There was a story about football players being suspended for the use creatine (click here for the article) and the blog manager recently posted the USDA link for supplements and medicines that can not be taken. Here are the MA high school and college rules Massachusetts rules follow on nutritional supplements: http://www.miaa.net/contentm/easy_pages/view.php?page_id=168&sid=38&menu_id=4 NCAA rules: http://www.ncaapublications.com/p-4203-2011-2012-sports-medicine-handbook.aspx Supplements …
Tag Archive: nutrition
Jul
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Jul
07
July Coaching Resource of the Month-Supplements411
The US Anti Doping Agency (USADA) has created a great resource (Supplement411) for sport coaches, parents, athletes and administrators to provide a trusted source of information on nutritional supplements. USADA created this resource as they believe there is confusion over what constitutes a dietary supplement. There are differences between what classifies a product as a …
Mar
28
March 2012 Coaching Resource of the Month
Sure, this month’s resource is late being posted. The important thing is that I made the end of the month deadline! If you are a coach concerned with creating a sports environment that advocates and encourages your athletes to compete “clean,” then the online resources of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) is as resource …
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Nov
17
Coaches Toolbox–New NASPE Resource
The Coaches Toolbox, produced by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), is a website that will be updated three times a year for winter, spring and fall sports, and will provide the latest must-have information and resources about safety and injury prevention, skill development, strength training, peak performance, post-workout recovery, nutrition, sport …
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Jul
25
Key to Athletic Success–Nutrition & Hydration
If a coach or an athlete asks me for the secret to success, I tell them of the sports trinity–training and conditioning, mental preparation/skills and sports nutrition. Athletes can gain an easy advantage over their competitors if they fuel and hydrate themselves properly. In many cases up to a 20% advantage in an endurance event …