May 15, 2024  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2021-22 
    
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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COED 6300 - Training and Conditioning for Soccer Coaches


This course presents principles and applications of athletic performance for soccer coaches. Content includes the development of an understanding of the physiological basis of training and adaptation in the areas of aerobic and anaerobic fitness, strength and power, flexibility, and speed and agility. Students also study principles of periodization and program design to create both in-season and off-season training plans for soccer players.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to describe the anatomical, biomechanical, and neural control of exercising muscles.
  • Students will be able to explain the structure, function, and bioenergetics of exercising muscles and the adaptations that occur with soccer-specific training and conditioning based on gender, age, and other environmental factors.
  • Students will be able to conduct a needs analysis for soccer players.
  • Students will be able to explain the principles of training.
  • Students will be able to describe the concept of periodization as it applies to the demands of soccer at their developmental level of coaching.
  • Students will be able to develop a periodized soccer conditioning program that reflects the demands of soccer at their developmental level of coaching..



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