Professional Diploma in Neurobiology and Psychology in Team Sports

€ 1200 10 monthly payments of €120

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€ 1200

10 monthly payments of €120

Start date

Aug 10, 2024

Level: Advanced

Delivery mode: Online-based

Duration: 10 months

Average dedication: 6/8 weekly hours

Delivered in: English

Description

It is well known that the brain and the central nervous system as a whole are of fundamental importance in human movement, and therefore in sports performance. Every decision and every execution on the field has its genesis in the central nervous system, which is also related to emotional and intellectual aspects. As professionals who interact with athletes, we must be able to understand an athlete’s holistic development, including the biophysical and psychosocial domains, and we must be able to apply this knowledge to training. In this program, we provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to develop athletes with greater motor awareness and better decision-making abilities. In order to do this, we cover all the aspects that involve movement, from perceiving stimulus to processing information to finally making a decision and executing it. Without a doubt, this structured development of this subject matter will constitute a milestone in our pursuit of such an ambitious goal.

EXPERT ADVISORS

Francesc Cos

Former Head of Strength Training for FC Barcelona's first team football squad (2004-2016). Former Director of the Performance area of Barça Innovation Hub (2016-2018). Currently Director of Performance of the New York City (MSL).

Lic. Mario Di Santo

Professor of Physical Education. Health and neurobiology of control and motor learning.

Joaquín Valdés

Physiotherapist. Physical trainer and rehabilitator of competitive high performance athletes. Performance, prevention and post-injury rehabilitation advisor for various professional football players.

Ana Merayo García

Sports Psychologist. Instructor. Coordinator of the SAIE (Service for Comprehensive Athlete Care) at Masia 360, FC Barcelona.

Joaquin Valdés

Sports Psychologist and Coach at FC Barcelona.

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1 Efferent organization of human movement

MODULE 1: Motor Cortex and Cortical Spinal Tract
MODULE 2: Role of the Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia
MODULE 3: Feedback and Motor Adjustment
MODULE 4: Integrative Reading

2 Difficulty and Environment in Human Motor Function

MODULE 1: Motor Faults
MODULE 2: Special Teaching Methods for Correcting Faults
MODULE 3: Transference and Interference
MODULE 4: Integrative Reading

3 Afferent Organization of Human Movement

MODULE 1: Sensory Systems
MODULE 2: Motor Perception and Observation
MODULE 3: Ideomotor Representation
MODULE 4: Integrative Reading

4 Central Processing of Voluntary Movement

MODULE 1: The Logic of Motor Functions and Decision-Making
MODULE 2: Decision Training
MODULE 3: Neuromotor Programming
MODULE 4: Integrative Reading

5 Neuromuscular basis for strength training

MODULE 1: Characteristics of the musculoskeletal system.
MODULE 2: Muscle action and its relationship to sports.
MODULE 3: Systemic changes in detraining and immobilization.
MODULE 4: Assessment of muscular properties in relation to sport.

6 Psychological Variables and Sports Performance

MODULE 1: Attention and concentration
MODULE 2: Motivation
MODULE 3: Anxiety and stress
MODULE 4: Self-confidence

7 Psychological Intervention Techniques

MODULE 1: Psychological intervention plan
MODULE 2: Psychological intervention techniques adapted to coaches
MODULE 3: Psychological intervention techniques 1
MODULE 4: Psychological intervention techniques 2

8 Contextualizing the Elite Athlete Environment

MODULE 1: The sports environment
MODULE 2: The family environment
MODULE 3: Importance of communication in the sports environment
MODULE 4: Training and competition

9 The Life of an Elite Athlete

MODULE 1: Systemic model
MODULE 2: Sports career model I and II
MODULE 3: Dual career
MODULE 4: Examples of intervention in different transition stages of an athlete's life

10 Mental strength in athletes

MODULE 1: Mental strenght in individual athletes.
MODULE 2: Mental strenght in sports teams.
MODULE 3: Emotional regulation in sports coaches.
MODULE 4: Integrated module.

Learn to

Determine how the central nervous system influences human movement as well as how we can shape the ability to make decisions for movement.
Develop or strengthen skills to acquire tools that allow better coaching of high-level athletes with the ultimate goal of achieving the highest performance in all areas.
Work in teams and generate communication channels within multidisciplinary teams.
Implement intervention strategies to train high-performance athletes in attention, concentration, and motivation, as well as the management of variables to control anxiety and stress.