Master of Science [M.Sc] [Strength and Conditioning] From Coventry University

The positive impact of strength and conditioning on athletic performance and general health has become increasingly clear. Heightening interest in exercise training, it has increased the demand for trained specialists within both professional and amateur sports.

This excitingÊMasterÕs in Strength and Conditioning from Coventry UniversityÊfocuses on an evidence-based approach to understanding the science of strength training and the application of strength and conditioning in enhancing human performance: you will have the opportunity to learn how to conduct the best possible interventions, using the best possible evidence.

Career prospects

Strength and conditioning professionals are in demand in many organisations including professional sports teams/clubs, government sports providers (eg. the English Institute of Sport), local authorities, health and fitness clubs and further and higher education institutions.

On successful completion of this course, you will be ideally placed to become a professionally accredited strength and conditioning coach working for the Home Country Sports Institutes, professional sports teams and National Governing Bodies.

You will also have the opportunity to develop a number of transferrable skills that should enable you to excel in a variety of health and fitness related careers, as a technical coaches, fitness or performance managers for sports teams, for example, or within health promotion or the broader health and fitness industry. The course's strong focus on research skills provides an ideal platform for further study at PhD level or undertaking research.