Strength and Conditioning Intern for FHIT and MAP Hockey

Strength and Conditioning Intern Instructor

Summary: The Strength and Conditioning intern instructor is responsible for establishing and maintaining our culture as well as a level of focus and output for our members to include motivation, teaching, and providing nutritional guidance, all with the three major goals of improving athletic performance, reducing athletic injuries and teaching lifelong fitness and movement skills in mind.

Purpose : Provide an amazing training experience with developmental progress in Strength and Conditioning and athleticism while gain valuable experience

Duties :

SPRING/SUMMER/FALL lead training groups daily: provide value-added feedback for every training session; track no-call/no-shows; facilitate testing for members; building relationships with the members; constant re-evaluation of programs and adjusting as needed; provide small group training (SPQ); troubleshoot app issues (logging in, Max Testing input); setup facility at the beginning of the day; check integrity of equipment; close up facility at the end of the day (including putting away all equipment); clean the facility on a daily/weekly basis; checking trash cans to maintain cleanliness; minor First Aid; communicate to families behavior/physical issues;

Scope and Limits :

SCOPE: Responsible for day-to-day athlete development in the training facility, ensuring part-time staff/interns are educated on how to facilitate the training program, make corrections to incorrect form, and positively reinforce athletes.

Physical effort : Actively training up to 10 groups per day; assemble and move equipment; ability to demonstrate exercises, ability to appropriately spot athletes; able to lift 50 lbs

Working Conditions : A fun, safe, challenging training environment. Hours of operations include 2PM-10PM during Spring, Fall and 7 AM-7 PM during Summer.

Qualifications :

​​Have an interest in a career in strength and conditioning. Be able to work with youth athletes (8-20 years old). Have obtained or are pursuing Bachelor's degree. Have obtain or seeking NSCA (CSCS)

What you will learn

Testing protocols (Force Plates, Swift Gates)

Basic program design

Movement assessment skills

Use of program design & tracking software: Teambuildr

Coaching cues and exercise progressions

This an unpaid internship for college credit or to gain experience in the field of strength and conditioning.