The Hobart and William Smith Strength and Conditioning Program embraces the mission of both the Athletic Department and the Colleges. In addition, it is the mission of the strength and conditioning staff to minimize the risk of injury while enhancing each student-athlete's athletic ability, assisting them to achieve peak performance in their respective sport.
The HWS Strength and Conditioning Program is based on the following:
- Decreasing the rate of non-contact injuries while enhancing movement efficiency, strength, and rate of force development.
- Movement Preparation – Warming up by moving athletes through a full range of motion in a number of movement patterns.
- Core Training – This includes activating and strengthening the muscles of the front, side and back of the trunk. Bracing and resisting movement is the basis of this type of training. Core training also includes activating and strengthening muscles that are prone to injury, like the hips and shoulders.
- Reactive and Force Producing Movements – Jumping variations, Olympic lifting variations and the use of medicine balls help our athletes develop power in both their upper and lower body.
- Ground-Based, Multi-Joint Movements – Squatting, hip hinging (dead lift), pressing, pulling and lunging are the focus of every program with the use of barbells and dumbbells for the majority of exercises.
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