Whitefield Academy’s strength and conditioning staff is dedicated to providing a sound strength and conditioning program for its student-athletes.
Objective
The objective of the strength and conditioning program is to ensure each student-athlete is provided with in-season and off-season programs. These programs include strength, conditioning,
flexibility, speed and agility training. A strength and conditioning coordinator oversees each student-athlete’s progress in reaching his or her full potential by building a strong
base.
In order for student-athletes to perform at their full potential, Whitefield Academy’s Strength and Conditioning Coordinator commits himself to providing the athletes with the
strength, confidence, agility and flexibility to compete at the highest levels of competition. With the cooperation of coaches, student-athletes, and parents, championship performances
can be attained through hard work and determination.
Programs
Whitefield Academy’s Strength and Conditioning Coordinator takes great pride in providing a very intensive in-season program. We believe this intensive program helps maintain
greater overall body strength and conditioning levels during the season. By increasing strength and explosive power throughout the season, the program will decrease the potential
for injuries.
The off-season program is also extremely intense. Specific areas addressed during the off-season are speed, strength, agility, flexibility, explosive power and confidence. We
are committed to being in full compliance with GHSA rules concerning time allocation for student-athletes and workouts during the off-season.
During the school year, the Whitefield Academy Strength and Conditioning Coordinator provides on-site assistance to student-athletes. The coordinator makes a dedicated effort
to be available to the school’s teams during the workouts. While attending every workout for every team is impossible, in the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator absence, the
Whitefield Athletic Trainer and other Whitefield coaches assist with the program. Also, beginning in sixth grade students are taught spotting and lifting techniques during a weight
room orientation program. The techniques covered during this initial time in the training room are developed to be age-appropriate.
The Strength and Conditioning Coordinator is knowledgeable about the meals planned each week at the school’s cafeteria. By having almost every student-athlete eating on campus
each day, the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator has some first-hand knowledge of the food the student-athletes are consuming daily.
Physical Welfare
Because the physical well-being is essential to a student-athletes’ success, both as a student and as an athlete, it is important that students maintain a solid balance among
your working, sleeping and eating habits.
The Athletics Department feels a strong responsibility to help student-athletes reach and maintain their health and achieve conditioning goals. For this reason, it has developed
excellent strength and conditioning programs to lessen the possibility of injuries. However, should these occur, the Athletic Training Department is committed to a comprehensive
rehabilitation program through on-site facilities, staff, and various team doctors.
Student-athletes are encouraged to reach and maintain the best physical condition possible. The coaches, athletic trainers, and the strength and conditioning coordinator will
put together a program tailored to each student-athletes’ specific needs.
Weight Room Equipment
- 18-station Cybex Pin Loaded Strength circuit
- 9 Power racks
- 1 Platform
- 1 Treadmill
- 1 Recumbent Bicycle
- 1 Upright Bicycle
- 2 Elliptical Machines
- 2 Glute/Ham String Isolators
- 5-100 Lb. Dumbells
- Medicine Balls/Physio Ball
- Various Speed development equipment
Although boys and girls have traditionally been encouraged to participate in aerobic activities such as bicycling and swimming, they have not always been encouraged to participate
in resistance training. In recent years a growing body of evidence has accumulated to indicate that resistance training can be a safe, effective, and beneficial method of conditioning
for youth. Research into the effects of resistance exercise on children and adolescents has increased over the past decade, and the qualified acceptance of youth strength training
by medical and fitness organizations has become almost universal. The American Academy of Pediatrics (2001), the American College of Sports Medicine (2000), the American Orthopaedic
Society of Sports Medicine (1988), and the National Strength and Conditioning Association (Faigenbaum et al., 1996) support participation in youth resistance training activities
provided the program is appropriately designed and competently supervised.
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