IS Your Team Trained and Conditioned to PLAY the Sport?

March 26 & 27, 2010
Ramada Hotel and Conference Center

One of the biggest reasons for team and individual failure is training and conditioning the WRONG system or systems. Training AND Conditioning must Target Physical Movements, Tasks and Progressions. Anything less is demanding effort with little chance of success.

Limited availability to assure maximum contact and maximum learning potential.

*This seminar will quailfy for Continuing Education Unit credits for NATA, NYSEDPT and NSCA (pending).

SPEAKERS

Steve Plisk, MS - Guest Speaker

Steve Plisk is the Proprietor & Director of Excelsior Sports, and has over 20 years of experience in Sports Performance and Strength & Conditioning. He earned his BS in Exercise & Sport Science at the University at Buffalo and his MS in Kinesiology at the University of Colorado. Steve is a prolific author and presenter at professional conferences and symposia, and chaired the original Strength & Conditioning Professional Standards & Guidelines project.

Overview of Training the Demands of the Explosive Athlete
Friday evening's presentation will touch on the basic principles in a Q&A format for a good exchange of information. Saturday morning he will do an overview of explosive metabolic training principles. Saturday's afternoon session will include some hands on examples, applying it to basketball, lacrosse and football, which will allow for some useful compare/contrast.

Ed Fitzsimmons MS, CSCS - Director of Sports Performance-Alumni Arena

After five years as UB baseball's strength and conditioning coach, Fitzsimmons joined the UB athletic training staff in the new position of functional reconditioning specialist in 2004. In this position, Fitzsimmons worked closely with UB student-athletes, sport performance coaches and head coaches on assisting in the prevention and rehabilitation of injuries. Along with being the Director of Sport Performance in Alumni Arena he is the strength and conditioning coach for Men's Basketball and Women's Basketball, Crew, and Tennis. He formerly served as the Coordinator of Strength and Conditioning at the UB Sports Medicine Institute. He has national certification as strength and conditioning coach from the National Strength and Conditioning Association and certification from the American College of Sports Medicine.

Specific Lifting Exercises, Programs and Progressions to Enhance Explosive Athletes
Multi level, balanced approach to assure their steady athletic growth. The program can be implemented from junior high through college. It will aim at improving necessary locomotor patterns early then strengthens those patterns, safely, as they continue to train. This approach answers one of the most asked questions of what to do when they are young and want to lift.This approach continues to challenge their functional movement strength, dynamic flexibility and much more, improving play and reduced possibility of injury.

Jim Mollosky - MS, ATC, CSCS

Jim Mollosky is in his tenth year as an assistant athletic trainer at UB after serving as an athletic trainer, strength and conditioning specialist and director of rehabilitation at the University at Buffalo Sports Medicine Institute from 1999 to 2001. Mollosky is a native of nearby Lockport, NY, and he is a 1997 graduate of Brockport. He also holds a master's degree from Indiana State, which he earned in 1998. While at Indiana State, he earned the Athletic Trainer of the Year Award. An avid runner, mountain biker and adventure racer, Mollosky is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, the New York State Athletic Trainers Association, the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Activity Specific Training and Conditioning
Jim will take you step by step through the concept and realities of preparing your athletes to be “actually prepared” to be effective and successful at whatever you are coaching or playing.  These steps and insights will enable you as a coach to see where you need to look and reevaluate what you have been doing and what may need to be “tweaked” to enhance their play.  This improved efficiency from warm-up through the game improves play and the ability to once again have fun playing the game.

Kathy Aiken - Administrative Support, Athletics

Kathy Aiken is currently the Director of Technology Services within the Division of Athletics at the University at Buffalo where she has been instrumental in incorporating the advancements of technology into sport. As a Certified Dartfish Instructor, Kathy has worked with groups such as USA Soccer to help coaches expand their coaching toolbox to maximize the use of video-based feedback to improve sport performance.

Adding Video-Based Feedback and Analysis to Your Coaching Toolbox
Feedback is information about a performance and the factors responsible for it. It provides information and guidance, creates associations and provides motivation. Video-based feedback provides an athlete with a visual of their performance. Research has shown the most effective method is to provide the athlete video-feedback as soon after a performance as possible. It is also beneficial for the athlete to see video footage of the proper technique. This presentation will discuss the value of providing video-based feedback to enhance an athlete's performance. Tips and tricks to effectively insert video-based feedback into your coaching routine will also be presented allowing you to take full advantage of this technology in sport.

AGENDA

HOTEL & VENUE INFORMATION

Ramada Hotel and Conference Center
2402 North Forest Road
Getzville, NY 14068
(716) 636-7500 x476

When reserving a room, mention this seminar to receive discounted pricing. Please contact by mid-February.
$74.00 - Double Room
$84.00 - King Room

SPECIAL EVENTS
	•  Camps & Clinics  •  Linda Yalem Safety Run  •  National Girls & Women in Sports Day  •  UB Athletics Golf Classic

CONTACT INFORMATION
	•  Location: 102 Alumni Arena  •  E-Mail: ub-athletics@buffalo.edu  •  Phone: 716-645-3141  •  Mailing Address: University at Buffalo Division of Athletics 102 Alumni Arena Buffalo, NY 14260

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