Center of Excellence for Sport Science and Coach Education

The Blackbird Academy
2806 Azalea Place, Nashville

Non-profit organization committed to service, research and coach education. We are also a training site partner with USAW, USABS, USAPL and ACA.

Located at East Tennessee State University, we work in conjunction with the Exercise and Sport Science department under the College of Education. One of the nation's top programs in sport science, we address issues of sport performance and apply that research to better educate coaches, improve athlete performance and increase injury prevention. Our Olympic Training Site designation for weightlifti

08/10/2020

Make sure you don't miss this.

08/05/2020

Thanks to ETSU University Relations for this write-up on Dr. Bazyler. Read it here: http://ow.ly/rFKD50AzaDV

07/31/2020

Alumni, Dr. Alex Harrison, wrote a little diddy. Check it out here: http://ow.ly/U6pp50Asj8t

07/28/2020

Congrats to Dr. Mike Stone for being awarded the 2020 NSCA Alvin Roy Award for Career Achievement!

07/23/2020

Check out this blog by one of our former interns, Conor Cantwell. Great insight! Read here: http://ow.ly/lxId50AkFcH

07/20/2020

Congrats to alumni, Dr. Ryan Alexander, on his book! Purchase here: http://ow.ly/9i8U50AkE1H

07/15/2020

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07/10/2020

Be sure to check out our director, Meg Stone, at the 2020 Queens Sport Performance Clinic. Details here: http://ow.ly/2XCr50AfzsG

07/07/2020

Congrats to Dr. Caleb Bazyler for being awarded NSCA's 2020 Young Investigator Research Grant!

07/01/2020

Where are they now? Former intern, Amit Batra opened "Batra Performance" serving as a sport science consultant and S&C coach in Poland. He is also the head of S&C in a Polish amateur MMA organization. Looking to intern with us? Details here: http://ow.ly/h8Bd50yT55L