Education Centre

Dynamic Conditioning Centres are committed to arming all individuals with the essentials of human performance training. Notice that the word athlete was not used in the last sentence. Even though Dynamic Conditioning Centres is heavily involved in consulting, training and coaching elite athletes and teams it is our philosophy that athletic training or “functional training”, as it is referred to most often, is the right type of training for everyone. Variations will inevitably be required to accommodate individual needs and specific real world applications, but the basics of strength and conditioning are rooted in functional/athletic training and in basic primal movement patterns – the fundamentals are what we all need to know. By learning, practicing and mastering the basics, you establish a solid foundation upon which more complex conditioning can be built, should you decide to do so.

Our Education Department currently provides educational information, instruction, demonstration and real world application in a curriculum based format so that anyone from novice to elite can master the essentials of strength and conditioning.

Our current educational services include:

• Educational Department: Human Performance Training – Level 1The fundamentals of Strength and Conditioning
• Dynamic Conditioning Fundamentals for physical educators and coachesInstructional program designed for PE and primary school teachers and/or coaches who are looking to incorporate sound movement and training principles into their respective programs.
• Dynamic Conditioning for youth sportPresentation of age-appropriate science-based youth training principles focusing on key areas of movement coordination and injury prevention. Program integrates basic fundamental skills with dynamic sport-specific strength and movement patterns. Ideal for those working with youth of all ages and levels in any practical sport context.

Literature Reviews

• Strategies to prevent injury in adolescent sport: a systematic review.
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• Risk factors for injury in child and adolescent sport: a systematic review of the literature.
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• Physical activity, calcium intake and bone health in children and adolescents
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• Promoting Physical Activity for Children’s Health : Rationale and Strategies.
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• The relationship between motor proficiency and physical activity in children.
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• The effect of a complex training and detraining programme on selected strength and power variables in early pubertal boys
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