This course will provide understanding of how effective strength and conditioning can be delivered within lessons and games programmes, within a school context. It will provide teachers with confidence that their lesson content is safe and effective. Key topics will include the place of long term athlete development in youth training, explaining priorities and progressions achievable within the everyday constraints of academic environments

■ Key considerations for strength and conditioning with youth athletes

■ Understanding physical literacy

■ Structuring and implementing an LTAD pathway

■ Navigating the challenges

■ Achieving continuity of conditioning between school seasons

■ Managing key stakeholders

■ How technology can help

■ Creating a workable programme within a school environment