The Responsibilities of the Strength & Conditioning Professi

The Strength and Conditioning profession involves the combined competencies of sport/exercise science, administration, management, teaching and coaching. Its practitioners must also comply with various laws and regulations while responding to instances of potential injury, and related claims and suits. These responsibilities create remarkable challenges and require substantial experience, expertise and other resources to effectively address them. This purpose of this paper is to help define the responsibilities of strength and conditioning practitioners, help identify …

…care load placed on the support staff. More and more individuals are getting into this new and exciting field of Strength & Conditioning, and it is important that knowledgeable, competent people are hired to fulfill the increased demands of athletics to limit liability and increase the standard of care. All Strength & Conditioning practitioners need to be properly trained and educated on the guidelines listed in this paper to reduce all injuries related to performance enhancement training.