Dropbox - if you are not using it - start now

If you are not using Dropbox - then you need to start using it now.

Dropbox makes sharing work and resources between different computers and/or people so much easier. It acts as a regular folder on your computer and so you can drag and drop files rather than having to upload and download as is common with other ways of sharing. An added bonus is if you happen to mistakenly delete or modify any files then you can go back to previous versions backed up on the dropbox website.

If you click on: http://db.tt/daplfbF and sign up then I get a referral bonus (extra free storage space). Sure this is a shameless plug that will benefit me, but once signed up you can invite your friends and get more free space yourself. You get 2 GB free to start with. Go for it!

Strength and conditioning internship: Alpha Omega Performance

There is an internship opening up for the spring semester. It is at a facility ran by a former college of mine at ETSU - Henry Nowell. Please see the posting below and if interested visit check out alphaomegaperformance.com and email their info to info.alphaomegaperformance@gmail.com.

Open to all students in the Exercise Science Dept, Alpha Omega Performance Training, located in Gulf Breeze. (1147 Gulf Breeze Pkwy). An affiliate of the Gulf Breeze Aerobic and Fitness is looking for interns this spring. Applicants that are interested in the field of Strength and Conditioning/ application of Sport Science research. The students will be introduced to Alpha Omegas research based curriculum and training methodology. Over the semester the student will be introduced to variety of disciplines that are involved in sports performance such as; functional movement screening, biomechanics, olympic weightlifting, sprint mechanics, anatomy, physiology, program prescription and application. Alpha Omega's clientele consists of youth to collegiate athletes that aspire to enhance their athletic potential. The intern will aid in performance training sessions (coaching), and day to day tasks of running a Performance Training facility. Daily tasks of consist and not secluded to, aid in the Alpha athlete monitoring program (A.M.P), learning progressions and technique in Sprinting and resistance training (kinetics and kinematics), as well as daily maintenance of the facility. This is a great opportunity for any student looking to further their education/ experience in the Strength and Conditioning field. The Intern will be guided towards how to obtain distinguished certifications in the field, such as NSCA CSCS or USAW Performance Coach. Alpha Omega is also the only competitive USAW sanctioned Olympic Lifting team (Emerald Coast Weightlifting Club) in the area as well as Certified Speed Tracs® operator.

Notes from UKSEM 2011 by David Sutton

Via news feeds and social media online, I heard a great deal of good things about the UKSEM conference this past November. For those of you not familiar with this event, here is a description from the website:

"Europe's largest interdisciplinary Conference on Sports Science, Medicine, Conditioning, Rehabilitation and Performance Coaching"
www.uksem.org

Although I was not lucky enough to attend, I wanted to help spread the news of this great event here, so asked David Sutton, who also presented at the conference, to write a few words. As always, he has been able to pick out some important messages that are practically applicable to us in our pursuit of performance. Thank you David for doing this.

I am honoured to be writing a blog for Howard Gray. From a few discussions online and meeting at the UKSCA conference in 2010, we have become good friends and he is always someone I can turn to for advice.

As there have already been a couple of excellent reviews of UKSEM here http://jplightfoot.com/2011/11/27/uksem-a-recap/ and http://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2011/11/27/moneyball-rewarding-excellent-sports-medicine-care-but-check-your-indemnity-limit-you-may-need-more-if-treating-elite-professional-athletes/ and http://www.coachmattsmith.com/2011/12/01/uksem-2011/

Howard writes predominantly about monitoring and evidence-based practice, so I am going to highlight some thoughts and highlights from the UKSEM conference that touched on this area.