Optimum Performance
Barbie Doesn't Play Sports
How can you get female athletes to embrace their weightroom workouts and throw away their desire to look like thin fashion models? They keys are to listen, understand, and educate.
By Tim Wakeham

Treating the Athlete
Catching Hip Injuries
Recent advances in arthroscopic surgery have sent an increasing number of athletic trainers into the previously unexplored world of hip rehab.
By R.J. Anderson

Nutrition
Good to the Bones
Many athletes believe that popping a calcium supplement is enough to safeguard their bones. But new research is showing that many other factors come into play.
By Leslie Bonci

Special Focus
Reviewing Reform
With NATA educational reforms now firmly in place, their day-to-day effects are raising some questions. For example, are todayÕs students being overly supervised?
By David Hill

Above the Call Award
A Mentor and a Leader
Monroe Abram works every day at improving the athletic training services at Tennessee State.
By Kenny Berkowitz

Bulletin Board
Nutrition Roundup
This issue's Roundup reviews two recent studies on supplements that purport to decrease muscle damage and new research on the effects of green tea for endurance athletes.
By Christopher Mohr

Competitive Edge
Focused for Football
At Washington State University, both mental and physical strength is taught during the team's offseason training program.
By Rob Oviatt

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