You have people to call.
Connect with coaches across the country who understand the realities of high school athletics. Ask questions. Share ideas. Learn from people who have faced the same challenges.
NHSSCA Membership
You shouldn’t have to coach alone.
High school strength and conditioning can be demanding, complicated, and sometimes isolating. Whether you lead a weight room, coach a sport, teach physical education, or are still finding your path in the profession, NHSSCA connects you with people who understand the work.
Learn together. Solve problems together. Grow together.
Built by high school coaches. For high school coaches and the people serving alongside them.
Why NHSSCA
Better coaches are built together.
Some coaches have an entire performance staff around them. Others are the staff.
You may be the only person in your school responsible for strength and conditioning. You may be a sport coach trying to build a better training system. You may teach PE and want to serve students differently. Or you may be early in your career and still figuring out what good looks like.
You do not need to have all the answers before you belong here.
NHSSCA brings together coaches and educators who are willing to share what they know, ask better questions, solve problems, and raise the standard together.
The Standard
Every weight room deserves qualified leadership — and every coach deserves support and community on the path to getting there.
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Belong before you have every answer.
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Learn from people doing the work.
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Raise the standard without raising the barrier.
What Membership Changes
What changes when you’re connected?
Membership is more than access to content. It gives you people, conversations, opportunities, and a path forward.
You keep learning.
Access professional development, Coaching Corners, presentations, virtual events, and resources designed specifically for the high school environment. Take what you learn and apply it where you coach.
You get in the room.
State Clinics, Family Days, roundtables, NatCon, and other NHSSCA events create opportunities to learn alongside people doing the work. Sometimes the most valuable conversation happens between presentations.
You have a path forward.
Whether you are improving your program, developing professionally, pursuing certification, or preparing for your next opportunity, NHSSCA helps you understand what the next step can look like. You do not have to figure it out by yourself.
Membership should not just give you access. It should give you people in your corner.
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The value isn’t just what you get. It’s who you get access to.
Courses and resources matter. But some of the most valuable moments in this profession happen when another coach answers the phone, shares what worked, challenges your thinking, or helps you solve a problem you have been carrying alone.
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NHSSCA 1 More Campaign
The 1 More Campaign
One coach can open a door for another.
The NHSSCA was built by coaches helping coaches. The 1 More Campaign asks members to personally invite one more colleague into the conversation — someone who could benefit from better education, stronger relationships, and more people in their corner.
- Strength Coach
- Sport Coach
- PE Teacher
- Athletic Administrator
- Young Professional
- Aspiring Coach
The first step does not have to be membership. The first step can simply be an invitation.
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Invite
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Welcome
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Connect
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Give Them a Reason to Return
Choose Your Path
Find the membership that fits where you are.
There is more than one way to be part of the NHSSCA community. Choose the membership that reflects where you are today and where you want to go next.
Standard Membership
Stay Connected.
$50
per year
For sport coaches, PE teachers, strength coaches, trainers, and others involved in high school athletic development who want access to the NHSSCA community and resources.
A simple way to learn, connect, and stay involved.
- 25% event discount pricing
- Access to selected NHSSCA website content
- NHSSCA membership certificate
- Standard Member T-shirt
- NHSSCA monthly newsletter
- Staff Package eligible
HSSCC enrollment requires Professional Membership.
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Professional Membership
Grow Your Profession.
$100
per year
For high school professionals with strength and conditioning responsibilities who want full access to NHSSCA professional development, leadership opportunities, and the pathway to HSSCC certification.
The full NHSSCA professional experience.
- 50% event discount pricing
- Full professional development access
- NHSSCA membership certificate
- Professional Member T-shirt
- NHSSCA monthly newsletter
- Free virtual events
- Awards and leadership eligibility
- Presenter and speaker eligibility
- HSSCC certification eligibility
Student Membership
Start Connected.
$25
per year
For eligible undergraduate and graduate students preparing for careers in high school education, coaching, strength and conditioning, or athletic development.
Build your network before you enter the profession.
- Student event discount pricing
- Access to selected NHSSCA content
- NHSSCA membership certificate
- NHSSCA monthly newsletter
Student verification required.
Choose StudentNot sure where to start? Choose the membership that matches what you need today. Your involvement can grow as your role and goals grow.
Professional Growth
Certification is part of the journey. Not the price of admission.
NHSSCA believes in high professional standards and qualified leadership. We also believe coaches grow best when they have people around them.
Membership gives you access to the community, education, relationships, and professional development that support that growth. For eligible Professional Members, the High School Strength Coach Certification — HSSCC provides an additional pathway to demonstrate competence and continue developing professionally.
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Community supports the coach.
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Education develops the coach.
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Certification recognizes progression.
Connect
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Learn
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Grow
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Certify
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Lead
Membership creates the environment. Certification marks a milestone.
Your Next Step
You don’t have to figure this out by yourself.
Whether you are an experienced strength coach, a PE teacher building something new, a sport coach trying to serve athletes better, or a student preparing to enter the profession, there is a place for you here.
Come learn with us.
Grow with us.
And when you are ready: bring 1 More with you.
Grow with us.
And when you are ready: bring 1 More with you.
Educate. Equip. Empower. Stronger Together.