Below are courses offered by the National Sports College. Many of our CPD programmes are included in our courses and course bundles. For more information, download our prospectus.
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Cupping therapy is a form of therapy where suction cups are placed around various parts of the body. The main principle behind cupping is that the suction created encourages blood and lymph flow to promote the healing of a broad range of medical ailments.
Our bootcamp training programme will include functional fitness and multi-joint exercises that simulate movements children perform in everyday and sporting life.
Speed, Agility & Quickness (SAQ) is a system of training to development motor abilities, reaction and body control through development of the neuromuscular system.
This programme will teach participants key practical skills in the coaching of Olympic Lifting, allowing you to expand your role as an exercise health professional.
Cardio-Kickboxing & Box-Fit Training is a high energy, explosive, exciting and motivating way to train – your club or freelance class will greatly benefit from offering this exercise programme.
Kettlebell training is resistance training where the kettlebell provides the resistance. The goals that can be obtained with the kettlebell are, but not limited to, cardiovascular improvements, flexibility, speed, power, strength, balance and mental toughness.
Developed for the aerobic studio as a low impact, fun, aerobic workout, Step Aerobics involved choreographed routines linked to predetermined music of varying tempo (beats per minute). Well run classes will have a mix of high and low intensity routines using low impact moves on a step platform.
Bootcamp Circuit Training is a version of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) — bursts of intense activity alternated with intervals of lighter activity.
Aerobics or Exercise to Music has been offered in gyms and health clubs across the world since the 1980’s. Aerobic means “with oxygen”. Aerobic classes are generally fitness “dance” type classes of various intensities, involving choreographed routines linked to predetermined music of varying tempo (beats per minute).
This CPD Award in Sports Nutrition aims to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to confidently offer nutritional advice to clients within the sport and fitness sector. This qualification will enable learners to analyse their client’s nutritional habits and learn how to set realistic and achievable goals.
Functional Mobility Screening is a grading system created to assess and document functional movement patterns. By assessing these patterns, functional limitations and asymmetries are readily identified.
Dry Needling is a skilled intervention that uses a thin needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points, muscles and connective (fascial) tissues for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments.
Kinesiology Taping has taken the world by storm as increasing numbers of healthcare professionals have embraced the Kinesiology Taping Method as an effective aid in the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries, with the associated swelling and pain, and lymphoedema.
Our Sports Taping and Strapping programme is a 1-day course providing participants with a full understanding of modern sports taping and strapping techniques. Upon completion, you will have the ability to identify the suitability of taping for specific soft tissue injuries.
