NOTE: The book Developing the Athlete is required for successful completion of this exam but is not included with this purchase. Purchase this Online CE Exam Without Book only if you already own the book or ebook.

Consisting of 100 multiple-choice and true-false questions, this continuing education exam is designed to be taken after reading Developing the Athlete. The exam will test your knowledge of the information presented in the book so you can integrate the principles of sport science to evaluate, assess, and maximize an athlete's performance at every level of competition.

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

Learning Objectives

• Explain the value of sport specialization and when it should occur.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the mutable and nonmutable characteristics that should be considered when finding the most appropriate sport for a youth and placing them in the right position within the sport.
• Explain the tenets and applications of the long-term athletic development (LTAD) model.
• Discuss the role of the athlete composite within the context of talent identification, anthropometrics, and sport selection.
• Explain the interactions between the members of the player development team: coaching staff, athletic trainers, physical therapists, physicians, strength and conditioning staff, sport science professionals, sport nutritionists, sport psychologists, sociologists, and academic advisers.
• Create a valid and reliable health-, skill-, or sport-related fitness testing battery, and explain the procedures to prepare for testing.
• Understand the underlying physiological and adaptive mechanisms that contribute to long-term player development.
• Examine the framework for using the three Cs of successful player development—credentials, competence, and commitment—to optimize the athlete composite.
• List the specific guidelines for developing maximal strength, power, hypertrophy, muscular endurance, plyometric, speed and acceleration, deceleration, change-of-direction ability, agility and mobility, flexibility, and aerobic endurance.
• Discuss the different periodization models and determine the most appropriate model to maximize an athlete’s performance.

Audience

Certified strength and conditioning professionals, sport scientists, and other practitioners who design and implement development programs for athletes.