Through the understanding of workload control and injury prevention, this programme comprehensively addresses the bases that sustain strength as a quality to reduce the risk of injury, and thereby manage the correct use of training load in the field.
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COURSE OUTLINES
Syllabus:
1: Injury Prevention.
2: Team Sports Pathology.
3: Neuromuscular Basis for Strength Training.
4: Strength training methodology: its application in the improvement of sports performance and post-injury rehabilitation for competition.
5: Strength and muscle power as a key feature of rehabilitation from sports injuries.
6: A Best Practice Approach to Workload Monitoring.
7: The Training - Injury Prevention Paradox.
Learn to:
• Propose efficient prevention strategies based on a process founded on scientific evidence.
• Handle pathologies and specific injuries corresponding to each sport.
• Improve critical analysis by completing a training programme on the different professional roles of sports science and health.
• Improve sports performance and injury prevention through a deepened understanding of the methodology to use in strength training and muscle power programs.
• Apply the appropriate methodology to the design of the post-injury rehabilitation process in situations where strength development plays a significant role.
• Analyse workload monitoring data to orientate the training process towards preventing injuries and consequently successfully optimise sports performance.
COURSE DETAILS
Duration: 7 months.
Average dedication: 6/8 weekly hours.
Delivered in: English.
Aimed at:
• Strength and Conditioning coaches;
• Physiotherapists;
• Return-to-Play coaches;
• Sports Physicians.
PREREQUISITES
A good understanding of injuries and the human body would be beneficial.