BIHUB PATH

Professional Diploma in Women’s Football Performance

€ 1200

Start date
04/10/2024
Duration
10 months
Level
Advanced
Average dedication
6/8 weekly hours
DELIVERY MODE
Online-based
Delivered in
English

EXPERT ADVISORS

Profesor
Berta Carles
Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences. She has been a physical trainer for the 1st Women's Team since 2007, the previous 3 years she was a player on the same team. She achieved 7 Copas de la Reina, 7 Leagues and 1 Champions with F.C.Barcelona.
Profesor
Profesor
David Casamichana Gómez
Doctor in Physical Activity and Sports Science. Physical trainer in soccer. University Professor and Researcher.
Profesor
Profesor
Daniel Romero Rodriguez
Physiotherapist. Physical trainer and rehabilitator of competitive high performance athletes. Performance, prevention and post-injury rehabilitation advisor for various professional football players.
Profesor
Profesor
Daniel Cohen
Researcher - Masira Institute, University of Santander (UDES); Consultant - Center for Sports Sciences (CCD), Colombian Ministry of Sport (Mindeporte) Consultant and Educator in Force Platform assessments
Profesor
Profesor
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).
Profesor

CERTIFICATE

Barça Innovation Hub - Universitas

The growth of female football in the last years has been extraordinary, and it continues growing at cruise speed. Clubs and federations get more and more involved and take more stakes, and the economic resources allow teams to professionalise and focus on optimising performance.

Conditioning has been one of the most important foundations in this change, or even the launch pad to be a real elite team. Professionals or people with the ambition to be professionals in female football would be able to see how female conditioning develops in football in Barça from a multidisciplinary point of view of all the areas involved in the conditioning aspect.

Throughout the program, we will deepen our understanding of the professional application of strength training in the two major work environments that are presented: the strength and conditioning coach and the return-to-play-coach. In both cases, the contents cover fundamental and up-to-date knowledge of these two professional profiles, with strength as their central topic. The main aspects of development for both profiles are succinctly addressed, and the work methodology for each of them is also covered.

Lastly, we’ll focus on the use of kinetics derived from force platform testsforce platform. This technology has over the past decade become one of the most commonly available tools to assess neuromuscular performance in sports settings – as part of the profiling of healthy athletes and in their care and management as part of regular monitoring during the competitive season. In this program, we aim to give you the means to understand and use data derived from force platform assessments to inform and enhance your decision-making processes in sports performance and rehabilitation-return to the sport.

Courses' syllabus

MODULE 1: Analysis of the training task
MODULE 2: Analysis of the training session
MODULE 3: Analysis of the training microcycle
MODULE 4: Analysis of the training mesocycle and of broad temporary training phases

MODULE 1: Characteristics of the musculoskeletal system.
Unit 1: Movement from the central nervous system.
Unit 2: Function of the skeletal muscles.

MODULE 2: Muscle action and its relationship to sports.
Unit 1: Types of muscle action.
Unit 2: Interrelationship of muscle action in movement and posture maintenance.

MODULE 3: Systemic changes in detraining and immobilisation.
Unit 1: Detraining in relation to the skeletal muscle.
Unit 2: Muscle hypertrophy.

MODULE 4: Assessment of muscular properties in relation to sport.
Unit 1: Surface electromyography.
Unit 2: Tensiomyography.

MODULE 1: Contextualization: how can we adapt strength training to team sports?
Unit 1: Strength and its relationship to the coordination and cognitive requirements of team sports.
Unit 2: Progression in the difficulty of the strength workload in relation to the specificity of the sport.

MODULE 2: Strength workload methodology in situation sports.
Unit 1: Strength training and the need to work with overload.
Unit 2: Integrating strength workload with the other capabilities.

MODULE 3: Integrating strength workload into planning and programming of situation sports.
Unit 1: Strength in the integrated training of long-term regular league class programming. Examples based on football.
Unit 2: Strength in the integrated training of blocks of preparation – competition programming. Examples based on tennis.

MODULE 4: Strength in the design of sports specific tasks. Examples based on football.
Unit 1: Small-sided games (SSG): characteristics for their design and the relationship with the development of sports ability.
Unit 2: SSG in relation to strength workload

MODULE 1: Analysis of injury in sports: injury mechanisms and associated risk factors.
Unit 1: Injury biomechanics and the implications of strength in the recovery of athletic skills.
Unit 2: Risk factors associated with lack of strength.

MODULE 2: Sports injuries and their relationship with the quality of strength.
Unit 1: Injuries in muscle and tendon structures.
Unit 2: Joint injuries.

MODULE 3: Strength manifestations and muscle power in the post-injury rehabilitation process.
Unit 1: Strength and its different manifestations according to external load and speed of execution.
Unit 2: Strength workload programming in sports injuries.

MODULE 4: New paradigms in strength training: muscle building through vascular occlusion.
Unit 1: Basis of traditional muscle building vs. muscle building through blood flow restriction (BFR).
Unit 2: Programming of training through blood flow restriction: key variables for optimal prescription.

1.1 Module 1: Force platform testing fundamentals
1.2 Module 2: CMJ understanding variables and phases
1.3 Module 3: Kinematics introduction
1.4 Module 4: Upper Limb Assessment

Module 1: Additional lower limb dynamic tests (squat jump, drop jump, squat, land &
hold).
3.2 Module 2: Lower Limb Isometric Tests
3.3 Module 3: A framework and toolbox for kinetics and kinematics in rehabilitation and
Return to Sport
3.4 Module 4: A framework and toolbox for short term load-response monitoring and
evaluating chronic adaptations

Module 1: Female Football Training Context and Evolution.
Module 2: Structured Microcycle.
Module 3: Structure Integration.
Module 4: Load Individualisation

Module 1: Female Strength Training Context and Evolution.
Module 2: Coadjuvat Training in Structured Microcycle.
Module 3: Variability-Specificity
Module 4: Strength Individualisation, Control and Evaluation

Module 1: Scientific Context
Module 2: Internal Load Monitoring
Module 3: External Load Monitoring.
Module 4: Test and Evaluation Mechanisms

Module 1: Female Footballer Physiology and Injury Risk.
Module 2: Injury prevention, recovery, and readaptation.
Module 3: Invisible Training: Nutrition and Rest.
Module 4: Psychology and sociological context.

Certify your skills

Thanks to our integration with remote supervision technologies, the Verified Certificate of Approval:

  • Guarantees the transparency of the certification process
  • Verifies the identity of the certificate holder
  • Certifies the acquisition of specific competencies and skills

What does it include?

24-HOUR ACCESS TO STUDY MATERIAL, FROM ANYWHERE, ON ANY DEVICE

24-HOUR ACCESS TO STUDY MATERIAL, FROM ANYWHERE, ON ANY DEVICE

VIRTUAL COACHING, FOLLOW-UP, AND SUPPORT FROM A SUBJECT EXPERT

VIRTUAL COACHING, FOLLOW-UP, AND SUPPORT FROM A SUBJECT EXPERT

Actividades y consignas con feedback personalizado

ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENTS WITH PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK

DISCUSSION FORUMS AND INTERACTION WITH COLLEAGUES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

DISCUSSION FORUMS AND INTERACTION WITH COLLEAGUES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY BARÇA INNOVATION HUB AND ENDORSED BY THE CORRESPONDING INSTITUTION.

CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY BARÇA INNOVATION HUB AND ENDORSED BY THE CORRESPONDING INSTITUTION.

Self-assessment to measure your learning progress

Self-assessment to measure your learning progress