1. Name: Heath Smith Class: English IV Teacher: Mrs. Saunders

2. Athletic Training  Health Benefit  Parents motivation

3. Tools used in athletic training  Equipment  Dumbbells  Curl bars  Treadmill  Bands  Medicine  Used all over the world

4. Research  Founded in 1950  Started out as 200 Athletic trainers with no degrees  Once housed in Greenville, North Carolina  Now total more than 30,000 plus  Students who want to become certified athletic trainers must earn a degree from an accredited athletic training curriculum such as injury and illness.

5. Research  Early history questioned their education and made them study and get a degree on this topic  New Athletic trainers work alongside a doctor and physical therapist to further knowledge

6. Product  Workout routine  Agility exercises  Conditioning  Strength training  Exercise  Core workout

7. Mentor  Kevin Albertson  Baseball coach for me for 10 year, and my personal athletic trainer

8. Learning Process  Didn’t know much on this topic..  Had to push through the hard times and educate myself

9. Time spent  18 hours spent with mentor  4 on research  14 on workout schedule

10. Obstacles  Different mass-different workouts,  Time management  Patient for 3 years  Mentor struggles  Public speaking

11. Things I enjoyed  Being able to feel good about myself  Having a mentor that pushed me and didn’t give up on me.  Something I might pursue out of high school  Looking back I didn’t think I had the energy and time to complete.

12. Closing  Thank you for your time  Are there any questions