SE793-7-AP-CO:
Planning and Implementation of the Training Process
2024/25
Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Autumn & Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 21 March 2025
30
30 July 2024
Requisites for this module
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MSC C6S612 Strength and Conditioning,
MSC C6S624 Strength and Conditioning
This module will present to students, through a wide range of theoretical, empirical and practical evidence, methods that can be used to design, monitor and implement techniques to optimally structure athletes' training activities.
The module will outline a variety of programming approaches related to such issues as athletes' needs analyses, training periodisation and the application of a multitude of different training types. Students will develop their ability to critically analyse the wide range of techniques that they can apply to athletes operating in a variety of different contexts.
The aims of this module are:
- To develop students’ understanding of the theoretical rationale that underpins the application of the optimal training techniques to develop sports performance.
- To develop students’ ability to independently plan, programme and apply a variety of strength and conditioning techniques based on the demands of sport and the needs of the athlete.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Critically evaluate strength and conditioning techniques in order to plan sound and appropriate training sessions for a variety of athlete populations.
- Determine the rationale for the implementation of strength and conditioning techniques used in professional practice.
- Understand the ways in which training can be programmed and monitored over time to enhance the condition of the athlete.
Indicative syllabus:
- Principles of training prescription
- Establishing the needs of the athlete
- The theory of periodisation
- Supercompensation and the utilisation of training residuals
- The construction of long-term training programmes
- Concurrent training and the interference effect
- The rationale of athlete monitoring
- Advanced methods of testing and monitoring fitness
- The design and application of resistance training programmes
- The science of muscular hypertrophy
- The theory and application of plyometric training
- Alternative methods of strength and power development
- Development of speed, agility and change of direction ability
- Development of repeated sprint ability and endurance
- Exercise programming considerations for the youth athlete
- Implementation of models of youth athletic development
- The utilisation of strength and conditioning techniques for injury prevention
- Training the older athlete
- Physiology of the female athlete
- Training the female athlete
This module will be delivered via a series of lectures that will be delivered online in a pre-recorded format making them easily accessible to students who have varying schedules or life circumstances that impact their ability to access the lectures at time of delivery.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Online live presentation |
|
25% |
| Coursework |
Training programme - written report |
09/05/2025 |
75% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Jason Moran, email: jmorana@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Jason Moran, Dr Louis Howe, Dr Jamie Tallent, Dr Nicholas Clark.
SRES Office, email: sres (Non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address)
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Dr Thomas Ian Gee
University of Lincoln
Associate Professor in Strength and Conditioning
Available via Moodle
Of 8 hours, 6 (75%) hours available to students:
2 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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