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

Compatible with modern devices

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.

    This course is very comprehensive. It is packed full of very helpful information to aid the Teaching assistant to use his or her skills and knowledge to the full.

    If this course is being taken by those who have no knowledge of being a TA, then in my honest opinion they would certainly know about the role when they finish.

    I do like the online tests at the end. It does make you think and definitely reinforces what material has just been read. It is also an incentive when seeing a 'grade' to realise how much has been taken in thus encouraging enthusiasm to proceed to the next module.

    In all I would say that this course is certainly worth doing, I'm enjoying it and what it has to offer.

    Samantha Morgans

    Great course which is simple to do but you get a great qualification in the end and if you fail a unit it is simply to retake.

    Full knowledge of area so it makes it easier to start a business and tells you the legal things you need to know as well

    Charlie Thurlow

    Really helpful course, it covers all the main aspects to become a successful PA. I was looking for an admin course where I can improve a new side of my professional career and this course had everything I needed. It gives you everything from basic computer knowledge to tips for the day to day basics like answering the phone or how to create a memo or book your boss’ travel arrangements. It offers a clear structure with all the main subjects divide in short modules, easy to study that way, and it gives you examples in real life as well as practice exercises that help you to understand everything. With support during all the course and access during a whole year, you cannot ask for more value for money! Totally recommended!

    Alicia Prenda

    This is a fantastic course! I really enjoyed it. The most useful module is about working with autistic children. There are lots of tips how to deal with autistic behaviour!

    This course really helps me in my work as a support for the 4-old autistic boy in a nursery. Every day I use an imaginative role play to develop his social skills. It really works! This course also increases my knowledge about autism and other related conditions.

    Thanks to all modules I could increase my English terminology about autism as well (I am Polish). I can recommend this course to all people who are interested in autism! Thank you very much for this course.

    Monika Dudek

    The contents on these classes are awesome! I’m currently an architecture student and was a little worried because is an online course and sometimes it leaves doubts or some subjects are not well debated, but I learned so much, it also improved my landscaping knowledge, its satisfying.

    I need to say: congratulations for modules organization, the website layout, and the support. Seriously, every once and a while I take online classes and I’m surprised with the New Skills Academy, I totally recommend these classes for anybody that like gardens, also for architecture students – this is essential for our area.

    Hopefully I can find something else to study with New Skills Academy!

    Letitia Rossett

    This course thoroughly improved my knowledge of Microsoft Outlook. I found the modules on meetings, appointments and tasks the most informative. I’m sure these will all have a direct impact on my day to day working life.

    If you do not already have a basic understanding of Outlook then the first few modules in particular will be very helpful to you as they cover the fundamentals extremely well.
    There is also more advanced options for those who are at that level.

    The course is very easy to follow, the tutorial videos are extremely well put together and you can learn at your own pace.

    Jordan Grierson

    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

    Compatible with modern devices

    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.

    This course is very comprehensive. It is packed full of very helpful information to aid the Teaching assistant to use his or her skills and knowledge to the full.

    If this course is being taken by those who have no knowledge of being a TA, then in my honest opinion they would certainly know about the role when they finish.

    I do like the online tests at the end. It does make you think and definitely reinforces what material has just been read. It is also an incentive when seeing a 'grade' to realise how much has been taken in thus encouraging enthusiasm to proceed to the next module.

    In all I would say that this course is certainly worth doing, I'm enjoying it and what it has to offer.

    Samantha Morgans

    Great course which is simple to do but you get a great qualification in the end and if you fail a unit it is simply to retake.

    Full knowledge of area so it makes it easier to start a business and tells you the legal things you need to know as well

    Charlie Thurlow

    Really helpful course, it covers all the main aspects to become a successful PA. I was looking for an admin course where I can improve a new side of my professional career and this course had everything I needed. It gives you everything from basic computer knowledge to tips for the day to day basics like answering the phone or how to create a memo or book your boss’ travel arrangements. It offers a clear structure with all the main subjects divide in short modules, easy to study that way, and it gives you examples in real life as well as practice exercises that help you to understand everything. With support during all the course and access during a whole year, you cannot ask for more value for money! Totally recommended!

    Alicia Prenda

    This is a fantastic course! I really enjoyed it. The most useful module is about working with autistic children. There are lots of tips how to deal with autistic behaviour!

    This course really helps me in my work as a support for the 4-old autistic boy in a nursery. Every day I use an imaginative role play to develop his social skills. It really works! This course also increases my knowledge about autism and other related conditions.

    Thanks to all modules I could increase my English terminology about autism as well (I am Polish). I can recommend this course to all people who are interested in autism! Thank you very much for this course.

    Monika Dudek

    The contents on these classes are awesome! I’m currently an architecture student and was a little worried because is an online course and sometimes it leaves doubts or some subjects are not well debated, but I learned so much, it also improved my landscaping knowledge, its satisfying.

    I need to say: congratulations for modules organization, the website layout, and the support. Seriously, every once and a while I take online classes and I’m surprised with the New Skills Academy, I totally recommend these classes for anybody that like gardens, also for architecture students – this is essential for our area.

    Hopefully I can find something else to study with New Skills Academy!

    Letitia Rossett

    This course thoroughly improved my knowledge of Microsoft Outlook. I found the modules on meetings, appointments and tasks the most informative. I’m sure these will all have a direct impact on my day to day working life.

    If you do not already have a basic understanding of Outlook then the first few modules in particular will be very helpful to you as they cover the fundamentals extremely well.
    There is also more advanced options for those who are at that level.

    The course is very easy to follow, the tutorial videos are extremely well put together and you can learn at your own pace.

    Jordan Grierson

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