Professional Diploma in Strength and Conditioning in Basketball

• Physical Demands and Injury Risks in Team Sports
  • MODULE 1: Physical demands in team sports
  • MODULE 2: Application of microtechnology to optimise performance in team sports
  • MODULE 3: Application of microtechnology to prevent injuries in team sports
  • MODULE 4: Application of inertial systems in different tests in team sports
• Basketball Physical Demands During Competition
  • MODULE 1: Basketball physical and tactical demands. From videos to local positioning systems
  • MODULE 2: Application of inertial systems to quantify and interpret physical demands in basketball
  • MODULE 3: Application of positioning systems (global and local) to quantify and interpret physical demands in basketball
  • MODULE 4: Most frequent injuries (types and mechanisms) in basketball and maximum demand scenarios in basketball.
• Basketball Training from FC Barcelona's Perspective: Theoretical Approach
  • MODULE 1: Structured training
  • MODULE 2: Coadjuvant training
  • MODULE 3: Optimising training
  • MODULE 4: Structured microcycle
• Basketball Training Proposal from the Perspective of FC Barcelona
  • MODULE 1: How to train with a comprehensive approach in basketball
  • MODULE 2: Proposal for load quantification
  • MODULE 3: Scheduling of the training proposal. Focus on preseason
  • MODULE 4: How to modify the structures of a human athlete who practices basketball during preferential simulation situations in the structured model.
• Neuromuscular Basis for Strength Training
  • MODULE 1: Characteristics of the musculoskeletal system.
    Unit 1: Movement from the central nervous system.
    Unit 2: Function of the skeletal muscles.
  • MODULE 2: Muscle action and its relationship to sports.
    Unit 1: Types of muscle action.
    Unit 2: Interrelationship of muscle action in movement and posture maintenance.
  • MODULE 3: Systemic changes in detraining and immobilisation.
    Unit 1: Detraining in relation to the skeletal muscle.
    Unit 2: Muscle hypertrophy.
  • MODULE 4: Assessment of muscular properties in relation to sport.
    Unit 1: Surface electromyography.
    Unit 2: Tensiomyography.
• Strength Training Methodology: Its Application in the Improvement of Sports Performance and Post-Injury Rehabilitation for Competition
  • MODULE 1: Contextualization: how can we adapt strength training to team sports?
    Unit 1: Strength and its relationship to the coordination and cognitive requirements of team sports.
    Unit 2: Progression in the difficulty of the strength workload in relation to the specificity of the sport.
  • MODULE 2: Strength workload methodology in situation sports.
    Unit 1: Strength training and the need to work with overload.
    Unit 2: Integrating strength workload with the other capabilities.
  • MODULE 3: Integrating strength workload into planning and programming of situation sports.
    Unit 1: Strength in the integrated training of long-term regular league class programming. Examples based on football.
    Unit 2: Strength in the integrated training of blocks of preparation – competition programming. Examples based on tennis.
  • MODULE 4: Strength in the design of sports specific tasks. Examples based on football.
    Unit 1: Small-sided games (SSG): characteristics for their design and the relationship with the development of sports ability.
    Unit 2: SSG in relation to strength workload.
• Force Assessment and an Introduction to Kinematics
  • Module 1: Force platform testing fundamentals
  • Module 2: CMJ understanding variables and phases
  • Module 3: Kinematics introduction
  • Module 4: Upper Limb Assessment
• Injury and Rehabilitation Kinetics and Kinematics
  • Module 1: Kinetics in ACL injury risk and rehabilitation (Isokinetics)
  • Module 2: Kinetics in ACL injury and rehabilitation (Jump-land testing)
  • Module 3: Kinematics in ACL injury risk and rehabilitation
  • Module 4: Kinetics & kinematics in lower limb muscle and tendon injury and rehabilitation-patella and Achilles tendon, groin, hamstring
• Performance, Injury, and Rehabilitation Assessment Toolbox
  • Module 1: Additional lower limb dynamic tests (squat jump, drop jump, squat, land & hold).
  • Module 2: Lower Limb Isometric Tests
  • Module 3: A framework and toolbox for kinetics and kinematics in rehabilitation and Return to Sport
  • Module 4: A framework and toolbox for short term load-response monitoring and evaluating chronic adaptations
• Difficulty and Environment in Human Motor Function
  • MODULE 1: Motor Faults
    Unit 1: General Concepts
    Unit 2: Faults and Corrections
  • MODULE 2: Special Teaching Methods for Correcting Faults
    Unit 1: Teaching Method 1 and 2
    Unit 2: Teaching Method 3
  • MODULE 3: Transference and Interference
    Unit 1: Transference
    Unit 2: Interference
  • MODULE 4: Integrative Reading

• Analyze how physical demands condition basketball practice.
• Enhance sports performance and injury prevention through an in-depth understanding of the methodologies used in strength training and muscle power programs.
• Understand force plate assessment results to effectively manage training and rehabilitation processes.
• Design training sessions within a structured microcycle based on the physical demands of competition to optimize performance and prevent injuries in basketball through a new approach.

Duration: 10 months.
Average Dedication: 6/8 weekly hours.
Delivered in: English.

Aimed at:
• This program is ideal for professionals and students in the fields of sports performance and the exercise sciences who have or are looking for a career in basketball.

• Guarantee transparency of the certification process.
• Validates the identity of the certificate holder.
• Accredits the acquisition of specific competencies and skills.

• 24-hour access to study material, from anywhere on any device.
• Accompaniment, monitoring, and virtual support from an expert in the field.
• Activities and assessments with personalised feedback.
• Discussion forums and interaction with colleagues from all over the world.
• Certificate issued by Barca Innovation Hub and endorsed by the corresponding institution.
• Self-assessment to measure your learning progress.

A good understanding of basketball and training would be beneficial.