North American Seminars Course Outline

This two-day course is intended for physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning coaches, and sports coaches. You will learn the best techniques for improving speed, agility, and quickness for athletes of all ages and abilities. Many people believe that speed is something that you are just born with but speed is just like any other motor skill which can be improved with proper training. This course has been designed to assist you identify common mistakes in acceleration, deceleration, and change of direction. Specific instructions and techniques will be provided in order to help you teach correct mechanics with the goal of achieving a more explosive first step for your athletes. After completing this course, participants will you will be able to help athletes develop a more explosive first step, improve their speed, and improve their ability to change direction at a moment’s notice.

Beginning and advanced training techniques will be discussed in this course. Previous experience with these concepts is not necessary prior to attending this course. There are extensive laboratory sessions throughout this course. All participants will receive a comprehensive manual that summarizes the information provided in the lectures. Research support and a list of references for the training techniques will be included. The concepts presented can be applied to both healthy athletes and athletes who are undergoing rehabilitation. You will be able to incorporate the information that is presented immediately into your training and rehabilitation programs. Participants will also learn how to create successful and profitable speed clinics and sports performance programs.

This course is presented by North American Seminars in Illinois, Washington, Texas, Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee, California, Oregon, Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Connecticut, Indiana, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia and throughout North America. See the dates and location tab for details on course locations

North American Seminars Course Objectives

• Perform and design warm up drills to best prepare athletes for training and competition.

• Teach athletes to position themselves in the best alignment so as to give them a more explosive first step.

• Teach corrective techniques for acceleration, deceleration, and change in direction and identify the most common flaws in technique.

• Perform the most effective drills for improving speed, acceleration, and change direction such as the wall drill, falling starts, get up and go, ball drops, cone drills and more!

• Understand the science of plyometrics to be able to safely and systematically progress athletes through the various drills.

• Teach the most effective exercises for developing speed, strength and power.

• Choose which performance tests, such as vertical jumps, broad jump, medicine ball throw, T-test, pro shuttle agility, 10 yd. sprint and more! to evaluate an athletes performance.

• Properly interpret collected data to identify an athletes strength and weaknesses.

• Train and teach the “tricks” to get the best performance possible in combining tests.

• Design and market your speed, agility and quickness clinics.

• Understand sports nutrition so that you can appropriately communicate your the benefits of proper nutrition for maximum results.

• Appropriately apply training techniques and concepts during the rehabilitation of sports injuries, including post surgical patients.

North American Seminars Course Brochure and Timeline

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North American Seminars 2009 Scheduled Dates and Locations

Start Date	End Date	Location - **Click to Map It**	Tuition	Hrs	Hotel
May 01, 10	May 02, 10	St. Anthony's Medical Center, St Louis, MO	$399.00	15.00	View Hotels
May 15, 10	May 16, 10	Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, OR	$399.00	15.00	View Hotels
Jun 26, 10	Jun 27, 10	Institute of Living, Hartford, CT	$399.00	15.00	View Hotels
Oct 23, 10	Oct 24, 10	Fortanasce and Associates PT and Sports Med, Arcadia, CA	$399.00	15.00	View Hotels