Strength & Conditioning

The Project module is the cumulation of all previous modules and allows you to demonstrate all of your coaching expertise and knowledge by presenting a 12-16 week coaching intervention and coach-athlete relationship with an athlete or small group of athletes.

This year one module covers all elements of strength development in great depth, including the importance of strength in sport, measuring and training strength, power, RFD, and training and coaching the Olympic lifts and their derivatives. The module also covers programme design, screening, pre-hab and corrective exercises

This year-one module comprehensively covers all aspects under the umbrella of conditioning. You'll develop knowledge and competency in assessing, analysing and enhancing aerobic and anaerobic fitness, as well as gaining a detailed understanding of how to plan and coach interval sessions, speed sessions and change of direction/agility sessions.

This year two module builds on the content of the year one strength module and focuses on a more holistic approach that covers the complex topics of concurrent training, programme design and implementation and monitoring of training loads, and where strength programmes may fit in power-based, team-sport, and endurance-based sports.

This year two module builds on the content of the year one conditioning module and focuses on integrating the strength modules with an overall approach to athlete training that considers training and non-training stressors, with an emphasis on readiness to train.

This year two module covers all aspects relating to performing as a high-level strength and conditioning coach that are outside of physical and technical development. As such the module covers psychosocial factors, athlete profiling, developing your skillset and career as a Strength and Conditioning Coach, motivational and leadership aspects, and critically appraising your behaviour and approach to coaching to develop and enhance your coaching philosophy.

This year one module allows you to explore a contemporary, niche, and important area of Strength and Conditioning that is outside of textbook norms. As such you will need to draw upon a range of information sources and deeply critique your chosen topic before suggesting solutions, best practice guidelines, or take-home messages for how Strength and Conditioning Coaches can make use of your chosen topic area.