Professional Diploma in Women’s Football Performance

• Assessing Training and Training Load Management
  • MODULE 1: Analysis of the training task
  • MODULE 2: Analysis of the training session
  • MODULE 3: Analysis of the training microcycle
  • MODULE 4: Analysis of the training mesocycle and of broad temporary training phases
• 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
• Strength and Muscle Power as a Key Feature of Rehabilitation from Sports Injuries
  • MODULE 1: Analysis of injury in sports: injury mechanisms and associated risk factors.
    Unit 1: Injury biomechanics and the implications of strength in the recovery of athletic skills.
    Unit 2: Risk factors associated with lack of strength.
  • MODULE 2: Sports injuries and their relationship with the quality of strength.
    Unit 1: Injuries in muscle and tendon structures.
    Unit 2: Joint injuries.
  • MODULE 3: Strength manifestations and muscle power in the post-injury rehabilitation process.
    Unit 1: Strength and its different manifestations according to external load and speed of execution.
    Unit 2: Strength workload programming in sports injuries.
  • MODULE 4: New paradigms in strength training: muscle building through vascular occlusion.
    Unit 1: Basis of traditional muscle building vs. muscle building through blood flow restriction (BFR).
    Unit 2: Programming of training through blood flow restriction: key variables for optimal prescription.
• 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
• 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
• Optimising Training in Structured Training
  • Module 1: Female Football Training Context and Evolution.
  • Module 2: Structured Microcycle.
  • Module 3: Structure Integration.
  • Module 4: Load Individualisation
• Coadjuvant Training
  • Module 1: Female Strength Training Context and Evolution.
  • Module 2: Coadjuvat Training in Structured Microcycle.
  • Module 3: Variability-Specificity
  • Module 4: Strength Individualisation, Control and Evaluation
• Internal and External Load Monitoring
  • Module 1: Scientific Context
  • Module 2: Internal Load Monitoring
  • Module 3: External Load Monitoring.
  • Module 4: Test and Evaluation Mechanisms
• Multidisciplinary Work on Health and Performance
  • Module 1: Female Footballer Physiology and Injury Risk.
  • Module 2: Injury prevention, recovery, and readaptation.
  • Module 3: Invisible Training: Nutrition and Rest.
  • Module 4: Psychology and sociological context.

• Adapt injury and rehabilitation frameworks to each specific case
• Develop knowledge, capabilities, and skills in the physical conditioning environment in high-performance female football
• Improve critical analysis by completing a training program on the different professional roles in sports science and health
• Understand the competencies and work areas surrounding the player and her performance, collaborating to achieve peak performance

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

Aimed at:
• This programme is destined for physical trainers and students or specialists in physical exercise and health sciences who want to focus on women's football.

• 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 training and football would be beneficial.