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Excellent information about athletic training. It has information about how to become a member of NATA and different tabs for students, trainers and their employers.

This is a site devoted to Athletic Training. It has many helpful and interesting links for anyone thinking about athletic training as a major. You need to create an account to have full access to this site.

This website offers information on what is going on in NC's Athletic Training Association. Memebers of this association can see were athletic training symposiums are held each year and offers students in the program a chance to go to a symposium. I chose this website because it also provided me with the guidelines and laws of being an athletic trainer in NC.

This talks about the roles of the athletic trainer on the psychological well-being of an athlete. It talks about the importance of social support and open communication between the athlete, trainer, and other medical staff

A study to determine the preparedness of recently certified Athletic Trainers in dealing with the psychosocial aspect of an athlete during rehab. They performed interviews in focus groups to discuss the preparedness of trainers.

Any information about our olympic teams/athletes will be found on this website. There are blogs, RSS news feeds, twitter, articles, videos, sneak previews ,literally anything you want to know about anything related to the olympics is on here. It is helpful to stay up to date on these things if you have a future working with olympic athletes or sports! Plus it has great videos and helpful hints for any athlete out there!

This is a very interesting article about high school athletic trainers and the things they go through to try and prevent injuries, especially head injuries. This article also explains the responsibilities of the high school athletic trainers and it shows the importance of the job.

This is a great website that gives you information on the basis of what athletic training is, what fields you can use this major in, and also gives you options for internships.

This is a site all about the Athletic Training education. Tells you what you must do to keep up to date with all the athletic training requirements.

I chose this because i am passionate about our sports teams at school. The website also has links for sports careers in athletics. There are links to athletic training, internships, compliance, facilities and sports camps.

A review study of athletes after injury. This study had psychologists and athletic trainers working together with athletes to heal both the body and the mind.

This website describes Under Armours new technology for athletes. They have created a shirt that tell you your heart and breathing rate, as well as your body positioning and it has a G-force gauge. Under Armour have teamed up with Zephyr to create this one of kind shirt to bring athletics to a whole new level. This is an extremely credible site because it is the official site of Under Armour and the individuals who built this product gave testimonies within the webpage. Check it out. This is super cool.

This is something that I am interested in learning how to do. I have heard that it is very difficult but if done the right way can really help the athlete out. Many pro and collegiate athletes have started to wear these custom tapings to help performance and technique.

This site is one that I use almost everyday. I log the hours that I volunteer in the athletic training clinic on here. It also has links for admission requirements for the AT program on campus. It has pre-PT requirements as well for UNCW. Has contact info for all the trainers and staff related to this field.

Aside from providing the basic information on what athletic training is, it also provied alternative occupations and wages/salaries that ATR's can receive. This if why I chose it, for the wage references.

This website is my old trainer's who trains kids to young adults.  He helps with strength, form, speed, nutrition, and improving an athletes game.  He is a certified trainer who tries to help kids become the best that they can and this is something that I am very interested and passionate in.

This is a newspaper article about a high school basketball and volleyball player who tore her ACL. It starts at the onset of injury and goes through her surgery. There are video interviews with her and an actual video of the surgery.

This website is very credible, and shows different types of stretching you can use to help make you more flexible. Being more flexible helps reduce injuries for athletes and non-athletes.

This website is about a tool anyone can use to help remove trigger points. It easy to use, and can help with any problems your muscles endure. It is a great tool for athletes, or even non-athletes who do live a physical lifestyle.

This website provides results of recent track meets and other important news that occurs in the track and field world. I like this website because I can keep up with the lastest and greatest athletes in the sport.

This website has everything you need to know about the gymnastics world. All athletes that compete must use this website, as well as judges. Every event and all information is posted here. You can also learn about gymnastics and find a local Event near you!