NOTE: The book Developing Agility and Quickness, Second Edition, is required for successful completion of this course but is not included with this purchase. Purchase this Online Course Without Book only if you already own the book or ebook.

This package includes the following:

• Online study guide
• Online continuing education exam

This study guide reinforces the content from the book Developing Agility and Quickness, Second Edition (which is not included with this package). It helps you prepare for the 75-question exam that tests your understanding of the concepts presented.

Once you pass the exam, you can print a certificate for continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to do the following:

• Understand guidelines for developing agility and quickness and how to apply them in designing effective training programs.
• Understand the key factors that determine both agility and quickness and how these factors influence an athlete’s ability to achieve high-level performance.
• Use a variety of assessment tools to evaluate agility and quickness in athletes.
• Design safe and effective training programs for agility and quickness to meet specific goals for a variety of sports and activities.
• Identify a variety of drills and training techniques for developing agility and quickness to improve athletic performance.
• Understand how to incorporate decision-making tasks into training programs once you master movement skills and techniques.

Audience

A continuing education course for strength and conditioning professionals, personal trainers, athletic trainers, and other certified professionals.

ABOUT THE NSCA
The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is the world’s leading organization in the field of sport conditioning. Drawing on the resources and expertise of the most recognized professionals in strength training and conditioning, sport science, performance research, education, and sports medicine, the NSCA is the world’s trusted source of knowledge and training guidelines for coaches and athletes. The NSCA provides the crucial link between the lab and the field.

ABOUT THE EDITOR
Jay Dawes, PhD, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, FNSCA, is an associate professor of strength and conditioning and the program coordinator for the masters of science in strength and conditioning program at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. He has worked as an athletic performance coordinator, strength and performance coach, personal trainer, educator, and postrehabilitation specialist for over 20 years. Dawes also frequently coaches and provides sport science support to numerous elite and professional teams and law enforcement, fire, and military groups. His primary research interests are improving and measuring performance for tactical athletes and first responders and enhancing athletic performance.

Dawes is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) and as a personal trainer (NSCA-CPT); by the American College of Sports Medicine as a health fitness specialist (ACSM-HFS); and by the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association as a level 2 strength and conditioning coach. He was also recognized as a fellow of the NSCA in 2009.

Dawes is the author of Complete Guide to TRX® Suspension Training (Human Kinetics, 2017) and coauthor of Maximum Interval Training (Human Kinetics, 2015), and he has written numerous book chapters and articles on improving sports and tactical performance.

He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.