Mental Toughness has been growing in popularity, demand, and demonstrated success among top performers. It is a continuing education course focused on the key aspects of psychological strength for fitness and sport. Mental toughness helps to provide greater awareness and effectiveness in getting performance results by keeping the mind engaged, responsive, resilient, and strong under pressure.
NASM has developed the Corrective Exercise Strategies for Basketball course in partnership with the National Basketball Athletic Trainers Association (NBATA). NASM serves as the official provider of sports medicine education for the NBATA, where the majority of NBA athletic trainers hold the NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) and/or Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) advanced specialization. The course material offers a systematic assessment and advanced corrective exercise strategy to correct common lower extremity dysfunctions seen in basketball.