knowledge and training guidelines for coaches and athletes. The NSCA provides the crucial link between the lab and the field.

Patrick McHenry, MA, CSCS,*D, RSCC, earned a master’s degree in physical education from University of Northern Colorado and a bachelors in elementary education. He has been a frequent presenter at local, state, national, and international conferences, including the national conference of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

McHenry was the American Football Monthly Regional Strength Coach of the Year in 2004, NSCA’s High School Coach of the Year in 2005, and recipient of the Strength and Conditioning Journal Editorial Excellence Award in 2006. He also received the Strength of America Award from the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition and was named Colorado High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year in 2012.

Michael J. Nitka, MS, CSCS,*D, RSCC*E, FNSCA*E, played football and earned a bachelor of science degree and master of science degree in health and physical education from the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. He taught freshman physical education and junior health education at Muskego High School in Wisconsin for 38 years and coached football and wrestling, winning every level of championship Wisconsin offered (conference, regional, sectional, and state).

Nitka became an NSCA member in 1985 and, over time, earned the credentials of CSCS,*D, RSCC*E, and FNSCA*E. He presented at the 1992 NSCA national conference and discussed the concept of weight training as a unit within a high school’s physical education curriculum. He served as chair of what would eventually become the NSCA’s High School Special Interest Group and as a member of the NSCA Conference Committee. He was the “Coaches Corner” column editor for the NSCA’s Strength and Conditioning Journal, with the vision to reach out to high school coaches across the country to ask them to share what they were doing in their PE classes.

Nitka was selected as the NSCA’s High School Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year in 1994 and represented the NSCA in China and Australia as a member of the NSCA’s board of directors. He contributed expertise and feedback for NSCA’s informational brochure for high schools (“What’s Missing? Why You Need a Qualified Strength and Conditioning Coach in Your School”) and currently serves as an adjunct professor of exercise science at Carroll University.