2023 CSCA Conference
https://canadianstrengthca.com/ Join us Virtually May 12, 2023 Join us Live May 13, 2023 Nova Scotia - Dalhousie University Ontario - Sheridan College British Columbia - University of British Columbia CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS https://canadianstrengthca.com/
Performance Solutions Workshop (Vancouver)
An active workshop for therapists, kinesiologists and coaches to improve their ability to get performance-minded athletes/clients back to their sport/activity, and how to best work in collaboration with medical professionals. For additional details and to register click HERE
McMaster Performance Summer Strength & Conditioning Female Coaching Internship
This opportunity is a paid 18-week internship providing hands on experience in the field of Strength & Conditioning in a University athletic setting. Individual selected for this position will work 10-15 hours/week under the direction of lead performance coaches. The total compensation for this position is dependent on candidate as hours are flexible based on candidate needs and areas of interest. The purpose of the Summer S&C internship program is to educate an up and coming coach in all aspects of sports performance coaching. Selected intern will assist with and help train varsity athletes from a wide range of sports, [...]
IHPS Conference 2023
$50 off extended to CSCA Members (Discount code sent to memebers directly through FB and email) The best in hockey performance at a live and in-person event this summer at IHPS 2023! Opening the Summit on Friday night with one of the world's best performance coaches and researchers, Dr. Matt JordanStarting the first full day of presentations with an icon in hockey performance Matt Nichol doing a one-on-one Leave Your Mark style conversation with Scott LivingstonTwo-time Stanley Cup winner Ryan Van Asten goes deep on Energy System TrainingOne of Canada's best sports dieticians and consultant to the NBA Champion Golden [...]
Becoming a Successful Intern
Internships provide guided opportunities to develop coaching skills and are the most common pathway to becoming a strength and conditioning coach. Internships play a pivotal role in coach development and are a way to open doors to the industry. Within internships, an important indicator of subsequent success is the ability to thrive and internalize lessons along the way, which will build essential skills while building your network and learning from others. As a coach currently in my third round of being an intern across three different settings, I have gathered a broad array of experiences, learned from a diverse set [...]
Insight into International Soccer Environments from Two National Programs
International soccer operates in a series of camps that take place all over the world ranging from approximately 10 days to 6 weeks or longer. With plenty of access to athletes and staff, there are numerous ways in which international soccer staff members function to provide high-performance support to their teams. I have had the privilege of working with the women’s soccer programs from two nations. I will share insight into some of the similarities and differences I experienced between the New Zealand Senior Women’s National Team (WNT) and Canada’s Senior and U20 WNT teams this past year through training [...]
Multi-Role Practitioners: Should Strength and Conditioning Coaches “Stay in Their Lane”?
Introduction Due to the various demands of being a strength and conditioning coach (i.e., working with different types of athletes with different goals) and evolving training modalities, it is natural to learn new skills over time. Some practitioners specialize in a specific area, while others opt to learn a breadth of skills in many areas. Areas outside the classic scope of strength and conditioning include: nutrition, psychology, physiology, biomechanics, physical therapy, performance analysis, and sport coaching. As a practitioner, I bounced back and forth between strength and conditioning and nutrition early in my career, eventually landing a job as a [...]
Make Them Feel Special: 4 Tips to Building Relationships within your Athletic Department
When it comes to being a Strength & Conditioning Coach in an academic setting (University, College, High School), there are many challenges that come with the job that can include lack of space/funding, scheduling issues, as well as long hours with low pay. The biggest struggle I have encountered in my three years working full-time in this setting, is getting the buy-in of both the sport coaches and student-athletes. S&C professionals don’t have much say when it comes to playing time for athletes (unless you are a dual role S&C/Sport Coach). Due to this athlete engagement can be limited and [...]
McMaster University – Performance and Wellness Workshop August 5-7
McMaster Performance, the Marauders' elite-athlete training program, in partnership with McMaster University's Department of Kinesiology, are hosting a three-day Performance and Wellness workshop to engage leading industry professionals and those exploring a career in strength & conditioning or human kinetics. The event, hosted at the Marauders' new, state-of-the-art High Performance Area from August 5-7, 2022, will feature guest speakers, panelists and interactive workshops covering a range of topics on biomechanics, coaching strategies, clinical integration, motivation, career paths, and more. "Here at McMaster, we understand the importance of seeing things from a holistic perspective when it comes to training and performance with [...]
Creating Effective Resumes
The resume is an important tool for getting you onto the "short list" for a job interview, no more, no less. It is critical for very quickly and efficiently highlighting your skillsets and experience in a manner that displays professionalism and attention to detail. A poorly designed resume can easily find its way into the "no" pile and with employers only having 30 seconds to review each resume you need to make sure yours will strongly display your qualifications. In this webinar you will have the opportunity to learn how to effectively design and organize your resume, and review samples [...]
Facility Planning and Design
This webinar covers the general processes involved in designing your own facility. Whether small or large scale, there are important steps in the process to consider. This webinar also provides some tips and tricks for finding the best deals on equipment and a few shortcuts on affordable facility design. https://youtu.be/DcbxlvGCWzM
Equipment Vendors Guide
To support our members, we have partnered with our preferred equipment vendor Dotmar Fitness Inc to provide you with a vendor guide for equipment sales. The vendors on this list are both national and local, and represent major vendors with the capacity to bid on large projects and manage purchase orders. CSCA-Vendors-List-4-29-22Download
Becoming a Strength and Conditioning Professional
Learn what is involved in being a strength and conditioning professional and the traditional pathways you can follow to enter the profession. https://youtu.be/EbQ-fT9jLfA
CSCA CONFERENCE 2022
REGISTER HERE Registration closes on May 4th 11:59pm ET DATES: Friday May 6th and Saturday May 7th, 2022 WHERE: Virtual (Conference Link will be sent to participants the week leading up to the conference) General Admission = $50 CSCA Conference Schedule 2022 FRIDAY MAY 6th (7pm-9pm ET) OPENING KEYNOTE The Importance of Mastery for the S&C Coach (Dr Stuart McGill) Consider the spectrum of health care and illness prevention. Fact: every system in the body requires appropriate movement, and stress, for optimal health. Now consider who is the movement specialist within the life-long heath rubric? Also consider who guides the path [...]
Female Athlete Health and Wellness
I opened my talk at the first annual CSCA conference last year with an apology and about a year later I am going to do the same with this short article. I will also end this with my final slide as it is still applicable. During the conference I highlighted the fact that in my 20 years of coaching, I wasn’t vocal enough in calling out some of the traditions that we tend to rally around as S&C coaches. The reality is, professional (paid) S&C, or even sport coaching for that matter, is relatively new in the grand scheme of [...]
Reconditioning Learning Opportunities
R1 Foundations - The LIVE LAB Have you been waiting to do Reconditioning in a live environment? We get it. The R1 Foundations LIVE LAB is made for you. This LIVE weekend Lab is a chance to finally get together with us to practice all of the principles and skills outlined in the online learning content of R1 Foundations Neuro Reconditioning in an in-person, group, case study format. This is a LEARNING LABORATORY where you will be exposed to context and application through case studies. You will do and try the skills and principles and understand how these will best [...]
The International Hockey Performance Summit – 2022
Online - June 10-12, 2022 Register HERE Friday, June 10th, 2022 9:00 am - 4:00 pm - SCAPH Conference 4:00 - 5:00 pm - Pre-Registration 5:00 pm - Opening Face-Off - The Future of Building Hockey Players (A Panel Discussion with Hockey’s Leading Minds) 6:00 pm - Informal Social Saturday, June 11th, 2022 8:30 am - Welcome and Introductions 8:45 am - Andy O’Brien - What I’ve Learned Through a Life in Hockey 9:30 am - Transition 9:40 am - JF Menard - “Mental Preparation Habits of Champions” 10:25 am - Coffee Break 11:00 am - Mike Potenza - How [...]
Considerations and Contributions to Sport Performance for Female Athletes
UBC is hosting an event on March 8th from 6-730pm (PST) with a focus on supporting female athletes. If you work with female athletes this should offer some good insights. Those on the panel have done some mini sessions with several coaches, staff and athletes and there is a clear need for us to have more conversations around female health. https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63467773808
CSCA Candid Conversations: From Pro Soccer to the NBA with Carl Bergstrom
Carl is a graduate of UBC in Vancouver and currently the Director of Performance for the San Francisco based Golden State Warriors (GSW) in the NBA. During this interview with CSCA Advisory Team member Scott Vass, he discusses his experience working in the private sector, amateur sport (Canadian Women’s Soccer Team) and professional soccer (Vancouver Whitecaps) that lead to his current role with the GSW. Topics also discussed in this interview are: - Career path from UBC undergrad to GSW - Importance of Mentorship and Networking for professional development & career advancement - Developing trust with athletes when entering a [...]
Call for Advisory Team Members
We would like to invite members of our strength and conditioning community to become an Advisory Team Member (ATM). An ATM will be called upon to assist in many tasks, including; promoting the CSCA through social media, contributing articles for our newsletters, serving on committees, assisting in our yearly conference planning, and general planning for the organization. The ATM will be asked to attend the Annual General Meeting and will have voting rights on motions and elections for the organization. The ATM is an individual currently immersed in the profession who feels they could contribute time and resources to assist [...]
