USD Football 1996

Academic Support/Strength & Conditioning

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ACADEMIC SUPPORT

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KirnNowakentersherfourth year as Coordinator of Athletic Academic Support at the Univer– sity of San Diego. TheUSOAthletic Academic Support Program is designed to assist and motivate student-ath– letes in their journey and progress towards their academic goals, and ultimately graduation. The pri–

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mary objective is to improve the student-athletes' study skills, support them in their academic work, and encourage scholastic achievement. It is essential that student-athletes receive the necessary academic assistance to continue normal progress toward a degree while partici– pating in athletics. USO student-athletes receive assistance through advising, progress reports, academic tutors, campus learning centers, such as the Logic, Math, andWritingCenters, and the Accelerated Study Program. The Accelerated Study Program provides a monitored, quiet area open only to the student-athletes to ensure quality study time. These services are available to all USO student-athletes. SD STRENGTH & CONDITIONING The USO strength and conditioning program is under the direction ofSteve Brown who is entering his second year. It has been designed to develop functional strength, speed, power and endurance. The development of these physical attributes is useless to the athletes unless it can be carried onto the playing field.

Therefore, adhering to a properly designed program of strength training, conditioning and nutrition can enable our men and women to become the best possible athletes they can be, while simultaneously reducing the incidence of injury. USO student-athletes receive intensive instruction on proper weight training technique; speed, power and agility development; and sport-specific conditioning. Their strength and conditioning programs will be specific to the nature of their sport or position. Each athlete will be individually monitored throughout their program to ensure the greatest chance of athletic progress. Both coaches and student-athletes had very positive reviews from the 1995-96 season.