USD Men's Tennis 1997

USD SUPPORT PROGRAMS

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ACADEMIC SUPPORT

":\I)' goals are to teach stu– dent-athleks to appl)' the moti– vation that the)· use to drh·e them in their sport, to achie,·e success academicall)'. I espe– ciall)· look forward to working with the freshmen each )'ear. I tQ· to provide them with a posi– th·e experience their first se– mester that will hopefully con– tinue throughout their time at USD."

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Kim Nowak is in her fourth year as Coordinator of Athletic Academic Sup– port at the University ofSan Diego. The USO Athletic Aca– demic Support Program is designed to assist and moti– vate student-athletes in their journey and progress towards

Kim Nowak

their academic goals, and ultimately graduation. The primary objec– tive is lo 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 assis– tance to continue normal progress toward a degree while participating in athletics. USO student-athletes receive assistance through advising, progress reports, academic tutors, campus learning centers, such as the Logic, Math, and Writing Centers, and the Accelerated Study Program. The Accelerated Study Program provides a monitored, quiet area open only to the student-athletes to ensure quali ty study time. These services are available to all USO student-athletes.

STRENGTH& CONDITIONING The USO strength and conditioni ng program is under the direction of Steve Brown who is in 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

"I look forward to train– ing all CSD student-athletes and hope to estahlish a new sense of pride and n1mmitment to the strengthand conditioning program. The area of strength and condi– tioning has hecome increasingly more scientific in recent years. I plan to utilize the latest research in this field to full,· rnltirnte the ath– letic potential of our athletes." Sten Brown

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 agilitydevelopment; and sport– spec ific conditioning. Their strength and condi– tioning programs will be specific to the nature of - their sport or position. Each athlete will be individually monitored throughout theirprogram to ensure the greatest chance of athletic progress. Both coaches and student-athletes had very positi ve reviews from the 1995-96 season.