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Fees
COURSE OUTLINES
Syllabus:
1: Food and athletic performance
2: Supplementation and ergogenic aids in sports
3: Sports Hydration
4: Body composition, somatotype and athletic performance
5: Advanced sports nutrition
6: Nutrition, recovery and training adaptation
7: Match day preparation and personalized nutrition
8: Periodized nutrition
Learn to:
• Differentiate effective and non-effective or dangerous substances in the formulations of nutritional supplements in order to use them optimally.
• Utilize your knowledge of sports nutrition, based on the demands and needs of different forms of physical activity.
• Design safe hydration strategies for before, during and after training and competitions.
• Create practical applications of the key concepts of body composition and somatotype within nutrition and for physical performance.
• Improve athletes’ behaviour through sports nutrition.
• Implement supplements in daily practice.
• Minimise the risk of supplement use.
• Optimize acute recovery and training adaptation with nutrition.
• Plan nutrition for a season as well as a week.
• Understand the theoretical basis for nutrition periodization.
• Apply personalisation in team sports nutrition.
• Apply the latest science around on match day preparation.
1: Food and athletic performance
2: Supplementation and ergogenic aids in sports
3: Sports Hydration
4: Body composition, somatotype and athletic performance
5: Advanced sports nutrition
6: Nutrition, recovery and training adaptation
7: Match day preparation and personalized nutrition
8: Periodized nutrition
Learn to:
• Differentiate effective and non-effective or dangerous substances in the formulations of nutritional supplements in order to use them optimally.
• Utilize your knowledge of sports nutrition, based on the demands and needs of different forms of physical activity.
• Design safe hydration strategies for before, during and after training and competitions.
• Create practical applications of the key concepts of body composition and somatotype within nutrition and for physical performance.
• Improve athletes’ behaviour through sports nutrition.
• Implement supplements in daily practice.
• Minimise the risk of supplement use.
• Optimize acute recovery and training adaptation with nutrition.
• Plan nutrition for a season as well as a week.
• Understand the theoretical basis for nutrition periodization.
• Apply personalisation in team sports nutrition.
• Apply the latest science around on match day preparation.
COURSE DETAILS
Duration: 8 months
Average dedication: 6/8 weekly hours
Delivered in: English.
Aimed at:
• Professionals of health sciences related to sports.
• Students and graduates of programs and careers related to sports, health and fitness.
• Elite athletes (professional or amateur).
Average dedication: 6/8 weekly hours
Delivered in: English.
Aimed at:
• Professionals of health sciences related to sports.
• Students and graduates of programs and careers related to sports, health and fitness.
• Elite athletes (professional or amateur).
PREREQUISITES
A good understanding of nutrition and football would be beneficial
FEES & FUNDING
Through the Get Qualified Scheme, students benefit from tax credits of up to 70% of their course fees after successful completion. Our team can assist you with applying for the Get Qualified scheme when undergoing training at the NOUV Academy.
Businesses seeking to train their staff can benefit from the Investing in Skills Scheme, a government incentive designed to provide support to companies to increase the productivity and adaptability of individuals that are active in the Maltese labour market. Our team will assist you in accessing applicable schemes when enrolling your staff in training courses through the NOUV Academy.