Download Youth Sport Specialization Safety Recommendations Infographic
Last week, NATA released youth sport specialization recommendations that were endorsed by the Professional Football Athletic Trainers’ Society, Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers’ Society, Professional Soccer Athletic Trainers’ Society, National Basketball Athletic Trainers’ Association, Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers’ Society and the NATA Intercollegiate Council for Sports Medicine. You can download an infographic with the recommendations now.
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NATA Takes Part in Health Professions Week
NATA will lend its voice to the 2019 Health Professions Week (HPW) Nov. 16-21. As the biggest career event for health professions, HPW brings together various health profession organizations to promote health care careers to high school students, college students, career changers, parents, advisors and counselors. HPW is a six-day, one-stop shop of events to explore more than 20 career options.
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Free Communications Deadline is Nov. 1
The NATA Research & Education Foundation is accepting abstracts for the Free Communications Program. The program provides a forum for researchers and clinicians to disseminate research and clinical case studies. The selected abstracts are published in the supplement to the
Journal of Athletic Training and are presented via oral or poster presentation.
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Register for Pitching Mechanics Webinar
Registration is open for the Nov. 13 webinar, “A Clinical Guide to Pitching Mechanics and Kinetic Chain Deficits: How to Integrate Both into a Comprehensive Program” with presenter Stephen Thomas, PhD, ATC. Participants will learn how to clinically assess normal pitching mechanics, common kinetic chain deficits in the baseball player, how to perform a thorough, full-body kinetic chain assessment specific to baseball player and how to develop a comprehensive program that integrates both pitching mechanics and kinetic chain deficit.
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