ENHANCING PERFORMANCE AND WELLNESS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared Athletic Training MS Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and implement performance tests for assessing sport-specific fitness and athleticism to determine: physical status in order to identify athlete readiness to train & compete, performance development, strengths and weaknesses, and effectively interpret results for exercise prescription. Audience: Graduate 2. Optimize potential objectives of weight loss and weight gain in sport for performance and develop ability to advise athlete’s effectively regarding nutrition, hydration, and ergogenic aids. Audience: Graduate 3. Apply training principles and exercise prescription in primary areas of strength and conditioning in order to optimize individual outcomes of performance, development and injury resistance. Audience: Graduate 4. Apply sport-specific training (i.e. physiological and neuromechanical) principles to optimize training relative to the athlete’s needs during return to play spectrum. Audience: Graduate 5. Understand the use of ergogenic aids, and the ability to advise athletes regarding their use (positive and negative) in order to create awareness among the athletes. Audience: Graduate 6. Explain governance over ergogenic aids. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and implement performance tests for assessing sport-specific fitness and athleticism to determine: physical status in order to identify athlete readiness to train & compete, performance development, strengths and weaknesses, and effectively interpret results for exercise prescription. Audience: Graduate 2. Optimize potential objectives of weight loss and weight gain in sport for performance and develop ability to advise athlete’s effectively regarding nutrition, hydration, and ergogenic aids. Audience: Graduate 3. Apply training principles and exercise prescription in primary areas of strength and conditioning in order to optimize individual outcomes of performance, development and injury resistance. Audience: Graduate 4. Apply sport-specific training (i.e. physiological and neuromechanical) principles to optimize training relative to the athlete’s needs during return to play spectrum. Audience: Graduate 5. Understand the use of ergogenic aids, and the ability to advise athletes regarding their use (positive and negative) in order to create awareness among the athletes. Audience: Graduate 6. Explain governance over ergogenic aids. Audience: Graduate