How to Make Research Your Friend
This presentation will: 1) Take a historical look at research impacting the strength and conditioning professional, 2) How to merge the intersection of the science and art of strength and conditioning, 3) How to effectively review and message research to athletes and coaches, 4) How to analyze the data your program generates, relative to the existing research literature. This step is crucial in that it gives affirmation to the physiological adaptations generated from your program. 5) How to effectively review injury literature, specific to the sport/sports you are coordinating. It is important to have alignment with the sports medicine staff.
Ted is a graduate of The Ohio State University where he did his undergraduate studies in Business Marketing and his graduate and post-graduate studies in Physical Education and Exercise Physiology, respectively. ? He currently produces the monthly Pro Football Sports Science Research Update for the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society, Professional Football Performance Coaches Association, and the Professional Football Registered Dietitian Society. In addition, he provides the Professional Baseball Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society (PBSCCS) and the National Basketball Strength Coaches Association (NBSCA) with sports research updates. He also owns and operates Sports Performance Consulting providing consulting services on such topics as sports science technology and its implementation, sports nutrition, as well as ergogenic aids/PED use and abuse. ?Ted's clients have included numerous NFL, NBA, MLB, and major college programs, as well as, the United States Secret Service. Ted coordinated the Exercise Science program at Thomas More University from 1991 to 2011.
