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This module will develop holistic skills required to become an advanced practitioner in strength and conditioning. Students will examine contemporary issues in strength and conditioning as well as examining the wider responsibilities of the advanced strength and conditioning coach.

Students will be taught the skills required to work in elite setting including advanced coaching strategies, coaching philosophies and communication techniques. Students will develop a critical understanding of the important role of the strength and conditioning coach when working the injured athlete and develop skills in sports specific rehabilitation. Students will also critically review contemporary issues in strength and conditioning including emerging concepts.

i. Knowledge and Understanding
On successful completion of the module the student should be able to:

• Critically evaluate the importance of coaching philosophy and the athlete centred approach to coaching
• Consider the interactions between coach and performer from an ethical coaching perspective and appraise the effective organisational dynamic of sport science support structures
• Critically evaluate the role of the strength and conditioning coach in achieving the sport specific demands of the rehabilitation process
• Construct a criterion based return-to-sport fitness assessment tool for the individual or group of athletes in a specific sport
• Critique emerging themes in the strength and conditioning literature regarding their practical application to the delivery of effective programmes and sessions
• Demonstrate delivery of safe, effective and appropriate strength and conditioning training sessions

ii. Skills
The learning activities associated with this module are intended to develop the following:

Transferable skills:

• Communication and Literacy
• Application of numerical techniques
• Problem solving
• Independent learning and working
• Use of information and communication technology
• Working with others

Subject specific skills:

• Evaluate the validity and reliability of testing and monitoring procedures
• Critically reflect on the efficacy of a contemporary exercise intervention
• Use reflective practice and clinical reasoning to develop suitable exercise interventions
• Consider the role of the strength and conditioning coach in an inter/multi-disciplinary team when determining the injured performers return-to-sport status
• Consider medico-legal and ethical issues relating to the  rehabilitation of the injured athlete
• Critique the interactions between coach and performer from an ethical coaching perspective
• Appraise current emerging research paradigms in relation to the  strength and conditioning coach’s practice

Staff/student contact: 30%
Student private study: 70%

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.