This program deepens on the role of strength training both in performance and in reducing the risk of injury, including the approach to new technologies that accompany high sports performance, specific pathologies in team sports and psychological skills that coaches should consider for their own practice.
Fees
COURSE OUTLINES
Syllabus:
1: Neuromuscular basis for strength training.
2: Strength training methodology: its application in the improvement of sports performance and post-injury rehabilitation for competition.
3: Strength and muscle power as a key feature of rehabilitation from sports injuries.
4: Technology, strength training and muscle power.
5: Injuries and team sports.
6: Team sports pathology.
7: Basic Coaching Skills.
Learn to:
• 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.
• Have a broad understanding of the emerging methodologies of strength training in order to explore these with the benefit of a solid scientific foundation.
• Get to know the fundamental characteristics for both prevention strategies and injury rehabilitation, as well as the different injury mechanisms in team sports.
• Handle pathologies and specific injuries corresponding to each sport.
• Use the appropriate tools to develop effective leadership in the management of groups and individuals.
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.
PREREQUISITES
A good understanding of training and the human body would be beneficial.