NB: This course is self-paced and you can start and finish in your own time. You will have 12 months to complete the course on the SSISA platform after which access to the course will expire.
Date: Self-paced distance learning
Venue: Online (SSISA Education Hub)
Duration: 6 hours
Course fee is R 1,500
CPD points 6
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This course is for the recreational to elite endurance runner, running coaches, health professionals and students who want to learn how to design training programmes to maximise performance and reduce the risk of injury.
The course will give you access to nine endurance running training programmes designed by sport scientists and teach you the scientific principles behind writing training programmes and how to compile an individualised programme.
Who should attend
Individuals who want to learn how to incorporate a series of fitness components into a training plan will benefit from this course.
No previous experience and knowledge is required. However, if the learner is familiar with endurance sports, particularly running, they will benefit more from the course.
Course modules
Module 1: Training principles
Module 2: Exercise physiology related to endurance running
Module 3: Factors related to endurance performance
Module 4: Special issues related to endurance performance
Module 5: Designing training programmes
Module 6: Sample training programmes
Specific learning outcomes
- Describe the programming principles that guide conditioning for sport
- Develop training programmes within a single sport for performers
- Identify and teach the appropriate exercise techniques
- Design and implement challenging conditioning programmes
- Compare and contrast various approaches to sport fitness conditioning in a range of situations
Learning outcomes
- Describe the programming principles such as overload, recovery, specificity, recovery, reversibility and individuality.
- Explain how a coach can apply these principles to design a fitness programme that develops the different energy systems required for a specific sport
- Explain how these training programmes incorporate the programming principles into their design.
- Describe and analyse the effects of different levels of physical fitness on sport performance
- Identify and apply a variety of dynamic and static stretching techniques and explain their relevance to a specific sport
- Identify different types of resistance training programmes and outline the relative importance of each in terms of conditioning for selected sports
- Outline the fitness requirements of specific sports and specific playing positions within specific sports.
- Describe the various teaching/coaching methods for presenting sport fitness conditioning sessions.
- Recommend methods of evaluating the success of a fitness-conditioning programme
A digital certificate of attendance will be issued to participants of the course.