Load Management - Training Smarter and Harder
January 19-20, 2019
Day 1
7:45am-8:15am​ ​Participant check-in
8:15am-9:15am​ ​Coaching Roundtable – What is
“Load Management” Really About?
This session will provide practitioners the
opportunity to discuss the concepts around
load management, and what it means for
their practice. ​(Group Interaction)
9:15am-10:15am​ ​A Best Practice Approach to Load
Monitoring (part 1)
In this session the most recent work on
training monitoring (and current
controversies) will be discussed. ​(Lecture)
10:15am-10:30am​ ​Break
10:30am-11:30am​ ​A Best Practice Approach to
Load Monitoring (part 2)
In this session the most recent work on
training monitoring (and current
controversies) will be discussed. ​(Lecture)
11:30am-12:30pm​ ​Monitoring with Minimal
Resources
In this session, Tim will demonstrate how
coaches can monitor their athletes’ training -
even when they have minimal resources at
their disposal. ​(Group Interaction)
12:30pm-1:30pm​ ​Lunch break
1:30pm-2:30pm​ ​Putting Training Monitoring into
Practice
Bring your laptops and tablets along! In this
session, participants will use techniques
learned from the preceding sessions to write
their own programs. ​(Practical)
2:30pm-2:45pm ​Break
2:45pm-3.45pm​ ​Training Smarter and Harder
This session will highlight the latest
evidence demonstrating that training harder
is​ actually training smarter! ​(Lecture)
3:45pm-4:15pm ​Open Forum and Discussion
(Group Discussion)
4:15-4:30​ ​Check in for participants of Ethical Return
to Sport Decision Making
4:30-6:30​ ​Ethical Return to Sport Decision Making
with Nicole Surdyka​ (optional)
Day 2
8:00am-8:45am​ ​Making a Difference in High
Performance Sport
This session will discuss ways in which
coaches, athletic trainers, strength and
conditioning staff and sport science
researchers can develop an integrated
program using an athlete-centered approach.
(Lecture)
8:45am-9:45am​ ​Load Monitoring – It’s Not All
About the “Ratio”!
In this session the most recent work on
training monitoring will be discussed.
Appropriately staged ​training​ (rather than
simply monitoring) and its role in managing
injury and pain will be explored. ​(Lecture)
9:45am-10:15am​ ​Break
10:15am-11:45am​ ​Developing Load Capacity in
Adolescent Athletes
This session requires participants to work
together to find ways to develop load
capacity in adolescent athletes preparing to
compete against elite senior international
athletes. ​(Group-Based Problem-Solving)
11:45am-12:45pm​ ​Lunch break
12.45pm-2:15pm​ ​Return to Competition
This session will explore the timing, content
and loading when returning to competition
following minor and major injuries, and
off-season break. ​(Practical Group
Interaction)
2:15pm-2.45pm​ ​Break
2:45 pm-4:00pm​ ​Individualizing the Training
Process
This session will discuss the process behind
developing individualized training programs
within a team environment. ​(Group
Interaction)
4:00pm-4:30pm​ ​Open Forum and Discussion
(Group Discussion)