strength coach

Gym performance specialist

A strength coach is a trainer who designs and supervises exercise programs to build athletes' physical power, speed, and conditioning.

Most professional and college sports teams employ one.

The role focuses on weight training and injury prevention rather than sport-specific skills: The strength coach had them doing squats and deadlifts all summer.

Opposites
physical training role

strength coachyoga instructor

Teaches meditative movement practice

physical therapist · massage therapist

coaching staff hierarchy

strength coachhead coach

Sports team's primary leader

manager · offensive coordinator · defensive coordinator · general manager · technical director

athletic support function

strength coachathletic trainer

Sports injury prevention specialist

team doctor · team physician · physiotherapist

Family

strength, coach, strong, stronger, strongest, strongly, strengthen, strengthened, strengthening

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G