Justin D. Smith, CSCS, RSCC*D, USAW, is a member of the Volt Athletics Strength Coach Board of Advisors, and a contributor to the Volt Blog.
Justin Smith is the Co-Director of Athletic Performance at the University of Vermont (UVM). He oversees the strength and conditioning for the field hockey, men’s and women’s skiing, men’s ice hockey, and men’s and women’s track and field programs. Smith is also the Vermont state director for the NSCA.
Smith previously was an assistant at Miami (Ohio) University. At Miami, he designed and implemented programs for field hockey, women's soccer, men's golf, women's tennis. Prior to arriving at Miami, Smith was the strength and conditioning coach for the Lakewood BlueClaws, an affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, in the South Atlantic League.
Smith is a Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach (RSCC) through the NSCA, and is certified as a Sports Performance Coach through USA Weightlifting.
Coach Smith's Articles
Coach Jace and Volt Advisor Mike Favre, Director of Olympic Sports Strength and Conditioning at the University of Michigan, broke down the importance of POWER in the vertical jump in Part 1 of this series. Now, Volt Advisor Justin D. Smith, Co-Director of Athletic Performance at the University of Vermont (UVM), and Coach Jace analyze the second ingredient to an impressive vertical: SPEED.