Strength Conditioning and Sports Coaching
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In Plymouth
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Location
Plymouth
Level Five Applying for a full-time Foundation Degree at City College Plymouth through UCAS? Our UCAS institution code has changed - please use C83 for all courses, not our old code which was P60. If you've already started applying for a course with us under P60, please log in to your UCAS account and change the institution code before submitting your application. Do you have an interest or background in working with elite athletes? This Foundation Degree will give you the opportunity to develop practical skills and knowledge in the most effective methods of training athletes for elite level performance. Whilst you will study underpinning science related sports topics such as physiology, biomechanics and human movement, you will also develop practical skills in coaching effectiveness, Olympic weightlifting, speed, agility and plyometrics, and other athletic testing and monitoring skills. Throughout your studies you will have the opportunity to assist in strength and conditioning training sessions with a wide range of professional and elite athletes such as Plymouth Raiders Basketball team, Plymouth Albion RFC, Exeter City FC Development Centre, Plymouth University Sports Scholars and City College Plymouth's Academy teams for Plymouth Raiders Basketball and Plymouth Argyle Football Club.
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About this course
Entry requirements
We welcome applications from those who have all of the following:
48 UCAS tariff points
four GCSEs at grade 4 (C) or above, to include English and maths
or alternatively:
equivalent qualifications
relevant work experience
Should entry requirements not be met then individual cases will be considered.
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Subjects
- Fitness
- Monitoring
- Coaching
- Testing
- IT
- Basketball
- University
- Health and Fitness
- Skills and Training
Course programme
What you'll learn
This Foundation Degree programme is pleased to have established links with a range of professional sport clubs – including Plymouth Argyle FC and the University of Plymouth Sports Societies/Scholars. Students will be given the opportunity to work within these professional clubs on both a weekly basis and as part of pre-season training camps. This will give students a fantastic opportunity to put theory into practise and become adept at working with the best – in fact, the vast majority of students experience working alongside elite athletes.The course includes the following subjects:
- programme design for elite performance
- strength and conditioning fundamentals
- introductory sports therapy
- anatomy of human movement
- theory and practice of coaching
- testing and monitoring of athletes
- strength and conditioning clinic
- sports nutrition
- advanced exercise sciences
- biomechanics of sport
- research design
- rehabilitation and recovery
- opportunities to work abroad with European partners
- opportunities to train professional and university-level athletes.
You will also have the opportunity to work abroad with European partners and to train professional athletes.
Strength Conditioning and Sports Coaching