ELITE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COURSE

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GENERAL PRESENTATION

T he course aims to enrol the coaches into a more scientific approach to strength and conditioning. Training methods will use collaborative approaches, exchange of practices and reflections between peers from different countries and sports

culture. Ultimately, the aim of the course is to the improve sport performance at the highest level.

This strategic partnership is co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union.

ORGANISATION

5 Elite European institutions have designed a vocational training course composed of 5 training sessions of 7 days (including 2 travel days & 5 effective training days) in the 5 participating countries; each session will deal with a topic related to elite strength and conditioning.

The host institution will organise each training session.

The selected trainees will travel to each host institution and will be supported for transportation, accommodation and catering. Logistics will be provided by the centres.

TRAINING TOPICS

Each institution will have in charge a specific topic according to its expertise :

• Training load - INSEP France• Testing and Implementation of results - Umeå University /

Swedish Sports Confederation• Individualization in strength and conditioning - KUORTANE OTC

Finland• Self-Management and Team Management - Swiss Federal

Institute of Sports Magglingen (SFISM) - Switzerland• Injury prevention and back to sport work - Università degli

Studi di Milano – The University of Milano will recognize 8 ECTS to the participants

PLANNING OF THE TRAINING SESSIONS

The planning of the sessions takes into account the Tokyo Olympics period and should enable the strength and conditioning coaches involved in Olympic preparations to be available for their athletes.

• Session N ° 1 : 20-24 Junuary 2020, PARIS FRANCE

• Session N ° 2 : 16-20 March 2020, STOCHOLM SWEDEN

• Session N ° 3 : 14-18 September 2020, KUORTANE FINLAND

• Session N ° 4 : 23-27 November 2020, MAGGLINGEN SWITZERLAND

• Session N ° 5 : March 2021 MILAN ITALY

METHODOLOGY

The training process chosen is based on exchanges and collaboration between peers (trainees) to work on case studies resolution, linked to the training topics.

Specific contributions of scientific or experiential knowledge in the form of conference or clinic will be included as well as formal and informal exchanges with experts of the topics addressed.

The collective work will be formalized and shared with posters, infographics, etc. presenting the case studies’ solutions.

REGISTRATION PROCESS

PREREQUISITES

To take on the course in the best conditions, the candidate will have to meet the following requirements:• To be fluent enough in English to communicate• To be a full time professional in Strength and conditioning coaching, for a sport

federation, a club or an organization from one of the partner countries (Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, France)

• To work on field with athletes

SELECTION PROCESS

The candidate will have to fill an online application form before end of September 2019. A first selection will be made on the applications. The candidates selected at the end of this first stage will be called for an interview. They will be evaluated according to their educational background, their motivation to take on the course, the feasibility of their project and the level of fluency in English.

CONTACTS

SWEDEN

Apostolos THEOS / Glenn BJORKLUND0046 907866619 / apostolos.theos@umu.se / esc2@rf.sePhD Head of Sports Medicine Unit / Director of Studies Department of Community Medicine & Rehabilitation Faculty of Medicine University of Umeå 901 87 Umeå

FINLAND

Olli-Pekka KARJALAINEN00358-40-7545109 / olli-pekka.karjalainen@kuortane.com / esc2@kuortane.comInternational relations Kuortane Olympic Training Center Opistotie 1 63100 Kuortane FINLAND

FRANCE

Jean-Philippe THOMAS0033 (0)1 41 74 44 53 / jean-philippe.thomas@insep.fr / esc2@insep.frTraining Manager - Certificate of physical trainer - Institut National du Sport,  de l'Expertise et de la Performance 11 Avenue du Tremblay - 75012 Paris France

ITALY

Giuseppe CORATELLA 0039 02 5031 4648 / giuseppe.coratella@unimi.it / esc2@unimi.itPh.D. 6 Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health Università degli Studi di Milano

SWITZERLAND

Emmanuel PRAZ0041 58 467 66 19 / emmanuel.praz@baspo.admin.ch / esc2@baspo.chCoordinator for services for high performance athletes and teams Federal Office of Sport FOSPO - Swiss Federal Institute of Sports Macolin CH - 2532 Magglingen

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