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Conditioning for Pitchers: It's All in the Hips (and Core)
For a pitcher to avoid coal in his stocking, he must throw lots of strikes over lots of innings AND stay relatively healthy.
The Latest from the NFL Foundation's AT Grant Initiative
On May 29, 2014, President Barack Obama announced an important new partnership between NATA, the NFL and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers’ Society (PFATS) during the White House Healthy Kids and Concussion Summit in Washington, DC.. As part of the collaboration, the NFL Foundation and NFL teams agreed to provide $1 million and NATA added agreed to contribute $125,000 to place ATs in underserved high schools in NFL markets.
Update on NFL Foundation's AT Grant Initiative
On May 29, 2014, President Barack Obama announced an important new partnership between NATA, the NFL and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers’ Association (PFATS) during the White House Healthy Kids and Concussion Summit in Washington, DC.. As part of the collaboration, the NFL Foundation and NFL teams agreed to provide $1 million and NATA added agreed to contribute $125,000 to place ATs in underserved high schools in NFL markets.
#ATsAre ... Showing Their Holiday Spirit!
There's no shortage of holiday spirit among athletic trainers, evidenced by the creative decor we've seen circulating on social media.
The Power of a [Self] Pep Talk
My wife showed me a video on YouTube the other day of a little girl standing on the bathroom counter giving herself a pep talk. She goes through a number of different things she likes about herself, her family and her house before hopping down and proceeding with her day as usual (If you haven’t seen it, it is pretty cute.)
Safe Sports School Award Honorees For November
Support #GivingTuesday
Thousands of people around the world are celebrating #GivingTuesday today, a global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give.
OSU Releases Study of Medical Spending by Sport
by John Doherty, ATC, PT
As the media assault on football in general and the NFL in particular has continued unabated this autumn (it still is autumn, isn’t it?), a detailed study of medical expenditures by sport was released earlier this season by Ohio State University.
#ATsAre Contest Winners Are...
We were elated by the great response we received for the #ATsAre Social Media Contest as far as the great number and quality of entries. We could not have predicted that when it came to choosing the winner the effort would be even more amazing. Supporters turned out in force to the tune of over 15, 000 votes being cast.
Gearing Up for Grad School
By Thad Walker, MS, ATC
Millikin University