The Youth Fitness Symposium will present and discuss the scientific basis and rationale for developing safe, effective and creative health and fitness programs for children and teenagers of all abilities from the overweight to the elite athlete. Classroom sessions will discuss motivational strategies for inactive youth, program design considerations for training young athletes, performance nutrition, and long-term development. The hands-on sessions will highlight a variety of youth programs using medicine balls, sandbags, and will teach effective strategies for coaching plyometrics, speed, agility, Olympic-style lifts and assessing youth fitness. Attendees will come away with a powerful set of teaching tools and creative ideas that can be implemented immediately to develop and enhance youth training programs.
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DATE
September 24-25, 2010LOCATION
Schiller Park, IL
Clinic Site
Life Fitness Headquarters5100 N. River Rd.
Schiller Park, IL. 60176
Hotel
aloft Chicago O’Hare$79 per night
9700 Balmoral Avenue
Rosemont, IL 60018
(847) 671-4444
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InterContinental Hotel Chicago O’Hare
$129 per night
5300 North River Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
(847) 544-5300
CEUS
1.6 NSCA16 BOC
Fee
Registrations will be taken until September 17th, after registrations will be on-site only.
| Before September 10th | After September 10th (On-site ONLY) |
|
|---|---|---|
| NSCA members | $225 | $300 |
| NSCA student members | $125 | $200 |
| Non-Member (includes a one-year NSCA membership) |
$360 | $435 |
Refund Policy
All refunds must be requested in writing (mail, fax, email) and should include the reason for cancellation. No refunds will be accepted via phone.
Full refund less $20 is postmarked by July 19th
50% refund is postmarked July 20th-September 10th
No refunds after September 10th
Speakers:
Rick Howard, CSCS, *D
Patrick McHenry, MA, CSCS, *D
Mike Nitka, , MS, CSCS, *D, FNSCA
Chat Williams, CSCS, *D, NSCA-CPT, *D
Joel Raether, MAEd, CSCS, *D
Day 1 – Friday September 24th, 2010
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Classroom Sessions | ||
| 8:00 – 8:50 | Long Term Athletic Development | Patrick McHenry, MA, CSCS, *D |
| Long Term Athletic Development (LTAD) is a system of training used worldwide to develop athletes from childhood through adolescence to adults. It is a research based system that identifies “critical periods” so that the effects of training and youth development can be maximized. | ||
| 9:00 – 9:50 | “It’s No Fun, I Quit!” Helpful Strategies for Motivating Youth | Mike Nitka, MS, CSCS, *D, FNSCA |
| In this session we will cover some of the techniques that are effective with motivating children, starting with the individual. What buttons do you need to push to get them going? Explore some existing tools that will give you some insight into your team and how they best respond to coaching. | ||
| 10:00 – 10:50 | Youth Fitness Testing and Data Assessment | Rick Howard, CSCS, *D |
| Should we test our youth? We will attempt to answer the following question plus explore why should you test kids, when to test them, and what to do with the data once collected. | ||
| 11:00 – 11:50 | Special Populations for Youth | Rick Howard, CSCS, *D |
| This session examines strength and conditioning training recommendations for youth that are: overweight/obese, diabetic, inactive, sport-specialists, early/late bloomers, at different training/developmental/chronological ages, etc. | ||
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch | |
| Applied Sessions | ||
| 1:00 – 2:50 | Circuits, Games on a Limited Budget | Chat Williams, CSCS, *D, NSCA-CPT, *D |
| This important presentation discusses the critical value of youth fitness and provides trainers and physical educators with ideas and suggestions for designing appropriate programs on a limited budget while using minimal equipment. Attendees will participate in fun and challenging games, drills, and exercises that may be added to your programs to enhance the health, fitness, and performance in today’s youth. | ||
| 3:00 – 3:50 | Developing Speed, Agility and Power: The Basics of Motor Learning | Joel Raether, MAEd, CSCS, *D |
| This session will cover the essential principles to beginning speed, agility and power training with your students or youth athletes, including a focused emphasis on the importance of motor learning, movement preparation, bilateral proficiency, and fundamental progressions to enhancing movement performance. | ||
| 4:00 - 4:50 | Suspension Training for Youth Fitness Sponsored by Fitness Anywhere |
Scott Moody |
| This session will discuss the various methods utilizing one’s own body weight to enhance strength and fitness. This innovative approach is a great way to expand your training options with your students/athletes with this complete training system. | ||
Day 2 – Saturday September 25th, 2010
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Classroom Sessions | ||
| 8:00 - 8:50 | Developing a Performance Class: Programming for a Semester | Mike Nitka, MS, CSCS, *D |
| Successful youth programs are characterized by safe, effective and fun activities that inspire kids to develop lifelong healthy habits. In this lecture, programming ideas that motive kids to be active will be discussed and a daily activity plan designed to enhance physical fitness will be described. | ||
| 9:00 – 9:50 | NSCA Youth Position Statement | Chat Williams, CSCS, *D, NSCA-CPT, *D |
| This presentation will provide attendees with an overview and understanding of the NSCA’s stance on Youth Resistance Training as a leader in the industry. It builds upon previous editions of this document and has been recently updated to include the latest research and information available. The current recommendation, guidelines, and benefits of youth resistance training will be discussed in this session. | ||
| 10:00 - 10:50 | Nutrition Guidelines for Children and Adolescents | Joel Raether, MAEd, CSCS, *D |
| This classroom session will cover the fundamentals of proper nutrition, focusing on energy sources, proper hydration and proper eating habits as it applies to children and youth. This section will include scientifically based and applied nutritional strategies as they relate to child and youth development. Proper nutrition fuels the body and prepares it optimally for performance. | ||
| 11:00 - 11:50 | Using Technology in the Classroom and on the Field | Patrick McHenry, MA, CSCS, *D |
| In this session the participants will learn how to use Dartfish to teach and analyze students’ lifts, help correct movement patterns and video their performance / lifting tests. This program will allow the practitioner to use all three learning modalities (i.e. sight, hearing, vision) when working with their athletes. | ||
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch | |
| Applied Sessions | ||
| 1:00 – 1:50 | Mobility and Flexibility for Youth | Chat Williams, CSCS, *D, NSCA-CPT, *D |
| Dynamic warm-up/flexibility, static stretching, PNF stretching: Where do these program design variables fit into a program? What are the best exercises to perform? This presentation will provide a science-based to practical hands-on approach when working with youth and how to maximize flexibility training. | ||
| 2:00 – 3:50 | Teaching Olympic Lifts and Medicine Ball Exercises to School-Age Children | Joel Raether, MAEd, CSCS, *D, & Patrick McHenry, MA, CSCS, *D, Chat Williams, CSCS, *D, NSCA-CPT, *D, Mike Nitka, , MS, CSCS, *D, FNSCA |
| There has been a lot of discussion about the appropriateness of teaching children the Olympic-style lifts. In this session, you will learn how to teach the lifts in a safe manner so that your student athletes will learn correct technique. With this hands-on approach, each coach will learn the lift and then learn how to teach the Olympic-style lifts by breaking them into specific phases. The use of medicine balls will be covered as another way of developing power. | ||
| 4:00 – 4:50 | Roundtable | All Staff |
| This presentation demonstrates fundamentals and principles involved in a sound resistance training program incorporating complex training. The utilization of resistance training and plyometrics is the basis for this program. Featuring hands-on demonstrations, the basic components that are essential to a well-designed, well-supervised strength training program for high school student athletes is presented. Among the topics covered are: NSCA youth strength training guidelines, periodization concepts, exercise techniques and warm-up progression. | ||
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