This module will provide students with key academic and practical skills needed to design and administer strength and conditioning programmes in performance athletes and teams. Students will learn how training is organised, administered, monitored and practically delivered to individuals and teams. Through practical sessions (in laboratories and using gym facilities) students will learn how to safely administer; warm-ups and cool-downs, resistance training (using machines an free weights), spotting techniques, flexibility training (static, dynamic and ballistic), Speed-Agility-Quickness (SAQ) drills, plyometric training and aerobic endurance training. Through lectures and seminars they will learn now to combine these techniques to create safe and effective training programmes.
Aims
This module will prepare students to take the NSCA Level IV Strength and Conditioning Award and or a UKSCA qualification.
Learning Outcomes: To pass this module students will need to be able to:
1. Discuss the core concepts and applications of exercise science in strength and conditioning.
2. Discuss and show practical competence in these exercise techniques.
3. Demonstrate competence in the design of strength and conditioning programmes for individual athletes and/or teams
4. Discuss organisational, administration and health and safety issues associated with strength and condition facilities and program
- Module Supervisor: Jason Moran