CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY

SUMMER 2024

 

ABOUT CREIGHTON

Hear from Assistant Director of Athletic Performance and Internship Coordinator:

SCOTT BANKERS

 
 
 

LOCATION

OMAHA, NE, U.S.A

 

NUMBER OF STAFF

5 (4 MALE, 1 FEMALE)

DURATION

JUN 3RD - AUG 2ND

 

AVG. NUMBER OF INTERNS

1-3

HOURS PER WEEK

21-30

 

NUMBER OF SPORTS

11-15

STATUS

UNPAID

 

CONFERENCE

BIG EAST, NCAA DI

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 19TH 2024

OUR CURRICULUM

1: COACHING

  1. Lead warm ups, cool downs and lifts

  2. Develop your ability to analyze and coach Olympic lifts and all other primary and accessory lifts

  3. Advance your coaching, communication and motivation skills – work on interpersonal skills

2: PROGRAMMING & PERIODIZATION

  1. Discuss the basics of periodization (various training cycles, periodization styles, applying stress, etc.)

  2. Cover variables involved in programming

  3. Assign each intern a sport team scenario that they will then research and write a periodized training program for, covering training during the off-, pre-, in- and post-season

  4. Discuss modifying programs based on current/past injuries, training age, sex and sport

3: TECHNOLOGY

  1. Develop your ability to use excel to write training programs and create work out templates, databases and reports to communicate student-athletes' development

  2. Experience using VALD Performance’s force plates for jump testing

  3. Learn how internal (Firstbeat - Heart Rate) and external load (Catapult Playertek GPS) monitoring can be used to manage training loads and recovery

  4. Learn to use EliteForm and implement velocity based training (VBT)

OUR TECHNOLOGIES

OUR ALUMNI NETWORK

  • ALLY GINKENS

    ASSISTANT SPORTS PERFORMANCE COACH

    UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

    STAFF BIO

  • ANDRE MCINTYRE

    ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH

    UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

    STAFF BIO

  • DAKOTA COATS

    DIRECTOR OF HIGH PERFORMANCE

    ISIDORE NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL

    LINKEDIN BIO

  • JIANA CHEZICK

    ASSISTANT SPORTS PERFORMANCE COACH

    UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

    STAFF BIO

  • CHRIS HOLDEN

    STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH

    LMR TECHNICAL GROUP

    LINKEDIN BIO

TO APPLY:

Email: scottbankers@creighton.edu

Deadline: 4/19/2024

 

  1. Pursuing or holding CSCS/SCCC/USAW

  2. CPR/AED

  3. Cover letter detailing why an internship experience with Creighton Athletic Performance will help you develop as a professional

  4. Resume of prior experiences

  5. Contact information for 3 references

  6. Save and submit the above as a single PDF

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