The Olympic Strength & Conditioning staff finishes another month full of solid training and educational forums. Our Sport Psychologist within the Sport Performance Group, Aubrette Kinne, led the October Sports Performance Forum presenting on Mental Health Care Overview & EAP at Iowa. Coach Walrod led both intern curriculums of the month on Velocity Based Training and Goal Setting. Good luck to the Iowa Hawkeyes who are heading into tournament time of their fall seasons!

September flew by with the resumption of training, intern progressions, and our fall sports taking off into their season. Good luck to Volleyball, Women’s Soccer, Cross Country, and Field Hockey during their Big Ten competition! Coach Dinkelman is participating in the Executive Leadership Academy within University Iowa Human Resources. The intensive nine-month academy develops and enhances participant core competencies essential for effective, agile, and innovative leadership. Coach Walrod has become an Instructor for the Biomechanics of Sport & Physical Activity course in the undergraduate Health & Human Physiology Program. Coach Roberts continues his education within the Health & Human Physiology undergraduate program taking on a different course for the fall, Metabolic Exercise Testing/Prescription.

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The Strength & Conditioning staff kicks off the Fall semester with a productive week of training and development. We are excited to welcome back our student-athletes to another great year of improvement! Coach Walrod and Coach Roberts finished the summer attending the Exxentric High Performance Clinic in Illinois. Coach Evans presented at the clinic as well, his presentation was titled, Using Data to Promote Collaboration & Improved Outcomes. Additionally, we added two new volunteer coaches, Coach Ryan Renken from North Scott, Iowa and Coach Taylor LaJeunesse from Taylorsville, Utah. Coach Thomas Lang from Fort Dodge, Iowa and Coach Tahsin Khataei from Sanandaj, Iran return as volunteer coaches for another semester.