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STRENGTH
DONE RIGHT
How to build the best strength and conditioning
program with the right coach
By Keith Loria, contributing writer
Strength and conditioning is a greater focus in high
schools today, as more coaches have learned its value to
athletics.
Darnell Clark, director of strength and conditioning
at Charlotte Country Day School in North Carolina,
has been at his job for 15 years. The school introduces
competitive sports in the seventh grade, though 90% of
Clark's work is with high school students.
" I work with them all on performance training, " he
said. " The key to a successful program starts with the
support of your administration. We have up to 90% of our
students participating, so you need to be aligned with the
mission of the school. "
" When looking at this type of person, you want
to see all the components of leadership that they
should be pretty strongly in. "
- James McFarland, strength coach
Support from the coaches is vital. Even though strength
and conditioning isn't mandatory, there is close to 100%
participation from those on the JV and varsity teams.
" Our coaches see the benefits of the performance
training aspect and having them support and trust me is
extremely important, " Clark said. " Performance training
takes time out of what they do from a technical and
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tactical standpoint, and for them to give up some of their
time, they have to believe in the end-product. "
Proper certification
The National Strength and Conditioning Association
(NSCA) released professional standards and guidelines
a number of years ago and recently revised them.
They outline key topics in preparticipation screening
and clearance, proper qualifications, guidelines for
supervision, and instruction.
James McFarland, strength and conditioning coach for
Hillsborough Township Public Schools in New Jersey,
said they're designed so people can use the science into
practice through developing strength and conditioning
programming.
" It really helps drive home the objective of why a
strength and conditioning coach is needed at the high
school level, " he said. " There are a number of districts
that also have middle school programs at the high
schools to help the physical learning of our athletes. "
All athletes must be considered. McFarland gives the
example of an 11th grade athlete who is inexperienced
but is in the final stages of his growth and development,
alongside a freshman who has only begun their growth
and development.
" Those two types of athlete could be in the same
facility and be involved in the same type of programming,
and we need to be able to accommodate that, " he said.
The National Academy of Sports Medicine's performance

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