1. DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO DELIVER EFFECTIVE AND TECHNICALLY COMPETENT PRACTICAL STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING TRAINING SESSIONS
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2. DEMONSTRATE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE, CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATION OF THE CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES RELEVANT TO THE DESIGNING OF LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR PERIODISED ANNUAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES.
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3. DEMONSTRATE A CRITICAL AWARENESS AND APPLICATION OF REST AND RECOVERY STRATEGIES RELEVANT TO THE TYPE OF PERIODISED PROGRAMME UTILISED
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4. CRITICALLY APPLY AND INTEGRATE PERFORMANCE LIFESTYLE ADVICE INTO A PERIODISED ANNUAL TRAINING PROGRAMME, RELEVANT TO THE SPORT AND PERFORMANCE LEVEL OF THE ATHLETE
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5. DEMONSTRATE AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF TOTAL ATHLETE MANAGEMENT (TAM)
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The module will provide the students with an understanding of the principles of Strength and Conditioning and develop their ability to perform essential practical elements of Strength and Conditioning coaching. These include the coaching of Olympic Weightlifting core lifts and derivatives of them for sports performance. Students will also be introduced to the principles of conditioning and the relationship to components of performance e.g. speed, agility, repeated sprint ability, reactive strength, endurance and skill acquisition.

This module provides learning opportunities that will enable students to critically understand and apply optimal periodised strategies for organising Strength and Conditioning programmes. Students will explore the research literature to critically demonstrate knowledge of applied protocols relating to the manipulation of timings, sequences, intensity and duration of exercise activities based on the physical / physiological level of the athlete and constraints of the competitive season and / or technical / tactical programme. Students will develop a critical awareness and applied practice of total athlete management strategies designed to promote optimal adaptations to a training stimulus. Students will development knowledge and understanding of numerous factors that will help create an environment specifically designed to promote sporting success.

Students will complete 3 pieces of summative assessment:

Assessment 1. Practical (weighted at 25 % of assessment grade). The student will be required to demonstrate and coach the clean & jerk and Snatch Olympic lifts. Students will be assessed for practical competency in demonstration and coaching. (Assessing LO1).

Assessment 2. Practical (weighted at 25 % of assessment grade) The student will be required to demonstrate and coach a conditioning session relevant to a component of performance. Students will be assessed for practical competency in demonstration and coaching. (Assessing LO1)

Assessment 3. Written (weighted at 50% of assessment grade) Students will produce a written essay (2500 words) justifying a periodised training programme for a case study athlete. Students will be required to apply critical evaluation of different periodised planning and recovery strategies (assesses LO's 2, 3, 4 and 5) .

An overall mark of 40% of summative assessment MUST be passed to achieve a pass in this module.

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (104 hours)

26 hours of Lectures
78 hours of workshop-based material, with the emphasis on building on the development of technique delivered by the S&C staff.

Guided Independent Study: (196 hours)

58 hours preparation for workshops/completion of tasks / Bb activities
56 hours of assigned reading
14 hours tutorial support
68 hours preparing for summative assessments

Jeffries, I. & Moody, J. (2016). Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance. Abingdon, Oxon, UK. Routledge.
Cardinale, M., Newton, R., & Nosaka, K. (2011). Strength and Conditioning: Biological Principles and Practical Applications. Chichester, UK. John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Bompa, T. & Haff, G. (2009). Periodization : theory and methodology of training. 5th Edition. Human Kinetics.
Lloyd, R. S., & Oliver, J.L., (2014). Strength and conditioning for young athletes: Science and application. Routledge.

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