Course
Strength and Conditioning - Level 4
Our Level 4 Certificate in Strength and Conditioning (S&C) course has been designed by UK Strength and Conditioning (UKSCA) accredited coaches. The course aimof this qualification is to provide you with the knowledge and skills to be able to competently deliver S&C sessions with athletes, from both individual and team sports.
Next Course Dates
- Sheffield - Start Date: 15th Jun 2025
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Cost: £807.00
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Course Summary
- 5 days of in-person delivery and assessment
- Delivered by UKCSA Accredited coaches who have a wealth of experience working with professional athletes in a range of sports
- Delivered from the English Institute of Sports Sheffield (EISS), home to some of the best athletes in the world
- Advanced Learner Loans are available for anyone aged 19+
- Applicants MUST hold a Level 3 Personal Training or Strength and Conditioning (or equivalent) qualification.
If you're looking for a career in Strength and Conditioning, or if you want to add strength and conditioning practices to your list of services, then this is the place to start.
How You're Taught
The course involves 5 days of tutor lead, in-person delivery. You'll attend one of our top-class training venues and work alongside others, led and supported by our industry-experienced tutor.
Each day starts at 9am and finishes at approximately 5pm.
You'll be provided with physical and online resources to support you with your studies further.
Assessment
1. Strength and Conditioning Proposal
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Promoting the benefits of strength and conditioning coaching to prospective clients.
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This can be a written proposal (1000 words max), a presentation (20 slides max) or a recorded verbal proposal (10 mins max).
2a Performance Analysis of the Activity and Athlete
2b Plan, deliver, and evaluate periodised, performance-related strength and conditioning programmes
- Assessments 2a and 2b are assessed together in the form of a written case study, a presentation and VIVA.
- You'll need to find an athlete to work with and then analyse both the sport and the athlete before formulating a 12 week periodised training plan for them.
- You'll then work with your athlete for a 12-week period, recording and changing things as you go, relating changes to performance data, athlete/team feedback, and your own reflections on the programme.
- Once the 12 weeks have been completed with your athlete, you'll then present the programme to our assessors and complete a VIVA (critical Q+A) to justify your decisions during the planning, delivery, and evaluation process.
3 Plan, deliver, and evaluate periodised, performance-related strength and conditioning programmes
- Plan, deliver and evaluate a strength and conditioning session.
- This will be assessed against a set criteria.
The course will prepare and support you to give your best performance. All assessments will be assessed by Envisage assessors and will be followed promptly with both written and verbal feedback.
There are no additional costs for assessments or reassessments.
If you have any questions regarding assessment, please get in touch: info@envisagetraining.co.uk
Progression
The goal of getting qualified as a S&C coach is ultimately to work within sport, supporting athletes to improve their performance. A top-level strength coach should be able to work across a number of disciplines, analysing sports and athletes and applying their knowledge and skills to develop a plan for long term performance improvements.
To reach any level of competence within S&C, it takes time; you must show a long-term commitment to the industry, building on your knowledge and experience working with athletes and more experienced/qualified coaches.
This qualification starts you on your S&C journey. It is the point of entry which you can use to access further skills, knowledge, and experience needed to become a S&C coach.
Entry Requirement
This course is for:
- Learners aged 16+
- Personal trainers
- Sports coaches
- Strength and conditioning coaches
Learners must hold either:
- Level 3 Personal Training (or equivalent).
- Level 3 Coaching (or equivalent).
- Level 3 Strength and Conditioning qualification (or equivalent).
Skills Required
- There is an element of communication (discussing, presenting, reading and writing) involved and learners should have basic skills in communication pitched at level 3.
Modules
There are two mandatory units for this course:
1. Performance Analysis of the Activity and Athlete:
- Understand the role of a strength and conditioning coach as part of an athlete’s support team
- Understand the demands of performance activities and how they can affect an athlete’s performance
- Know how to source current, credible, relevant information to inform strength and conditioning coaching practice
- Understand methods that can be used to assess an athlete’s performance capabilities
- Be able to perform appropriate assessment of performance activities and athletes
- Be able to accurately analyse and evaluate assessment results to create relevant performance goals
2. Plan, Deliver and Evaluate Periodised Performance-related Strength and Conditioning Programmes:
- Be able to design a long-term, periodised plan to improve the performance capabilities of an athlete
- Be able to prepare for strength and conditioning sessions
- Be able to deliver effective strength and conditioning sessions that optimise athletic performance
- Be able to effectively end a strength and conditioning session
- Be able to evaluate the session and performance implications to modify future plans in response to athlete’s status and performance
Fees & Funding
The course fee is £809.00.
A £100 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your place.
You can pay for this course yourself (self-funded) either in full or over a maximum of 6 interest-free monthly instalments (using an Envisage Payment Plan).
If you aged 19 or above, you may be eligible for an Advanced Learner Loan. More information about this is available in the "Payment and Funding" section of the website.
If somebody else is paying for the course on your behalf (e.g. your employer or another organisation), please select "Invoice" at the payment section of your booking and we will be in touch for more information about this.
How to Apply
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You'll be taken to a booking details page where you will need to provide your personal information and choose your preferred payment method.
Payment methods include:
- Pay for your course
- £100.00 deposit, then pay the remainder before you start
- Or pay in full now
- Envisage Payment Plan
- Arrange a payment plan with us so that you can spread the payments over a maximum of 6 monthly instalments.
- 19+ Advanced Learner Loan
- You'll not be charged anything at this stage and a member of our team will contact you to arrange a loan sign-up.
- Invoice
- Is your employer or another organisation paying for the course for you? If so, choose "Invoice" and you'll not be charged anything up front, we'll then contact you for further details.
If you have any questions about booking a course with us, please get in touch.