Strength & Conditioning Coaching
What is strength and conditioning and what does a strength and conditioning coach do?
Like personal trainers and group exercise instructors, strength and conditioning coaches help others to improve their fitness. But strength and conditioning coaches differ in one very important way—the clients they work with are focused on improving their performance or skill in a sport. Strength and conditioning (S & C) is about more than lifting weights – it encompasses the entire development of the athlete and what is needed to improve physical performance.
Strength and conditioning coaches have two main goals:
The first is to improve athletic performance, which usually means improving an athletes' speed, strength and power.
S & C coaches develop systematic training programs for both teams and individual athletes, often working in close association with coaches. This usually includes teaching proper lifting techniques, supervising and motivating athletes as they work out, and assessing their performance before and after the program. The nature of the conditioning program will vary depending on whether the sport is in season or not.
The second primary goal is to reduce injuries.
With this in mind, S & C coaches often design programs to strengthen body parts that are prone to injury in a particular sport. For example, the hamstrings in soccer or AFL. Therefore, in order to prevent athletes from getting injured during training, S & C coaches must know the correct exercise and lifting techniques and be able to teach them to athletes. The S & C coach also monitors athletes' general well-being, sometimes providing basic nutritional advice or referring athletes to a registered dietitian if they need more individualised nutritional counselling.
Services:
All new clients that are not already osteopathy clients at Cultivate Health Centre need to complete an initial assessment and program run-through.
Initial consult (30 minutes)
FREE consult consisting of information-gathering, goal setting and history taking. This may include asking about past and current involvement in sport, injuries and a basic medical history. It is then completely up to you (the client) as to whether you wish to continue with a strength and conditioning assessment and training program.
Initial assessment
Includes movement and strength assessment and initial program design and run-through (60-90 minutes)
One on One Sessions
45 min
60 min
Junior Athlete (under 18) Development Program
An 8 week program catered specifically for the young athlete, including two 1:1 sessions (1 hour each).
