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3 Nutrition Facts All Coaches Need to Know

Better Coaching

Coaches are often the first people to provide any nutritional guidance to athletes. Unfortunately, many coaches are ill-prepared to provide such guidance and, under most state laws, are not authorized to provide nutritional direction. Below are 3 key nutritional facts that all athletes and coaches should be aware of.

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High School Strength and Conditioning Curriculum

PLT4M

Therefore, high school strength and conditioning curriculum plays a pivotal role in students’ long-term development in physical education. This article explores specific programs and approaches for the different levels of students in a high school strength and conditioning program.

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Self-Care, Wellness, and Mental Health Strategies for College Student-Athletes

AASP

2012) identified eight broad categories of athlete-specific stressors: Sport injury, performance demands, coach-athlete relationship, training adaption and burnout, interpersonal relationships, family relationships, and academic requirements (e.g., to maintain eligibility). Be intentional and use the available resources! H., & Gill, D.

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Removing the Guesswork from Women’s Basketball Coaching with Firstbeat

First Beat

Will Graham is an Athletic Performance Coach at Liberty University, whose women’s basketball team is currently competing in Conference USA. Will’s Coaching Journey Will’s passion for basketball has been a constant throughout his life. or ‘Did you change up your nutrition?’ It’s not necessarily that.

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10 Year Company Anniversary

PLT4M

What started as a passion project for our two co-founders while they were teaching and coaching has since grown into a nationwide fitness and health movement. Thank you to all of the teachers and coaches who share our mission of empowering students with the love and skills for lifelong fitness. It was made for coaches, by coaches.

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New Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Nick Mortensen

MSU

I started my career instructing at a community college in Arizona after completing my bachelor’s degree in clinical health fitness from Central Michigan University and my master’s degree in exercise and nutrition science from Lipscomb University.

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Rising Stanford University Track Star Turns Injury Into Opportunity

Stanford Childrens

Her physical therapist, Dorothy Fung, PT, DPT, helped her build strength and confidence. Fung and the others on Cate’s physical therapy team worked with her high school coaches on her training routine. The Stanford coach appreciated that I could run a 100, then turn around and run a 400 or 800,” Cate adds. She chose track.