NSCA Bulletin 36.06 | Page 4

NEWS & UPDATES NSCA ANNOUNCES NEW PERFORMANCE CENTER ADMINISTRATOR AND ASSISTANT STRENGTH COACH AUBREY WATTS PERFORMANCE CENTER ADMINISTRATOR/ ASSISTANT STRENGTH COACH The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) recently welcomed the addition of Aubrey Watts as the new Performance Center Administrator/ Assistant Strength Coach located at NSCA Headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO. In this position, her responsibilities will include facilitating the day-to-day operations of the Performance Center, coordinating the intern program, processing the Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach (RSCC) application and database entry, and acting as the main contact for athletes and the facility. 4 Watts graduated from California State University, Long Beach in 2013 with an undergraduate in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Fitness. While attending school, she completed various internships and held positions coaching and coordinating facilities in the corporate, commercial, and private sectors. One such internship at Velocity Sports Performance provided experience training athletes and designing programs specifically focused on improving speed, agility, mobility, and flexibility. As the new Administrator for the NSCA Performance Center and Assistant Strength Coach, one of the first programs Watts will undertake is the NSCA Summer Youth Camp. Based on her previous experience training athletes, Watts is the ideal candidate to preside over the design and implementation of this high performance based training program for both middle and high school athletes designed to improve speed, agility, flexibility, mobility, conditioning, acceleration, deceleration, and balance. Additionally, this program will provide proper instruction for movement preparation, skill development, and lifting/drill techniques with an emphasis on reducing injury risks and improving performance. NSCA BULLETIN | ISSUE 36.06 For more information on the NSCA Performance Center or the NSCA Summer Youth Camp, please contact the Performance Center Administrator/ Assistant Strength Coach, Aubrey Watts, at [email protected] or visit http://www.nsca.com/events/summercamps-2014/.