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08/16/2026

Class of Summer 2026!

Congratulations to you all!! 🎓🥳

08/08/2026

The sounds of ringing steel and clashing swords were heard in the halls of Scotty Robinson Memorial Gym as we played host to the National Stage Combat Workshop organized by the Society of American Fight Directors. The workshop runs July 20 - August 8 and is using spaces across the campus of Louisiana Tech University. Find more information on the workshop and the work of the SAFD at safd.org. You can get involved in research on stage combat in the Motor Learning Lab, where Dr. Brockshus studies the functional skills and health effects of stage combat training.

07/14/2026

The 49th Annual NSCA National Conference was held in New Orleans this past weekend. The Department of Kinesiology had 5 posters that were presented over a 3 day period.

On Thursday, Dr. Junhai Xu presented a poster on the relationship of VO2max from graded exercise test and 1.5 mile run to fastball velocity during bullpen sessions in Division I baseball pitchers.

On Friday, Mrs. Jessica Szymanski presented on the relationship between bilateral and unilateral countermovement jump performance and hitting performance in collegiate baseball players. This was a directed research project conducted by Elise Bordlee who is also pictured here and attended the conference to assist with a session presentation. Also on Friday, Dr. David Szymanski presented on the relationship between body composition, plyometric push-up ground reaction forces, and bat and ball velocities in collegiate baseball players.

On Saturday, Mrs. Jessica Szymanski presented on the relationship between absolute and relative grip strength and countermovement jump performance in collegiate baseball players. Also on Saturday, Dr. David Szymanski presented on the relationship between body composition, grip strength and vertical jump performance to bat and ball exit velocities in collegiate baseball players.

07/08/2026

Dr. David Szymanski, department chair and professor of Kinesiology at Louisiana Tech, charts the path that began in Chicago as a fine arts major, pivoted, and then took him through the ranks of collegiate baseball coaching. He highlights his transition from a professional baseball hopeful to a “pr...

06/02/2026

Summer Course Changes! These would be great to take second summer session!

05/29/2026

Stay on track! Check out these online summer classes added for the second session:

KINE 2503-684 Asynchronous
KINE 3333-684 Asynchronous
KINE 4063-684 Asynchronous
KINE 4073-684 Hybrid: This classwill have two sections:
Lab techniques in person (8:00-9:30 am first week (7/13-7/17))
Lectures online (7/20-8/14)

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Memorial Gym
Ruston, LA
71272

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

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+13182574432

Website

https://education.latech.edu/academic-programs/kinesiology/

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