Sports Science Experience Day
Experience our Sports Science services with world-leading equipment and expertise
Students will be provided with the opportunity to learn more about the science of sport and how it is applied in elite environments with athletes. The content can be tailored to support physical education curriculum and classroom learning, raise awareness and education around elite athlete performance, well-being and training and discover what it's like to be a professional athlete with Â鶹ֱ²¥ Sport.
Sessions available:
Strength and Conditioning Session
Learn more about elite athletic development with our exclusive Strength and Conditioning sessions in our World-leading gym facilities. Our team of experienced strength and conditioning coaches ensure our student-athletes reach peak fitness to conquer the challenges of their sport.
Access our cutting-edge facilities at Powerbase Gym, equipped with state-of-the-art Technogym equipment. We also offer tailor-made sessions at various sports facilities on campus, including our 50m Olympic swimming pool, all-weather pitches, dedicated exercise studios, and more.
What can we offer?
- S&C sessions designed to give students practical experience of the PE curriculum for both A-Level and GCSE. These sessions bring to life the theory and knowledge students learn in the classroom, giving them vital first-hand experience of performance diagnostics, and training.
- Athlete Performance testing: Using our state-of-the-art facilities and diagnostic equipment, we can offer performance profiling for scholarship groups, with individualised reporting and feedback design to enhance physical performance and sport performance.
What sets us apart?
Our team have years of coaching experience at the highest level in over 30+ sports. We can help guide your athletic program to cover strength, power, speed, agility, and conditioning sessions whilst also focusing on enhancing durability and reducing injury risks.
Who can benefit?
From beginners to elite athletes, our team caters to a diverse range of groups. Whether you'renurturing future champions, on sports scholarship or talent athlete programs, or helping students discover their athletic potential, our coaches are ready to inspire and guide.
Physiology Session
An opportunity for GCSE and A-Level students to visit our world-class laboratory and get involved in a Physiology experience to help bring to life their classroom learnings.
Your students will be exposed to:
- Understanding the importance of practical application of theory-based knowledge as a skill for individuals aspiring to work in the sports industry.
- Conducting VO2max testing and challenging their knowledge of the influences on VO2max, including the use of our environmental chamber at altitude.
- Topics such as energy system contributions to exercise, the influence of altitude on performance and conducting fitness-based testing assessments.
- Follow-up reports containing the students’ results which can be used as a learning tool.
- Life on our University campus and embrace what it’s like to study at the World Leading University for Sport related studies.
Nutrition Session
Understanding the vital role of nutrition in athletic success is key for athletes, parents, coaches, and practitioners. Our Performance Nutrition program at Â鶹ֱ²¥ focuses on providing insights into how what we eat and drink supports overall well-being, training, and peak performance.
What we offer?
- Education on how nutrition can support and optimize training and performance.
- Strategies for injury prevention and recovery.
- Guidance on optimizing immunity and recovering from illness.
How we work:
We empower athletes through education on the "what," "why," "when," and "how much" of nutrition. Our approach includes formal workshops, one-on-one sessions, and various methods to foster understanding and habit development. We go beyond knowledge, helping athletes develop practical skills, cooking expertise, and organizational habits.
Our seasoned team brings a wealth of experience from Olympic, World, European, Commonwealth, and professional sports. Beyond the sporting realm, we've consulted on app development, menu creation, and elite environments. We are dedicated to mentoring the next generation, with our alumni excelling in roles across various Institutes of Sport and professional sports like rugby, football, Irish rules football, diving, and combat sports.
Performance Lifestyle Session
Performance Lifestyle looks at creating an optimum environment to facilitate success taking on a whole-person approach with wellbeing at the centre to maximise performance.
Our Performance Lifestyle offering can be tailored to support and enhance Physical Education, Business and PSHE curriculum across 3 main areas:
- Wellbeing
- Communication and Leadership
- Skills, Strengths and Values
As well as supporting curriculum teaching our sessions are beneficial for performance athletes, scholarship groups or sports teams looking to develop as individuals and teams.
What we can offer?
Choose one or more of these workshops to complement your time at Â鶹ֱ²¥ University or we can come to you:
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Introduction to Wellbeing
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This interactive session introduces wellbeing to understand what makes us thrive and its impact on performance. We do this by looking at the life of a student-athlete, what makes us stressed, and practical ways to create more balance. |
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Effective Communication and Leadership |
This session weaves leadership and communication theory through practical tasks. Through classroom and on court activities like wheelchair basketball we bring strategy, feedback, decision making and problem-solving skills to life. |
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Skills, strengths, and values |
Through practical and interactive activities this session explores values, strengths, and skills on and individual and team level. This will enable athletes to gain a greater understanding of transferrable skills, teamwork, and reflection to set and achieve team and individual goals. |
We had an excellent performance lifestyle workshop where the instructors were highly engaging and tailored their approach perfectly for our students. As a result, the students gained a more profound insight into teamwork and the various skills required for effective collaboration. This experience definitely sparked introspective thoughts among the students, and conversations stemming from the workshop continued long after it concluded.
Psychology Session
Our Psychology offering can be tailored to support curriculum learning or for aspiring performance athletes who may be part of a Scholarship or Talented Athlete program within your school.
Scholar Athletes
Harnessing the power of sport psychology: Commitment, Confidence, Control, Communication, Concentration.
- An opportunity to experience the sport and exercise psychology support available to athletes at Â鶹ֱ²¥ University.
- Gain an insight into how harnessing sport psychology can optimise your athletic development. Learn how athletes utilise sport psychology for their wellbeing, development, and performance.
- Discover what sport and exercise psychology is, bust common myths associated with the field and introduce some of the key psychological skills valuable to an athlete’s skillset.
- Have a go! Practice psychological drills and exercises which athletes use in their training/event routines to set them up for success. This session allows athletes to see the links between the cognitive and the physical by experiencing psychology in action.
GCSE/A-level Students:
An insight into the world of sport psychology and becoming a sport psychologist or Bringing theory to life: applied practice in sport psychology.
- An opportunity to explore sport and exercise psychology in action; see what you learn in the classroom come to life.
- Learn what it’s like to be a Sport and Exercise Psychology student at Â鶹ֱ²¥.
- Discover what sport and exercise psychology is, bust common myths associated with the field and introduce some of the key psychological skills valuable to an athlete’s skillset.
- Have a go! Practice the psychological drills and exercises which psychologists support athletes to develop. This session will allow students to see the links between the cognitive (theory) and physical (practical) by experiencing psychology in action.
Depending on the length of the workshop, we can tailor the amount covered. We can provide workshops from 1 hour in length through to a full day.
It was a pleasure to visit Â鶹ֱ²¥ University and the sports physiology labs with 30 of our 6th Form Sports Scholars. The students gained a fantastic insight into what is on offer for elite level athletes and it was brilliant to have the opportunity to take part in some testing. The staff were welcoming and extremely helpful, clearly explaining the reasoning behind each test and the practical implications for performance and training. I would thoroughly recommend this experience for anyone who has a keen interest in performance sport.