Dr. Brian Gearity, guest editor for the Coach Education Issue, discusses the articles in this issue and the importance of coach education for strength coaches.

Rick Howard, Co-Guest Editor of the SCJ Special Topic Issue: Youth Training discusses the youth issue and why having an understanding of how to train youth is important for all strength and conditioning professionals.

Anthony Turner, coauthor of the SCJ article “Strength and Conditioning for Fencing” discusses his article.  Topics discussed include program design, training for strength and power, injury prevention, and the shift away from aerobic training for fencers.

SCJ Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Jeff Chandler, discusses some of the new features of SCJ including the launch of the new ipad app and the use of supplemental digital content in SCJ articles.