With great excitement we introduce our second presenter for The 2016 Seminar, University of Virginia’s Head Strength Coach, Mike Curtis. Mike Curtis is in his seventh year as head strength and conditioning coach for men’s basketball at Virginia. He was named to the position on May 11, 2009. Before accepting the position at UVa, Curtis
We are beyond excited to introduce our first presenter for The 2016 Seminar, University of Oklahoma’s Football Performance Manager Mr. Sam Coad. Currently he is responsible for assessing and enhancing student-athlete readiness, performance and recovery as part of the comprehensive sports performance program, as well working as a strength and conditioning coach with the current strength staff. His previous experience
Michigan Tech’s Matt Thome discusses the relationship between the theory of dynamic correspondence and injury prevention in athletes. This is a follow up discussion from his article on the topic that can be found here: https://cvasps.com/dynamic-correspondence-as-a-means-of-injury-prevention-a-guest-post-by-matt-thome-of-michigan-tech/ We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel
Wake Forest University’s Director of Athletic Performance sits down to discuss monitoring and building a monitoring program. We discuss his journey and how it progressed from each of the three institutions he has been at, the growing pains that came along the way, and what it has done to assist and change his programming. We
Probably the most often mentioned goal of any strength and conditioning program, amongst other common training targets, is injury prevention. Obviously, injury prevention is very important. If an athlete is injured, they may not be able to play to their full potential, if at all. But does this mean we have to program specific, injury
Agility in sports is typically a response to what is seen. Agility is a rapid, whole-body change of direction or speed in response to a stimulus. That stimulus can be an opponent, a teammate, a ball, or a position on the field. Agility is a distinct quality underpinned by physical qualities such as deceleration (eccentric
The 2015 Seminar saw the return of many past presenters, and the first we will discuss is Dr. Ben Peterson’s talk “Using Data to Improve Metabolic Specificity and Conditioning for Team Sport Athletes”. Ben went through a review of his 2013 talk, Effect of Aerobic Capacity on Repeated Sprint Performance, and added his recent finding
2015 Seminar Presentation Schedule
