What do we study as part of Fitness Training?

In Fitness Training you will learn all the required skills and knowledge to be able to effectively plan and deliver specific and specialized training programmes for a range of Athletes. Some of the topics you will cover include:

Components of Fitness

Methods of Training

FITT Principle

Fitness Testing

Planning and Periodisation

Delivery of Programmes

Athlete Monitoring

Components of Fitness Task

The Components of Fitness can be described as "traits athletes need to be successful in their chosen sport". These are Speed, Muscular Endurance, Power, Cardiovascular Endurance, Flexibility, Muscular Strength and Agility.

Below are a number of images showing athletes competing in their sports, can you identify and describe the Component of Fitness being used in each photo and then link to a sporting example. The first one has been completed for you.

Methods of Training Task

A training method is the form of exercise you select to improve your fitness. The training method selected has a significant impact on training outcomes. Training must be relevant to your goals and directly link to the specific Component of Fitness you wish to improve. Below is a Information pack that you can use to complete the upcoming Quiz.

SPORTS COACHING

What do we study as part of Sports Coaching?

Sports Coaching is a module that allows students to understand the theoretical knowledge and theories behind effective coaching and then gives you the opportunity to deliver a session of your choice. Some of the topics you will cover are:

The Skills, Roles and Responsibilities of a Coach

Coaching Techniques and how/when to apply them

How to effectively plan a detailed session

How to ensure participants get the most from a session

How to integrate technology into your sessions and use it to monitor improvements

How to effectively review sessions to ensure better Coaching practice

Coaching Identification Task

Below is a handbook on the skills, roles, responsibilities and techniques that a coach can use in practice written by one of our current students. Read through and try and identify when a coach YOU have worked with may have used some of these.

Coaching Technology Task

Below are images of technology that coaches may use or ask their players to use . Using your own knowledge/research can you try to identify when/why these may be used and the benefits of them for a Coach.

The images show the following:

Strength and Conditioning

Fitness Testing

Performance Analysis

GPS Analysis