The nsca has been pushing for anyone who designs weight training to be nsca certified. That means track too. That means they wan the NCAA or governing sources to make it mandatory that you have to purchase and pass the nsca course.
Except these "know it alls" who hold nsca diplomas often work in the fitness sector &coach performance centers all the time where they teach the 40yd dash or speed training to clients.
WHY ISN'T THE USTFCCCA DEMANDING THEY GET TRACK LEVEL I CERTIFIED?
NCAA coaches are often required to have NCAA competition experince by the job description. Why should high school coaches not be at least USATF/USTFCCCA level 1 certified (not that USATF level 1 actually means a lot)?
How many high school kids have you seen come on here complaining that their coaches don't know what the hell they're dong? Well, they DON'T know what the hell they're doing because they have not had ANY training!
wow you completely missed the ENTIRE ISSUE
No, the real issue is that high school runners are infested with incompetent PE teachers that call themselves coaches and haven't had any training. Many of these are football coaches that don't know shit about endurance or RW-type joggers that don't know shit about speed development.
In NCAA schools, the head is often required to have a masters degree and assistants are often required or encouraged to have at least level II (myself included), and many of us are members of USTFCCCA and/or ACSM and go to the annual meeting. Most people working as a fitness instructor at a major chain (I mean 24 hour fitness, not crossfit) are required to have a CPT from NSCA, ACE or somebody like that. There is no reason why the person running the weight program shouldn't be the same.
I would not want my kid participating in an NCAA program where the guy who writes the weight workouts is uncertified (and, yes, I have two kids running in college, and yes, I checked).
I want to punch you in the head right now.....
coach d wrote:
There is no reason why the person running the weight program shouldn't be the same.
Hey f)ck face, Then theres no reason strength cond coaches shouldnt have a usftccca cert to coach SPEED
THATS THE issue here, make them pay OUR association if they want us to pay their one
The NSCS-CSCS requires at least a bachelors degree to sit for the exam. That's a very broad a competent base of knowledge to start from.
The biggest problem with CSCS certified folks is that the good ones tend to focus on the pleniful and well paying jobs in football. The track guy is an afterthought who is also probably putting together the strength plan for the other olympic sports no one cares about.
Alan
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