Advanced Strength and Conditioning

One of the disciplines that has experienced growth and popularity is :

• physical education

• strength and conditioning

• strength and speed

The role of S&C coach is:

• is to limit the athleticism and increase the risk of sport injuries hrough the testing, evaluation and prescription of appropriate exercises in close collaboration with sport coaches, physiotherapists and other relevant professionals.

• intensify,improve the quality, value, or extent ( enhance) of sports injuries through the large quantity of exercises in close collaboration with sport coaches, physiotherapists and other relevant professionals.

• intensify,improve the quality, value, or extent ( enhance) of athleticism and decrease the risk of sports injuries through the testing, evaluation and prescription of appropriate exercises in close collaboration with sport coaches, physiotherapists and other relevant professionals.

It is pertinent for all current and aspiring S&C coaches to appreciate :

• The comprehensive quality and depth of knowledge and skills required to effectively work in, and excel in, the discipline of S&C.

• The cons (las contras) of working as a S&C.

• Every football player's birthday.

The role of a coach is :

• is to improve the athletes' way of talking and socializing

• is to improve athletes’ physical, mental and emotional performance, in preparation for sporting competition

• is to improve athletes' love life

The three components of a COACH model are:

• knowledge, parties and family

• knowledge, benefits and contexts

• knowledge, outcomes and contexts

The coach’s skills, attitudes and behaviours are separated into three interrelated categories:

• Professional thinking, social thinking and intarpersonal communication

• Professional knowledge, interpersonal knowledge and intrapersonal knowledge

• Professional dancing, interpersonal dancing and intrapersonal dancing

The following characteristics will determine how effective and successful an S&C coach will be:

• The good relationship with their family and friends and how responsible they are with their equipment

• The integration of a strict diet, long hours of training and yoga practices.

• the integration of professional knowledge, how well a coach connects with others and how open they are to continued learning and self reflection.

The second component of effective coaching focuses on:

• athlete favourite sportwear clothes and trainers

• athlete favorite holiday memories and fantasy dreams

• athlete outcomes and and positive psychological responses

Côté and Gilbert (2009) identified four athlete outcomes:

• Competence, confidence, connection and character/caring.

• Competence, confidence, stimulus

  and personality strength

• Connection, character/caring, communication and camping.

The third and final component of effective coaching is:

• coaching standards with three classifications identified: (1) recreational, (2) environmental and (3) top sport.

• coaching team work with three classifications identified 1) participation, (2) integration and (3) fun sport.

• ‘coaching contexts’ with three classifications identified: (1) recreational, (2) developmental and (3) elite sport.