Training for Sport Certificate

Training for Sport

There is a multitude of benefits that comes with exercising. This is why there’s been an increased interest in getting and keeping fit over recent years, and there continues to be an upward trend in exercising. Fitness instructors, therefore, are inherently valuable and it’s important for them to have extensive knowledge on a variety of different methods and techniques. This includes training for sport. 

The purpose of this course is to help to educate fitness instructors and trainers on the methods in which they can help their clients train for a sport. This includes information on how best to prepare themselves for taking up, or focusing on, a particular sport, and nutritional strategies that can benefit their athletic performance along with their overall health. There is information on various elements of physical conditioning – which is vital for an instructor to understand – including power, strength, balance, agility and flexibility along with generalised benefits for anyone thinking about taking up a sport.

What you will learn:

      • The importance of goal setting, and the SMART approach
      • The benefits of physical conditioning and specific focuses on strength, endurance, balance and flexibility
      • To understand the importance of nutrition on sports performance, hypertrophy and weight management.
      • The overall benefits of training for a sport.

Benefits of taking this course:

      • You can help your clients to understand how to increase their physical performance
      • Various exercises that focus on one or more areas of conditioning
      • Knowledge that will open doors for further opportunities

This course includes

24/7 Student Support

End of course certification

Lifetime access to your course

PLUS - Access to the exclusive New Skills Academy Study Group!
  • How goal setting can help an athlete to achieve their personal aims and objectives and the components of the SMART approach
  • How effective time management can help an athlete and methods in which to assist clients with this
  • The importance of properly warming up and cooling down, and the benefits of these on sports performance and overall health
  • The role that nutrition plays on an athlete’s performance and the importance of macronutrients – namely carbohydrates and protein
  • Evidence-based recommendations and how they can be applied to individual clients to cover weight management, hypertrophy and sports performance
  • The importance of hydration for an athlete, and ways to avoid dehydration during training
  • The importance of physical conditioning
  • A range of different fitness techniques, including exercises for cardiovascular, resistance, functional and flexibility training, which specifically target power, strength and endurance training
  • To further understand the importance of physical conditioning
  • A range of different fitness techniques including exercises for cardiovascular, resistance and functional training which specifically target balance, agility and flexibility
  • The range of benefits that come with training for a sport
  • The physical health benefits associated with training for a sport
  • The mental health benefits associated with training for a sport
  • ID: YDFT67YHJ
    certificate

    of achievement

    This certificate is presented to

    Your Name

    NSA

    For completing the

    Training for Sport Certificate

    on 21st November 2026

    Selena Hurford

    Selena Hurford

    Course Tutor

    cpd

    Daniel Morgan

    Daniel Morgan

    Head of Academy

    Certificate Example

    Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.

    The course is broken down into 5 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.

    You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!

    Once you have completed all 5 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 5 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.

    The pass mark for the test is 70%.

    If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.

    You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.

    You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.

    We estimate that the course will take about 3 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.

    Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.

    I can honestly say that I have truly enjoyed learning about Microsoft Excel.
    The step by step modules (36 of them!), breaking down each part of Excel was easy to understand and absorb. The explanations of each stage was handy for notes as well. The videos were helpful for directions and practise. The worksheets were helpful to put learning into action.
    The test at the end was very good in covering many aspects of Excel, however I would have liked to know what I did not get correct. This would have been helpful.
    However, I would gladly use a New Skills Academy course again.

    Emma Mills

    This was the first online course I’ve funded myself and I was apprehensive as you don’t really know what you’re going to get!

    However, I’m happy to report that this course has given me a really good grounding in Child Psychology and has whet my appetite to pursue some of the content in more detail under my own steam.

    When I had questions, the Support Team’s responses were lightning fast and reassuring and for the fee paid and the experience I’ve had this has been great value for money and a firm foundation on which to build in the future.

    Thank you New Skills Academy!

    Tom Shires

    This course was very informative and i loved that it could be done at my own pace and not have deadlines to reach.

    Even my dog loved the benefits and being my practice dummy!

    Nicky Corbett

    Excellent course, easy to follow, excellent tutorial videos that set examples out very simply and are easy to pause or fast forward meaning you can go through this course at totally your own speed.

    The work sheets are very good as the examples from the video are all replicated clearly and you can skip back and forth between the worksheet and the video if you don’t remember something completely the first time. When you are confident with the subject, you move yourself on to the next one

    I love that I can do this completely in my own time and am sure that at the end of the course I will be confident in my own ability to use Excel.

    Caroline Powell

    Very interesting topics, I feel like I have expanded my knowledge and have more of an understanding and can use the techniques I have learnt professionally. I feel more confident in my ability!

    I enjoyed the videos of the makeup application and thought the flow of the course was very well structured which made it easy to follow. It had me excited to do more and complete next stages as it was in bite size chunks.

    I am very happy with the programme thoroughly enjoyed it I wish it was longer so I could learn more. Thank you for the course!

    Phoebe Shufflebotham

    I undertook the Data Protection Certificate course in May 2017. I found the course to have a very in depth amount of detail on Data Protection and the law and legislation around it. It also went into detail on the new Data Protection Act coming in 2018.

    I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a course with value for money and also to bulk up their knowledge and perhaps perusing a career in IT or security. The course is audited and comes with a certificate on completion which you are able to print yourself or have one sent out to you for a small fee.

    Mason Malin

    Duration:
    3 hours

    Access:
    Lifetime Access

    Approved by:
    CPD

    Learning Type:


    Text based modules  Images  Video learning 

    Cost:
    $120.00

    Training for Sport

    There is a multitude of benefits that comes with exercising. This is why there’s been an increased interest in getting and keeping fit over recent years, and there continues to be an upward trend in exercising. Fitness instructors, therefore, are inherently valuable and it’s important for them to have extensive knowledge on a variety of different methods and techniques. This includes training for sport. 

    The purpose of this course is to help to educate fitness instructors and trainers on the methods in which they can help their clients train for a sport. This includes information on how best to prepare themselves for taking up, or focusing on, a particular sport, and nutritional strategies that can benefit their athletic performance along with their overall health. There is information on various elements of physical conditioning – which is vital for an instructor to understand – including power, strength, balance, agility and flexibility along with generalised benefits for anyone thinking about taking up a sport.

    What you will learn:

        • The importance of goal setting, and the SMART approach
        • The benefits of physical conditioning and specific focuses on strength, endurance, balance and flexibility
        • To understand the importance of nutrition on sports performance, hypertrophy and weight management.
        • The overall benefits of training for a sport.

    Benefits of taking this course:

        • You can help your clients to understand how to increase their physical performance
        • Various exercises that focus on one or more areas of conditioning
        • Knowledge that will open doors for further opportunities

    This course includes

    24/7 Student Support

    End of course certification

    Lifetime access to your course

    PLUS - Access to the exclusive New Skills Academy Study Group!
  • How goal setting can help an athlete to achieve their personal aims and objectives and the components of the SMART approach
  • How effective time management can help an athlete and methods in which to assist clients with this
  • The importance of properly warming up and cooling down, and the benefits of these on sports performance and overall health
  • The role that nutrition plays on an athlete’s performance and the importance of macronutrients – namely carbohydrates and protein
  • Evidence-based recommendations and how they can be applied to individual clients to cover weight management, hypertrophy and sports performance
  • The importance of hydration for an athlete, and ways to avoid dehydration during training
  • The importance of physical conditioning
  • A range of different fitness techniques, including exercises for cardiovascular, resistance, functional and flexibility training, which specifically target power, strength and endurance training
  • To further understand the importance of physical conditioning
  • A range of different fitness techniques including exercises for cardiovascular, resistance and functional training which specifically target balance, agility and flexibility
  • The range of benefits that come with training for a sport
  • The physical health benefits associated with training for a sport
  • The mental health benefits associated with training for a sport
  • ID: YDFT67YHJ
    certificate

    of achievement

    This certificate is presented to

    Your Name

    NSA

    For completing the

    Training for Sport Certificate

    on 21st November 2026

    Selena Hurford

    Selena Hurford

    Course Tutor

    cpd

    Daniel Morgan

    Daniel Morgan

    Head of Academy

    Certificate Example

    Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.

    The course is broken down into 5 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.

    You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!

    Once you have completed all 5 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 5 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.

    The pass mark for the test is 70%.

    If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.

    You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.

    You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.

    We estimate that the course will take about 3 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.

    Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.

    I can honestly say that I have truly enjoyed learning about Microsoft Excel.
    The step by step modules (36 of them!), breaking down each part of Excel was easy to understand and absorb. The explanations of each stage was handy for notes as well. The videos were helpful for directions and practise. The worksheets were helpful to put learning into action.
    The test at the end was very good in covering many aspects of Excel, however I would have liked to know what I did not get correct. This would have been helpful.
    However, I would gladly use a New Skills Academy course again.

    Emma Mills

    This was the first online course I’ve funded myself and I was apprehensive as you don’t really know what you’re going to get!

    However, I’m happy to report that this course has given me a really good grounding in Child Psychology and has whet my appetite to pursue some of the content in more detail under my own steam.

    When I had questions, the Support Team’s responses were lightning fast and reassuring and for the fee paid and the experience I’ve had this has been great value for money and a firm foundation on which to build in the future.

    Thank you New Skills Academy!

    Tom Shires

    This course was very informative and i loved that it could be done at my own pace and not have deadlines to reach.

    Even my dog loved the benefits and being my practice dummy!

    Nicky Corbett

    Excellent course, easy to follow, excellent tutorial videos that set examples out very simply and are easy to pause or fast forward meaning you can go through this course at totally your own speed.

    The work sheets are very good as the examples from the video are all replicated clearly and you can skip back and forth between the worksheet and the video if you don’t remember something completely the first time. When you are confident with the subject, you move yourself on to the next one

    I love that I can do this completely in my own time and am sure that at the end of the course I will be confident in my own ability to use Excel.

    Caroline Powell

    Very interesting topics, I feel like I have expanded my knowledge and have more of an understanding and can use the techniques I have learnt professionally. I feel more confident in my ability!

    I enjoyed the videos of the makeup application and thought the flow of the course was very well structured which made it easy to follow. It had me excited to do more and complete next stages as it was in bite size chunks.

    I am very happy with the programme thoroughly enjoyed it I wish it was longer so I could learn more. Thank you for the course!

    Phoebe Shufflebotham

    I undertook the Data Protection Certificate course in May 2017. I found the course to have a very in depth amount of detail on Data Protection and the law and legislation around it. It also went into detail on the new Data Protection Act coming in 2018.

    I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a course with value for money and also to bulk up their knowledge and perhaps perusing a career in IT or security. The course is audited and comes with a certificate on completion which you are able to print yourself or have one sent out to you for a small fee.

    Mason Malin

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