Developing Power Online CE Course With Print Book

This package includes the following:

• Developing Power book
• Online study guide
• Online continuing education exam

Developing Power Online CE Course introduces training programs and techniques to help you increase power production in your athletes to maximize their athletic performance. Based on the Developing Power book written by 10 top experts from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the course offers research-based guidelines on assessment protocols, training methods, and effective progressions for continued development. You’ll find instructions for exercises and drills and ready-to-use programs for basketball, rugby, soccer, football (American), volleyball, baseball, track and field, swimming, wrestling, golf, rowing, and winter sports.

The study guide includes learning activities, along with an answer key, to prepare you for the course exam.

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

Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to do the following:

• Explain the science of power development, the components of power, and the relationship between strength and power.
• Use a variety of testing and assessment tools to evaluate power and measure the effectiveness of power training programs.
• Apply evidence-based principles and effective power training program design for athletes and a range of populations.
• Identify a variety of power training exercises and drills for the lower body, upper body, and total body.
• Design effective power training programs to maximize performance in various individual and team sports.

Audience

A continuing education course for strength and conditioning professionals, personal trainers, athletic trainers, and other certified professionals.

Part I. Essentials of Power Development
Chapter 1. Nature of Power
Chapter 2. Assessment of Power
Chapter 3. Periodization and Power Integration
Chapter 4. Power Training for Different Populations

Part II. Exercises for Power Development
Chapter 5. Upper Body Power Exercises
Chapter 6. Lower Body Power Exercises
Chapter 7. Total Body Power Exercises
Chapter 8. Advanced Power Techniques

Part III. Sport-Specific Power Development
Chapter 9. Team Sport Power Training
Chapter 10. Individual Sport Power Training

ABOUT THE NSCA
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.

ABOUT THE EDITOR
Mike McGuigan, PhD, CSCS,*D, is a professor of strength and conditioning at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in New Zealand. From 2009 through 2012, he was a sport scientist with High Performance Sport New Zealand, where he worked with many elite athletes. He has worked in a variety of academic roles in universities in Australia and the United States. McGuigan is an associate editor for the Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, and International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance.