The Master of Science - Strength, Conditioning and Rehabilitation is designed for graduate sports scientists, sports therapists, sports coaches, physiotherapists, and other health professionals looking to expand their technical expertise, skill,s and career opportunities.
Students will advance their knowledge around the science and practice of strength and conditioning, providing practical and theoretical insight to help people achieve their performance goals, whether elite, recreational or just looking to improve their overall health. They will learn about the prevention and acceleration of recovery from injury and develop skills in the testing and monitoring of physical performance via biomechanical and physiological testing. They will build effective, practical coaching skills in foundation movements, resistance training, speed, agility and rehabilitation, as well as enhancing their analytical, critical thinking, communication and team work skills.
This is a practical-based course with expert teaching staff from a variety of backgrounds and with experience working in elite sport and the health industry. They will benefit from an experiential learning experience at the Institute of Sport, with access to equipment such as the GRAIL treadmill, gold-standard force plates, 3D motion capture, environmental chamber, ForceDecks software, gymAware, optojump, smart speed gates and more.
They will:
- Gain unique specialist knowledge and skills in strength and conditioning rehabilitation.
- Learn in the Institute of Sport and benefit from advancing with one of the few providers in the UK to offer the academic as well as partnerships and elite service elements of sport.
- Utilise state of the art equipment in the areas of physiology and biomechanics to develop the highest skills in the practical application of sports science.
- Gain vocational experience and skills through a work-based module, based at Performance Herts or another professional body.
- Broaden their expertise and skills through research activities with academic staff.
They will learn from and diversify their expertise from a range of teaching staff backgrounds, including exercise physiologists, strength and conditioning coaches, sports therapists and biomechanists. The staff have been working in elite sport including international, professional and academy as well as working in the health industry.
The course is taught face-to-face with some elements of blended learning and is typically full-time, with students attending a three-day block in September, followed by one day each week and another three-day block in January. Part-time learners will attend one day a week on Wednesdays and will not complete the three-day blocks. A variety of learning methods are used from practical, theoretical and experiential learning. Assessment is varied, from practical coaching and testing to presentations, research reports and critical reviews.
