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- Continuing education exam
- NOTE: The text Assessments for Sport and Athletic Performance is required for successful completion of this exam but is not included in this version. Purchase this version only if you already own the text or ebook.
Consisting of 75 multiple-choice questions, this continuing education exam is designed to be taken after reading
Assessments for Sport and Athletic Performance. The exam will test your knowledge of the information presented in the book so you can identify appropriate tests for individuals or teams, make use of common low-cost equipment to administer the tests, interpret data, adjust training programs based on the results, and continually monitor training.
Learning Objectives After reading this book and successfully completing the 75-question multiple-choice exam, you will be able to do the following:
- Identify appropriate testing protocols for individuals or teams.
- Explain how often to administer tests.
- Describe how to select and use common low-cost equipment to administer tests.
- Interpret test data and associated normative data to evaluate test results.
- Explain how to adjust training programs based on test results.
- Describe how to monitor a client’s or athlete’s training program.
Audience
A continuing education course for strength and conditioning coaches, personal trainers, athletic trainers, and other certified fitness professionals.
David Fukuda, PhD, CSCS,*D, CISSN, is an associate professor and head of the division of kinesiology at the University of Central Florida. He was previously an assistant professor at Creighton University and a research assistant at the University of Oklahoma, where he earned his doctorate in exercise physiology. His research interests include the development of performance-based testing methodologies, the analysis of physiological profiles in athletes, and the assessment of adaptations to exercise training and nutritional interventions for various populations.
Fukuda is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist with distinction through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is certified as a sports nutritionist through the International Society of Sports Nutrition. He was awarded the Terry J. Housh Outstanding Young Investigator Award in 2016 by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Fukuda is a fourth-degree black belt in judo and for the past 20 years has been involved in the sport as a competitor, instructor, coach, and referee.