Strength and Conditioning for Performance and Rehabilitation

• • - Biological basis of adaptation
  • - Contemporary sports nutrition
  • - Physiological testing for high performance athletes
  • - Strength & Power profiling
  • - Periodisation
  • - Contemporary exercise prescription for high performance

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Sports scientists and strength and conditioning coaches working with high performance athletes require the ability to prescribe and deliver safe and effective exercise programs with an evidence-based, best practice approach, to meet specific performance goals. This unit develops an in-depth understanding of the theoretical concepts and practical application of capacity assessment and program design as they relate to high performance athletes. Specifically, the aim of this unit is to develop students' knowledge and skills relating to the use of contemporary methods of field and laboratory based testing in a number of areas including aerobic/anaerobic capacity, repeated sprint ability, and strength and power. In addition, this unit will explore innovative practices in training program design across the spectrum of capacities required for performance in various athletic events.

In order to best enable students to achieve unit learning outcomes and develop graduate attributes, standards-based assessment is utilised, consistent with University assessment requirements. A range of assessment strategies has been purposefully designed for the assessment of learning outcomes reflecting the principles of authentic assessment design and include: Assessment Task 1: individual video-based practical task; requiring students to demonstrate their understanding of a variety of tests, as well as their ability to interpret results of testing and how this influences training prescription; and Assessment Task 2: building on assessment task 1, this task requires the student to design and present a 12-week period of physical training program, including a justification of the training plan, in order to assess depth and breadth of understanding and application of unit content. Students must achieve a cumulative grade of at least 50% across all assessments.

• Video-based practical task - Interpretation of a Testing Battery Assessment (40%)
• Training Program - Enables students to demonstrate their ability to use contemporary evidence in the design of a realistic training program (60%)

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