High School Strength and Conditioning Certification (HSSCC)
Become a certified strength and conditioning specialist for high school athletics. Fill the void in the market, empower athletes, and boost your coaching career.
$199.99
What You'll Learn
- Unit 1: Uncover the foundations of high school strength and conditioning, including coaching fundamentals, history, strength and conditioning principles, basic functional anatomy and an introduction to exercise physiology.
- Unit 2: Explore Long Term Athletic Development and periodization strategies that provide recommendations for coaches to help students improve through structured and progressive training programs while offering different training systems and methods.
- Unit 3: Become aware of various aspects of performance preparation, recovery, and regeneration for athletes, including warm-ups, recovery strategies, return-to-play protocols, and more.
- Unit 4: See information on strength development and exercise, as well as considerations for female athletes, including ACL injuries, body image, and program design.
- Unit 5: Learn about plyometric drills (lower, core, upper), their role in power development, and how to safely incorporate them into a training program.
- Unit 6: Assimilate an in-depth discussion of agility development, including its definition, mechanics and drills, programming, and coaching considerations for designing effective agility training programs.
- Unit 7: Grasp acceleration mechanics, instruction on teaching sprint mechanics in a team setting, and the associated factors of periodization and programming for speed training.
- Unit 8: Gain knowledge about various conditioning protocols applicable in the high school setting, energy systems, testing and assessment, training methods, programming and periodization, and considerations for training high school athletes who may be involved in multiple sports.
- Unit 9: Study the importance of testing, analysis, and evaluation in strength and conditioning programs for athletes, guiding how to conduct evaluations, create movement and athletic profiles, and implement corrective exercise programs.
- Unit 10: Accomplish the importance of character development and nutrition education for high school student-athletes, tips for implementing these programs, and other important aspects of coaching, such as order and safety, building trust and relationships, and teaching and coaching strategies.
- Unit 11: Become well-grounded in the best practices for educators to create successful strength and conditioning courses, including developing a course description, syllabus, and curriculum with learning outcomes and assessments while emphasizing equity, integrity, and respect for all students.
- Unit 12: Get guidance on developing effective communication for creating an athletic development program, working with medical teams, parents, administration, staffing, and risk management.
Certification Includes:
- Full lifetime access
- Over 20-hours of on-demand content
- 12 Units | 43 Chapters
- 43 quizzes | 24 Case Studies
- High-quality, animated exercises (coming early 2024)
- Access on mobile and desktop
- Certificate of Completion
HSSCC Requirements
- A high school coach with an active NHSSCA Professional Membership.
- Student pursuing coaching with an NHSSCA Student Membership.
- We support varied S&C roles in Prep, Private, Public Schools, and Training Facilities, regardless of teacher certification, impacting high school athletes.
Staff Packages Available
Get your coaches, staff, or team access to the HSSCC anytime, anywhere, and save.
