Upward Bound- Prospective Exercise and Sport Science High Schoolers

Those of us who are in the CESSCE or are involved in the Olympic Training Site eat, sleep, dream, and dream about this field. We are obsessed! We certainly weren't born this way- we were introduced to this field by mentors, teachers, coaches and outreach programs.

Recently we had the opportunity to talk about what we do with a slew of high schoolers from the northeast Tennessee and southern Virginia area. We got to talk about what we love most- exercise and sport science!

We had talks from Dr. DeWeese about what it's like to work with Olympic athletes, and from Dr. Sato about what you can do with an Exercise Science degree. Meg Stone talked about what the CESSCE does, and Dr. Mizuguchi taught a bit about what weightlifting is. Dr. Ramsey told us about the really important stuff- how you get in, what classes you have to take etc. We also had a couple of stations that kids rotated around, where they got to learn about electromyography (the electrical activity of muscles), force plates and force measurement, and about what makes us jump so high.

We had a great time with all the kids and their program leaders- we hope they learned something, and that one day some of them get as excited about this field as we are!

You can see more pictures on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ETSUCESSCE

Where are they going?

There are some pretty neat places our students are headed to or are already there.  This is just a few of our former or soon-to-be-former graduate students from this year:

Ryan Alexander -Sports Physiologist for US Soccer Women's Youth National Teams

Chris Bailey - Assistant Professor LaGrange College

Chase Edwards- Physical Therapy Student at Emory Henry University

James Hoffmann - Assistant Professor Temple University

Mike Israetel - Assistant Professor University of Central Missouri

Brian Johnston - Director of Athletic Training, East Tennessee State University

Keith Leiting - Athletic Trainer/ Strength and Conditioning Coach with Integration Sports, Taiwan

Tim McInnis - Assistant Professor LaGrange College

Jake Reed - Texas A&M

Coaches College Teaser

We have the majority of our speakers worked out for the Coaches and Sport Science College in December of this year.  Here are some of the speakers we have lined up:

Chris Carmichael

Owner of Carmichael Training Systems – Trainright.com. Chris is known for his coaching expertise with cyclists, as well as other athletes. Athletes who have excelled under his tutelage include Lance Armstrong, Saku Koivu (hockey), and Ed Moses (swimming). He has an impressive number of athletes who have won major victories at the Olympics, World Championships, and the Pan Am games.

Jon Carlock

Jon is the Director of High Performance Director  for the Special Forces - Green Beret’s at Fort Campbell. John will talk about Training the Elite Tactical Athlete with emphasis on special military populations.

Chris Layne

Owner of Total Sports Management, Chris is an agent who represents over 30 of the us top track and field athletes. Chris will talk about the role of an agent and the relationship between coach athlete and agent in preparation for major championships and elite level competition.

Dr. Michael Stone

Past President of the NSCA and Lab Director at ETSU will discuss Power Development for the Strength Power athlete.

Meg Stone

Lifetime Achievement Award by NSCA and CSCCa – Will talk on Coaches Education focused on the Elite and National Coach level.

Dr. Sato

Will demonstrate and collect data practically on the Catapult GPS Tracking System  - collect analysis and advise on how the data can be used to improve performance.

Dr. Satoshi Miziguchi

Head Weightlifting Coach for the ETSU Olympic Training Site at ETSU will conduct a practical session on the technical aspect of the Olympic lift and their derivatives.

Dr. Brad Deweese

Brad will discuss the Theory and Practical aspect of the Quadrennial Plan for Bobsled and many of the underlying principle of this plan are relevant for any sport. Brad will also conduct a practical session on speed development and agility training.