The National Athletic Trainer’s Association was founded in 1950 when they first met in Kansas City, Missouri. NATA came up with standards of education, certification, research and practice settings. It now stands to represent over 30,000 members worldwide today and more than 82% of America’s athletic trainers. The majority of the certified athletic trainers join and become members of NATA to support their profession, and so that they may receive the many different types of membership benefits. Originally, NATA was housed in Greenville, NC but now it is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and operates from 10 different particular districts.…
1. The number of muscle fibers that are innervated by a motor neuron is dependent on what muscle it is. Fine motor movements, such as typing, would need only a few muscle fibers. This means that the thumb has only a few fibers, but the thigh, back, and biceps have many. These need a lot more force to be exerted, which is why they need more muscle fibers.…
“I am strong.” Pretend to be a surfer. To do Warrior 2 Pose: From standing position, step one foot back, placing the foot so that it is facing slightly outwards. Take your arms up in parallel to the ground, bend your front knee, and look forward.…
My goal for the future is to go to Owen’s Community College for a couple of years, then graduate college at Bowling Green State University and studying to becoming an Athletic Trainer, or Sports Management. I have always wanted to be one because I’ve always wanted to become one of the two. It has been one of my goal when I was in the sixth grade. Also, I am addicted to sports,so I like to stay in the sports business of the working environment. If I do become an Athletic Trainer, I would like to be one in football and basketball because I like to watch those sports a lot more than the other sports.…
Summary I interviewed John Cummings whom is the Associate Director of Washburn’s Student Recreation & Wellness Center. Cummings received his Undergrad in History at Northern Arizona University and his Master’s in Public Administration from Drake University. I purposely selected Washburn’s Recreation & Wellness Center because that is the gym I personally use and did not know much about the managerial details and the overall statistics about the people that exercise at the Rec. The Recreation center is unique because it provides a different social atmosphere to over 500 students daily all who have made the conscious decision to come to exercise. The rec is not for athletic team practices and physical education classes its open to all students…
The Benchwarmers If you like hilarious, sporty, and entertaining movies, then The Benchwarmers is for you! The first time I watched the Benchwarmers about six months ago I automatically fell in love with it. I was able to find it on Netflix after someone told me that it was the best movie ever and that I would like it. Since then I have watched it four different times. The movie The Benchwarmers is rated PG 13.…
List your responsibilities as an Instructor. Fitness instructors are usually key elements of the health and fitness profession industry and perform a multitude of vital roles and duties. The fitness instructor’s role is client-centered to ensure that they are able to exercise in a safe and effective manner.…
The heath bar deserves to be the president of the United States! The heath bar is a candy bar made up of toffee coated in delicious milk chocolate. Heath should be president because why wouldn’t you want a delicious candy bar as your president? Chocolate, the main ingredient in a heath bar, and the heath candy bar itself is found throughout history. In 15th century France, chocolate could only be eaten by members of the royal court.…
Becoming an athletic trainer has a great amount of awards. Athletic trainers are becoming more important to society. Several schools around the nation are hiring athletic trainers because of the injuries that are becoming more apparent. Athletic trainers have to continue to go to school in order to maintain their certification. Not only do athletic trainers help their athletes, but they have to communicate with the coaches, and the strength coaches.…
Kalen Smith Mr. Belmont College Composition 1 9-19-16 Exemplification Bullfighting Bullfighting is a traditional sport originating from Europe and Latin America. It involves bulls being publically taunted, baited, prodded, and eventually, stabbed to death by bullfighters inside of a ring. Most bullfights result in serious injuries to bullfighters, and almost always a certain death for the bulls. Bullfighting is considered by many a cultural tradition, and even a form of art. This has aided bullfighting in avoiding scrutiny in Spain.…
In the early days of athletic training, it wasn’t that hard to become an “athletic trainer”. Trainers in the early days were basically volunteers. They didn’t have any type of training or certification to be doing that job. Up until 2003, a person would only need certification through NATA curriculum or an internship. In the internship route, a person wanting to be an athletic trainer would take various classes and courses like personal health, human anatomy, basic athletic training, and first aid/ CPR.…
If you spend time on the Arizona State campus you will quickly learn that the Sun Devil Fitness Complex (SDFC) is one of the most popularly used places by the students of the university. With prime location directly on the far end of the palm walk, it gives everyone from all sides of campus the access to a state of the art gym and the opportunity to stay in shape and socialize with friends here on campus; however, when people first think of the SDFC they generally think of lifting weights and treadmills. The side that many people underestimate and don’t get the chance to see are all of the other multi purposes of the complex that come free to all students at Arizona State. Through first hand experience and observation, I will be diving into the general usage and functions of the building here on…
I went to gymnastics and I walked to the locker room with all the other girl on my team . Most of the time it is very loud because we have over 20 girls on my team. I always sit by Jenna and Kynleigh. Then while we wait to come out I alway talk with Dani, Dani is one of our coaches. Then we go on floor and warm up.…
Career and College Research Paper An athletic trainers duty is to treat, diagnose, and prevent muscle and bone injuries (paraphrase). Athletic trainers are also known as athletic trainer certified (ATC). I have always loved sports and helping people even more so I knew being an athletic trainer was my calling. It is important to understand the education or training requirements, skills,or talents needed, salary and benefits offered, and the duties for a particular career when making the decision.…
The economy figures out whether an organization will have the capacity to survive dependent upon the circumstances. In today's economy the fitness age is continually developing, therefore a gym is necessary to develop to fulfill the clients needs. Rivalry…