Students who successfully complete the Master’s program in High Performance Sport: Strength and Conditioning will be able to perform duties and tasks such as:
- Apply statistical techniques needed to conduct a proper analysis in each of the research methodologies in the area of performance and conditioning
- Identify aspects that characterize the qualitative and quantitative designs applied to research in sports science
- Analyze the consistency and adequacy of the quality criteria used in the evaluation of sports performance and conditioning
- Apply the physiological, biomechanical, behavioral and social principles to the research object
- Identify the risks associated to the health of athletes and inadequate physical activities in the context of sports training and fitness
- Design preventative and promotional programs for the practice of physical activity in contemporary society
- Apply assessment techniques, monitoring and controlling quantitative and qualitative research of physical activity related to athletic performance and conditioning
- Identify the various methods for assessing both performance and health in the field of performance and conditioning
- Perform tests that measure strength, endurance, flexibility and balance in older people based on their medical history
- Identify physiological and metabolic changes that occur with interventions in the area of sports performance and fitness
- Manage scientific databases for literature search and review in order to master the specific work area of sports performance and conditioning
- Develop scientific work based on features and structure of different types of scientific publication and presentation of results
Careers
- With the acquired skills and knowledge obtained in the Master’s program, students can be employed professionally in the following work areas:
- Optimization, assessment and control training, physical fitness and performance in individual sports
- Biomechanics applied to health, fitness and sports training
- Training of physiological adaptations and performance evaluation
- Performance analysis in team sports
- Analysis of the game-play and teaching-learning assessment in team sports
- Prescription of exercise programs
- Physical activity and exercise, functional autonomy and quality of life for older adults, special populations and disabled individuals
- Learning and motor control
- Personal training
- Physical preparation
- Coordination and management programs in clubs and sports performance centers