Sports Performance MSc
University of Limerick
Key Information
Campus location
Limerick, Ireland
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Introduction
Sports Performance MSc
This is a full-time one-year or part-time two-year postgraduate program. The program will prepare successful graduates for a career in sports performance analysis, specialising in strength & conditioning, video analysis and nutrition. The course will increase understanding of the processes of advanced practice in sport performance analysis, by appreciating and challenging the current practice and designing innovative alternatives.
The aims and objectives of this program, which includes a professional strength & conditioning (accredited) qualification, reflect our commitment to the development of insightful, competent, critical and reflective sports performance practitioners who have the following dispositions, skills, and content knowledge:
- Display originality and insight in the field of strength and conditioning for team and individual sports.
- Demonstrate the skills of utilising video notational analysis to provide feedback to individuals participating in strength sports and/or in a strength training environment.
- Understand nutritional planning for elite sports performance.
- Understand psychological principles underlying elite sports performance and demonstrate the application of psychological skills training to optimise sports performance
- Construct a variety of integrated training practices combining sport-specific skills and related conditioning challenges to optimise player development and progression.
- Demonstrate an appreciation of current research within the area of speed sports.
- Organise and perform lab and field-based skills related to research on selected human movement activity and defend the results.
- Graduates will develop a sound understanding of the physiology, psychology and biomechanics background behind sports performance for speed, endurance, team and strength sports.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
For more information about scholarships, please visit the university website.
Curriculum
Semester 1 (Spring)
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Speed Sports
- Endurance Sports
- Team Sports
- Strength Sports
Semester 2 (Summer)
- Professional Competencies (Problem-Based Learning)
- Research Dissertation Development,
- Strength & Conditioning (professional accreditation)
- Placement
Semester 3 (Autumn)
- Research Dissertation.
Program Outcome
The MSc in Sports Performance, the first program of its kind in Ireland, is now accredited and certifies its students in the following:
- Certified Conditioning Coach (CCC) accreditation
- International Society of Performance Analysis in Sports (ISPAS) Video Analysis
- International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK)
- 'Cardiac First Response’ (AED)