News & Insights

This is an excerpt from Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way By Cal Ripken, Jr. I often get asked whether I believe in letting younger players play up. By “playing up” I mean allowing kids to play in an age group older than where they’re supposed to play. There really is no one answer to suit everybody. Kids develop mentally and physically at dif...

Sprinter. Long Jumper. Snow Boarder. Gymnast. Paralympian. As with most young children, Daniel was full of energy. Always active, he was drawn to the physicality of athletic competition and became an avid gymnast and snowboarder. At age 14, he dislocated his knee during a gymnastics event and doctors were forced to amputate his right leg above the...

Introduced in the April NATA News, this NATA Now article series provides insight into the different athletic training settings as well as information athletic training students and interested ATs need to know. The series also provides tips from members on how to succeed in each setting. Kurt Andrews, MAT, LAT, ATC, director of sport medicine for Ma...

Research shows that adequate sleep can enhance athletic performance, shaving critical fractions of a second off times. Dr. Michael S. Jaffee, chair of the UF College of Medicine’s neurology department and director of the UF BRAIN Center, recently said: “Tenths of a second can be the difference between being on the podium and not.” During a four-day...

Introduced in the April NATA News, this NATA Now article series provides insight into the different athletic training settings as well as information athletic training students and interested ATs need to know. The series also provides tips from members on how to succeed in each setting. Mary Housel, MS, LAT, ATC, has been working on a per diem basi...

From AP College Sports: Colleges and universities are grappling with significant challenges in hiring and retaining Athletic Trainers, as highlighted by a recent survey conducted by the National Athletics Trainers' Association and the American College of Sports Medicine. The survey, which included responses from 1,120 Athletic Trainers across vario...

Abstract OBJECTIVES: To (1) create and evaluate the usefulness of an online evidence-based education resource about running and knee health (e.g. knee osteoarthritis) for the public and healthcare professionals, and (2) assess the online resource's effects on perceptions about running and knee health. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. METHODS: We cre...

Supplementary Table 4: Methods used to determine patellofemoral joint reaction force in the included studies Methodological approach Study Planar analytical knee model Quadriceps muscle force (Fq) = Knee extension moment (KEM) ÷ Effective moment arm of the quadriceps about the knee (Leff) Almonroeder 2017 25 Almonroeder 2015 26 Almonroeder 2020 27...

This is an excerpt from Pickleball Fundamentals-2nd Edition by USA Pickleball Association. Practicing the ideal initial three-shot sequence in a controlled situation helps make it automatic for you in a competitive situation. Get together with three other players who, like you, want to learn and practice the sequence. Before the ball is contacted o...

Supporting Mental Health In honor of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in May, NATA Now is highlighting some of our Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders at the state, district and national levels. Inspired by her father’s experience of incomplete care after he suffered a stroke, Rosie Cheng, MPM, LAT, ATC,... Contact Us Contact Us Locati...

Editorials South African sport and exercise medicine: shaping health, fostering responsibility (3 April, 2024) Phathokuhle Cele Zondi, Jon S Patricios, Sharief Hendricks Championing mental health: sport and exercise psychiatry for low- and middle-income countries using a model from South Africa (9 April, 2024) Free James W Burger, Bonginkosi Mafuze...

A recent study published in Scientific Reports highlights the potential cognitive benefits of creatine supplements for individuals experiencing acute sleep deprivation. The research suggests that a single large dose of creatine may significantly improve cognitive performance, particularly in processing capacity and short-term memory, up to nine hou...

In the “total doubles” game, a player and a partner stand behind their baseline. The ball travels over the net and lands deep in the service court diagonally across from the server. One player on the receiving team is positioned deep to return the serve, and the other stands behind the NVZ line (figure 6.3a). Immediately after the serve is returned...

Introduced in the April NATA News, this NATA Now article series provides insight into the different athletic training settings as well as information athletic training students and interested ATs need to know. The series also provides tips from members on how to succeed in each setting. For Indiana Pacers Senior Director Medical Operations and head...

Stephanie Kuzydym has done a lot to bring recognition to Athletic Trainers, the need for AEDs in schools, and the tragedies that have struck when neither were available. And now it's time to keep these conversations going... and we need your help! Hopefully, you've all read her award-winning coverage and the Courier Journal's special report called...