How this Southern State is Leading the Field in Coaching Certification
How this Southern state is leading the field in coaching certification Strength and conditioning certifications are a relatively new educational offering in the United States that grew out of the demand for more specialized training in this field. While the college educational system provides a sound method of learning the sciences that form the foundation of physical education, what have been missing are the details of how to design safe and effective athletic fitness programs for young men and women. There is no such course as Plyometrics 101, and that’s where continuing education programs such as the BFS certification come in.
A BFS certification is designed to help fill the gaps in physical and athletic fitness programs by teaching coaches how to apply their basic knowledge of the sciences in designing strength and conditioning programs for multisport athletes. Then, unlike many other certification programs, our team of more than 50 clinicians, with over 20 having masters degrees, goes a step further by scheduling hands-on, learnby-doing training sessions.. This means that participants not only learn how to perform the exercises themselves but also are shown how to teach others how to perform them. Being “book smart”
is great – and BFS offers excellent multimedia resources as part of our certification; however, we want coaches to be effective in the real world, and that means providing a more comprehensive method of instruction. The cumulative effect of this approach to certification training is that our graduates are qualified to do what they were hired to do. A student who is taught by a certified BFS coach We are in full support of BFS certifications in our state, and we are entrenched with the strength and conditioning and sales programs that BFS offers. We are especially excited about the BFS safety program as far as helping coaches stay clear of lawsuits.
Alabama has been at the forefront of athletics, and I think this is another opportunity to show the nation that our state is a leader in educating its coaches. Steve Bailey Director of the AHSADCA will learn the proper way to squat…to power clean…to stretch…and much, much more. And although there is unfortunately no way to completely eliminate the possibility of being named in a lawsuit, a BFS certification provides a formidable defense that will hold up in a court of law that a coach or physical education instructor was qualified to teach these skills. Sharing the BFS vision of superior instruction is the state of Alabama.
The Go-To State One of my goals when I became a BFS clinician was to make my home state of Alabama the “go to” state for college recruiters. I wanted to approach the Alabama High School Athletic Directors and Coaches Association (AHSADCA) with this idea, which turned into a meeting with BFS president Bob Rowbotham and our director of certification, Roger Freeborn.
They loved the idea, and we came to an agreement where we were going to be working over the next few years with the Alabama Athletic Directors and Coaches Association, which is a division of TYPICAL Certification TIMELINE 7:30 REGISTRATION, 8-12 CLINIC, 12-12:30 LUNCH, 12:30-5 CLINIC BFS INTRO SAFETY & LIABILITY THE SECRET TOTAL PROGRAM BE AN 11 INFORMATION DIFFERENT GAMES PARADIGM SHIFT 6 ABSOLUTES BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS BFS GOALS DOT DRILL FLEXIBILITY BOX SQUAT PARALLEL SQUAT LUNCH BREAK NUTRITION WEIGHTROOM SAFETY BENCH PRESS A BFS certification is a professionally run workshop that includes an informative multimedia presentation along with live demonstrations and hands-on training.
TOWEL BENCH HEX BAR DEADLIFT PROGRAM OPTIONS OFF-SEASON / IN-SEASON PROGRAM SETS & REPS POWER CLEAN CERTIFICATION RENEWAL AUX. LIFTS - RULES CLOSING the Alabama High School Athletic Association. Our recommendation was to have high school and middle school coaches certified throughout the state. Already, I was strategically going throughout the state certifying coaches on a monthly basis through in-service training. This was, and is, in conjunction with doing certifications here in the Montgomery area, where I have access to a great facility that features BFS equipment.
The result is that we now have two basic ways for coaches to get certified: inservice, where BFS clinicians come to a school; and regional, where coaches from all over the state come to get trained at a specific location. Another great service we offer is weightroom safety evaluations. These evaluations are especially important, as many lawsuits are the result of having facilities that were not designed according to industry standards that have been established by such respected organizations as the American Society for Testing and Materials. Often, school administrators are surprised at what they read in our safety evaluations and become motivated to take immediate action.
For example, during one of my recent evaluations I found that seven of the 14 Olympic barbells in the weightroom were defective, a problem that could result in injuries through negligence. The principal immediately took steps to acquire the funds to replace the defective equipment. This gives you an idea of what our certifications are about and the work BFS is doing in Alabama. Hopefully our success is going to influence other states. It’s the next step in physical education.
BFS clinician Lance Neven.
BFS is coming to a city near you! Join other coaches in your area to learn the best ways to train your athletes u Improve Weightroom Safety! with the proven BFS program. Not only will this certification ensure that u Understand Liability! you know how to improve athletic performance, you will learn techniques u Perfect Your Technique! that will significantly improve the safety of every sports program. THIS IS A HANDS ON – LEARN-BY-DOING CERTIFICATION u Coaches Helping Coaches!
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From BFS Magazine — January/February 2009. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
