The following is a description of the procedure to apply for the awards that the society will present at its annual congress.
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SCS Young Investigator Award Requirements
- The first author (presenter) must be 30 years of age or less.
- For YIA presentation, English language is mandatory.
- Candidates will be evaluated on creativity, effort, attention to scientific detail, and presentation skills during the poster sessions.
- Eighteen semi-finalists will present their works in an oral communication session for 8 minutes (you will need to make a short Powerpoint presentation for the oral communication session). All YIA candidates that do not meet the minimum criteria will present their abstracts as poster.
- The SCS Awards Committee will take into consideration the similarity between the submitted abstract and the oral communication presented.
- Three finalists will present their works in an oral communication session for 8 minutes. This election will be done by the SCS Awards Committee based on the quality of the oral communications presented.
SCS Applied Science Award Requirements
- Candidates will be evaluated on creativity, effort, and applicability to sport, coaches, or athletes.
- For ASA presentation, English language is mandatory.
- Eighteen semi-finalists will present their works in an oral communication session for 8 minutes (you will need to make a short Powerpoint presentation for the oral communication session). All ASA candidates that do not meet the minimum criteria will present their abstracts as poster.
- The SCS Awards Committee will take into consideration the similarity between the submitted abstract and the poster presentation.
- Three finalists will present theirs works in an oral communication session for 8 minutes. This election will be done by the SCS Awards Committee based on the quality of the poster presentations by the SCS Awards Committee.
Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance will be given before August 15.
The first week of September it will be announced if the award nominees have been classified as semifinalists for oral communication or not. If not classified, the abstract will be presented as a poster.
Winners will be presented during the Award Ceremony and receive an award certification, free registration to the next SCS Meeting, and free 1-year SCS Membership. Enquiries can be sent to: research@beautiful-pare.89-248-100-74.plesk.page.
SCS Emerging Strength and Conditioning Coach
*Deadline to apply is August 31st
Criteria for the assessment of the Emerging Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year:
First
- Justifying report (1 to 50 points):
The most important thing is that the candidate demonstrates the activity he/she carries out. He/she must show us what he/she does. In addition, this would be very important to be able to demonstrate at the conference why we have chosen this candidate. For this, the candidate should be able to send us a document, presentation, or dossier (5 pages max) containing a justification, pictures, or videos in which this athlete performs those tasks that deserve recognition. The items of this report would be:
- Position held (1 to 10 points).
- Brief description of the sport and/or modality. Justification of the physical qualities required for performance. Scientific basis (1 to 10 points).
- Methods of work/development of these qualities (1 to 20 points):
Activities, materials, tools, volume, periodization, level of originality…).
- Methods of performance evaluation and/or load control (1 to 10 points).
Second
- Achievements (10 to 30 points):
The candidate must provide evidence of the positions/achievements achieved by his/her athletes in national or international competitions. In other words, the candidate must demonstrate that apart from training methods that deserve recognition, these produce relevant results (National level: From 1 to 10 points; Continental level: From 11 to 20 points; World level or Olympic Games: From 21 to 30 points).
Third
- Relevance of the modality (From 1 to 20 points):
This section is intended for the less practiced/known modalities or those with fewer resources or media coverage to obtain compensation in the score. Therefore, less practiced/known sports would get a higher score. Scoring will be provided based on the following ranking: https://www.rookieroad.com/sports-by-country-0319236/.
All SCS coaches who want to participate should send an email with all the information to: events@beautiful-pare.89-248-100-74.plesk.page.
Only for coaches aged 30 years or less.
Winners will be presented during the Award Ceremony and will receive an award certification, free registration to the next SCS Meeting, and a free 1-year SCS Membership.
Enquiries can be sent to: research@beautiful-pare.89-248-100-74.plesk.page.