Why I'll be better with this course
This course offers a unique opportunity to improve your performance in sports training. Under the guidance of experts such as Prof. Dr. Francisco Tavares and Dr. Pedro Cardoso, with experience at Sporting Clube de Portugal and in other technically demanding national and international settings, you will have access to advanced methodologies, state-of-the-art assessment techniques and high-performance practices. You will learn how to shape the physical form of athletes, set clear objectives and draw up precise plans to achieve them. With real case studies and valuable insights, this course will strengthen not only your knowledge and skills, but also your confidence to face the challenges of high performance sport.
PROGRAM
09.30 | 10.30
Planning concepts
Purpose of the pre-season
Monitoring of field and auxiliary training loads
Planning pre-season training weeks
10.30 | 11.30
Individualize the process
Evaluating physical qualities
Setting standards
Setting priorities and reporting
11.30 | 14.00 Lunch break
2:00pm | 3:30pm
Evaluation of alactic characteristics
Evaluation of acceleration capacity and maximum speed
Evaluation of the Change of Direction
3:30pm | 4:00pm Break
4:00pm | 5:30pm
Evaluation of alactic characteristics
Maximum strength assessment (repetitions, linear regression, isometry)
Explosive strength assessment with and without CMAE
Evaluation of reactive force in short-duration CMAE
17.30 | 19.00
Prescribing strength and power training during the pre-season
Training program design, from general to individual
19.30 Course dinner*
(*Subject to registration)
Date subject to change
9.00 | 11.00
Load planning and monitoring
Integration of external and internal load quantification and planning.
Individualization of internal and external load.
Monitoring tools, from cheap to expensive.
11.00 | 12.00 Break
12.00 | 12.30
Load planning and monitoring
The GPS tool
12.30 | 14.00
Evaluation of Aerobic and Anaerobic Characteristics
30:15, Bronco, VAM ergometer, repeated sprints
Use of Anaerobic Reserve Velocity (integration of the previous day's VMax)
2:00pm | 3:30pm Lunch break
15.30 | 17.00
Prescribing resistance training during the pre-season
Training program design, from general to individual
Date subject to change