Cross-Training for Sports
Excelling in any sport requires the athlete to achieve and maintain high-level conditioning without overtraining. All athletes need strength, power, quickness and flexibility to compete successfully, but most don't know how to achieve this year-round. Explore how to add new training methods into the athlete's current program. The best aerobic, anaerobic, strength, power, speed, endurance, agility, balance, and flexibility exercises for many sports will be illustrated and thoroughly explained. Developed for teachers and coaches of elementary, junior, and senior high school students.
This course is applicable towards the Strength and Conditioning Certificate.
This course is applicable towards the Strength and Conditioning Certificate.
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Dr. Andrew Herrick
Instructor
I am currently Director of Academic Development and a faculty member at Fresno Pacific University. I am responsible for all course offerings and marketing through the Office of Continuing Education, which includes identifying and developing new programs, courses, and instructors who are passionate about Christian higher education. I actively teach graduate, undergraduate, and professional development online courses for the university.