CERTIFICATION PROGRAM 

The Internationally recognized NASE Certification Program offers excellence in Speed and Explosion and the coaching of athletes and teams in the techniques of speed improvement.  The program includes a Certification Preparation Manual, Study and Reference Material, Exam, Certificate and a one-year NASE membership. The exam contains practical information that can be readily applied to coaching and training at all levels of competition to improve speed and quickness for athletes in all sports.

Certification in Speed and Explosion is offered in two separate categories:

1. NASE Certification in Speed and Explosion for Strength and Conditioning Coaches, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Athletic Trainers, and Personal Trainers, Senior undergraduate and Graduate Majors in the preceding areas; coaches in other sports at all levels, including youth sports.

The NASE Certification Program will prepare you for all aspects of speed improvement:

• Identifying the factors limiting speed improvement in athletes through a comprehensive, unique testing program
• Applying the principles of speed training to athletes in various stages of growth and development
• Mastering the proper techniques of warm-up, stretching (dynamic, static, PNF), flexibility enhancement and cool-down
  Muscle physiology and speed training
• Mastering various speed improvement programs:  Foundation Training, Speed-strength and Power Training, Plyometrics, Sport Loading, Speed endurance
• Training, Sprinting Form and Technique Training, Sprint-assisted Training
• Stopping, starting and cutting in sports
• Improving playing speed in different sports
• Sports Specific Programs and Periodization
• Basic Nutrition and  Injury Prevention

 Benefits

• The opportunity to become a speed improvement authority in your sport and earn extra income training teams and individual athletes in sped and quickness.

• Enhanced job opportunities at all levels as a speed improvement expert for team sports.

• Membership in the NASE, joining an elite group of coaches certified in speed and explosion and recognized as experts in the improvement of playing speed.

• A printed certificate for framing and wall display in the office.

• News release sent to the local media recognizing your achievement.

• News release sent to your school Principal or Athletic Director.

• Recognition on the naseinc.com web site as a certified specialist in your city and state.

• Bi-monthly issues of Sports Speed News Bulletin with articles by the world’s leading authorities.

2. NASE Certification in Speed and Explosion for FOOTBALL COACHES

The NASE Certification Program for Football Coaches offers excellence in the coaching of football teams and athletes in the techniques of speed improvement.  The program is designed for high school, university and professional football coaches and includes a Certification Preparation Manual, Reference Material, Certificate in Speed and Explosion and a one-year NASE membership. The exam contains practical information that can be readily applied to the coaching and training of football players to improve playing speed.  

Coaches develop a sound knowledge of speed training methods and the ability to apply these techniques to the sport of football and the individual positions on offense and defense. Coaches acquire these skills and stay on the cutting edge by becoming a part of an organization formed in 1987 that focuses only on the improvement of speed in short sprints for sports such as football.
 
Benefits

• The opportunity to become the speed improvement authority on the staff who can take charge of the off-season speed improvement program and the in-season maintenance program.
• Enhanced job opportunities at all levels as the trend to seek specialists in speed and  explosion continues to become common place in football.
• Membership in the NASE, joining an elite group of coaches certified in speed and explosion and recognized as experts in the improvement of playing speed for football.
• A printed certificate for framing and wall display in the office.
• News release sent to the local media recognizing your achievement.
• News release sent to your school Principal and Athletic Director.
• Recognition on the naseinc.com web site as a certified specialist in your city and state.
• Bi-monthly issues of Sports Speed News Bulletin with articles by the world’s leading authorities