SAQ® Sports College
SAQ® Sports College offers a range of online training courses.
Outline
The SAQ® I Diploma is a fully Distance Learning Award which provides successful students with the highly sought after status of Advanced SAQ® Trainer.
The course is six months in duration and provides a sound theoretical basis with a fully practical experience. The course culminates in the student designing and practically implementing an eight week training programme delivered to any population group of the student’s choice.
Students will study the SAQ® Continuum in detail moving through four progressive phases of Fundamental training, Complex Training, Sports Specific Training and Individual Position Specific Training. Knowledge and understanding is shown by the completion of two multi-choice question papers and twenty eight practical Log Book Tasks.
The process can be easily adapted to suit any number, age or ability of performers from elite to special educational needs.
The SAQ® I Diploma provides a great opportunity to apply sports science principals and theory into effective and accessible practical method, guaranteed to provide fantastic improvements in performance indicators.
How is it delivered?
- Six-months duration, delivered via a unique, distance-learning format especially developed for a range of new, international ID Awards.
- Supported by a comprehensive study and reference file full of additional hints, tips and practical guidance to support throughout the course and long after it has ended. Resources will become practical manuals for use in the future.
- Dynamic action photographs, detailed illustrations and sample programmes to illustrate implementations with different population groups.
- Outlines of major SAQ® Training drills from every phase of the SAQ® Continuum.
- DVD video resources featuring SAQ® Training in action.
- LogBook system enabling students to record ongoing drill design and programme implementation.
- Major written assessment to consolidate learning and bring together practical experience.
- Freedom to choose which population group is the focus for programme design and development - this ensures studies are relevant and transferable to a relevant area of training interest and the environment in which training is delivered. Examples might include; Athletes & sportspersons, eg Rugby - forwards, Soccer - goalkeepers, Triathletes,Wheelchair basketball players, children e.g gifted & talented, special needs
You will receive
- Resource File detailing process, procedures and comprehensive information (see contents below which outlines the subjects covered)
- LogBook used to record tasks inconjunction with Resource File
- 3 SAQ® DVD's
- Pre Paid envelopes to send your ID material.
- Access to SAQ® Training Directors for ongoing suppoort by either e-mail or telephone.
Contents
| HEADING | CONTENTS |
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| SAQ® Training: An Overview |
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| Anatomy and Physiology of SAQ® Training |
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| Principles of SAQ® Training |
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| Kinaesthetic Programming |
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| SAQ® Continuum |
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| SAQ® Programmes |
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| 4 Week Mesocycle for an Amateur Rugby squad | - |
| 6 Week programme for Key Stage 1 class | - |
| 1 Week programme for Professional Football | - |
| Transition phases | - |
| Progression & Sequencing |
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| Assessing your Population group |
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| Observing quality movement checklist | - |
| Integration |
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| SAQ® Advanced Trainers– Professional Values |
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| SAQ® Health and Safety |
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| SAQ® Foundation Page | - |
| Dynamic Flex® Warm Up |
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| Mechanics |
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| Innervation |
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| Accumulation of Potential | - |
| Explosion | - |
| Expression of Potential | - |
| Dynamic Flex® Cool Down | - |
| Overview of Learning & Assessment | - |
| SAQ® Complex Practice | - |
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| Dynamic Flex® | - |
| Mechanics | - |
| Innervation | - |
| Accumulation of Potential | - |
| Explosion |
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| Expression of Potential | - |
| Overview of Learning and Assessment | - |
| SAQ® Sport-Activity Specific Practice |
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| Dynamic Flex® Warm Up | - |
| Mechanics | - |
| Innervation | - |
| Accumulation of Potential | - |
| Explosion | - |
| Expression of Potential | - |
| Overview of Learning and Assessment | - |
| SAQ® Individual-Position Specific Practice | - |
| SAQ® Needs Analysis | - |
| Case Studies |
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| Overview and Summary | - |
Assessment
- Final Written Assessment.
- Design, deliver, assess and evaluate an 8 week training programme with a chosen individual or population group
- Multiple choice questionnaires
- 28 practical LogBook tasks conducted over 8-12 weeks (from foundation to complex to activity and position specific).
- Please note should this programme be 'referred' back to you for re-submission there will be a £20 administration charge.
- A clearly laid out tast sheet is provided for guidance.
Status
- SAQ® Advanced Trainer license (valid for 36 months, easy to renew)
- Level 3 NCFE Award
- 16 REPS CPD Points
- ELCAS Endorsed Provider - complete evaluation online at www.enhancedlearningcredits.com
- UK Coaching Framework compliant
- Dyspraxia Foundation endorsed
- Special Olympics GB endorsed
- RFU recommended
- Sportscoach UK signposted.
- Recommended for Licensed SAQ® Trainers and graduates of the P-Award M-Award SEN-Award
What people say about it
The level of fitness achieved by the players and the emphasis on the honing of skills was exceptional too. They were described by the committee as the best prepared teams ever at UCT. Greg Commins – Fitness and Conditioning Coach, University of Cape Town Rugby Club
“SAQ Training is absolutely the best training I’ve ever used with any type of group. The changes that are occurring with my group are pretty amazing. They’re becoming more knowledgeable about their bodies and how they move. They are now seeing how, by applying themselves to the work we are doing they really can move better, faster and quicker”.Tracy Hultgren, Chicago, USA
