Do I need prior experience to enroll?

No prior experience is required. The program is designed to guide you from fundamentals to professional-level knowledge.

Will I receive a certificate upon completion?

Yes, upon successful completion you will receive an official certificate from the Barça Innovation Hub.

How long do I have access to the course materials?

You will have access to all course materials for 12 months from the date of enrollment.

In what language is the course delivered?

This program is available in English. All materials and assessments are provided in the selected language.

Professional Diploma in Strength and Conditioning for Football

This specialized training program explores the complexities of football training, sports science, and nutrition tailored to football training. The curriculum delves into the unique style of Barça Football, strength training adaptations for team sports, the role of nutrition in athlete performance, and the integration of technology in training.  

Category: Strength & Conditioning
Level: advanced
Duration: 9 months
Price: 1150 EUR

Official courses from Barça Innovation Hub, FC Barcelona's educational arm, with experts who have worked inside the club. Earn an accredited certificate issued by the hub, available across the Middle East and North Africa through Champions Hub, its official partner for the fifth year.

What you will learn

Understand the different theoretical movements underlying new training paradigms.
Create action plans based on understanding player complexity.
Optimize the selection of methodologies applicable to the training process, focusing on player development.
Optimize the selection of methodologies applicable to the training process, focusing on player development.
Enhance critical analysis skills through comprehensive training in various professional roles within sports science and health.
Improve sports performance and prevent injuries through a deepened understanding of methodologies used in strength training and muscle power programs.
Apply appropriate methodologies to design post-injury rehabilitation processes where strength development is crucial.
Develop a broad understanding of emerging strength training methodologies supported by a solid scientific foundation.
Understand the role of macronutrients in football performance.
Utilize appropriate tools to develop effective leadership in managing groups and individuals.

Course content

Module 1: The Basics Of Our Style Of Play
- The science behind Barça Football
- The elements involved
- The defining concepts of Barça Football
- The game as a process
Module 2: What To Train
- Optimizing training
- Cognitive elements of the player
- Group elements of the team
- The phases of play
Module 3: How To Train It
- Train-optimize
- The training session
- Training specific to Barça Football I
- Training specific to Barça Football II
Module 4: Neuromuscular basis for strength training
- Characteristics of the musculoskeletal system.
- Muscle action and its relationship to sports.
- Systemic changes in detraining and immobilisation.
- Assessment of muscular properties in relation to sport.
Module 5: Strength training methodology: its application in the improvement of sports performance and post-injury rehabilitation for competition
- Contextualization: how can we adapt strength training to team sports?
- Strength workload methodology in situation sports.
- Integrating strength workload into planning and programming of situation sports.
- Strength in the design of sports specific tasks. Examples based on football.
Module 6: Strength and muscle power as a key feature of rehabilitation from sports injuries
- Analysis of injury in sports: injury mechanisms and associated risk factors.
- Sports injuries and their relationship with the quality of strength.
- Strength manifestations and muscle power in the post-injury rehabilitation process.
- New paradigms in strength training: muscle building through vascular occlusion.
Module 7: Technology, strength training and muscle power
- Technology, equipment and general strength training.
- Technology, equipment and specific strength training in relation to sports.
- Technology in strength and muscle power evaluation.
- Interactive technology and strength training.
Module 8: Macronutrients and fluid for football
- The role of carbohydrate in the players diet
- The role of protein in a players diet
- The role of fat in a players diet
- Fluid
Module 9: Basic coaching skills
- Leadership
- Communicational Tools
- Motivational Climates
- Coaches and their Environment

Professional Diploma in Strength and Conditioning for Football