Strength & Conditioning Vision, Mission, Contact Information, Hours of Operation, Facilities, Forms & External Links
Vision
The aspiration of the Strength and Conditioning Program is to seamlessly be integrated into all aspects of athletic programming, to enhance each student-athlete’s potential, and to continue growing the program.
Mission
The Strength and Conditioning program supports the objectives of the Athletic Department and Alfred University. The goal of the Strength and Conditioning staff is to minimize the risk of injury while enhancing student-athletes’ athletic abilities; this will then assist student-athletes to achieve peak performance in their respective sport.
Goals & Philosophy
Our goals are to increase athletic performance and help reduce related injuries. Our training philosophy focuses on training ground-based, multi-joint, and three-dimensional movements. These three training staples ensure our student-athletes are training appropriately for their sport or competition.
Our coaching philosophy is to bring out the best in our sports teams and the student-athletes. This can be accomplished by increasing confidence, energy, effort, and execution. Improvements in our Strength and Conditioning program will instill trust in ourselves and our teammates. It brings teams closer and allows them to play at the highest potential. Dedication to our Strength and Conditioning program develops a team and individual’s focus, teamwork, energy, effort, and execution; these lead to commitment toward team goals.
Reduction of Injury in Sports:
● Decreasing the rate of non-contact injuries while enhancing movement efficiency, rate of force development, and strength.
Movement Preparation:
● Warm up athletes through a full range of motion in many movement patterns.
Performance Enhancement:
● Train our student-athletes in ground-based movements in the same position as they compete. This teaches our student-athletes to apply force through the ground–increasing power, speed, and strength. Olympic lifting variations, jumping variations and the use of medicine balls help develop power in both the upper and lower body.
● Three-dimensional exercises, meaning training our athletes in all movement planes, especially movement patterns they perform on the field, court, and pool.
● Train movements, not muscles. All movement patterns involve multiple joints simultaneously while competing. Squat variations, hip extension/knee flexion, Pull-up/vertical pull variations, vertical push, horizontal pull, and horizontal push variations.
Contact Information
TBD - Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
Sierra Wilson - Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
wilsonsk@alfred.edu
Mike Bassage - Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
bassage@alfred.edu
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