Developing Agility & Quickness for Sports Performance
Agility and quickness is vital for sports!
Developing Agility & Quickness for Sports Performance
Course Duration: No Time Limit
Covid-19 Measures in Place
Course Description
Applicable to most all sports, this course focuses on improving quickness of foot and change of direction speed, along with perceptual and decision making factors.
It covers the essential components of developing rapid force high power output and explosive movement that allow athletes to achieve high-level performance.
It includes more than 100 drills to help in the development of safe, effective and comprehensive training programmes.
This home study course is offered to you in a distance-learning format providing continuing education for health and fitness professionals who wish to help athletes take their performance to the next level.
The best training advice, drills, and programmes for optimising athletes’ linear and lateral movements are presented.
This is a must have resource for developing successful athlete specific and sport-specific training programmes.
Shortly after registration with HFPA for a course from the American Academy of Health and Fitness (AAHF) you will receive an email from AAHF notifying you of a new account established for you on the AAHF website. You should follow the instructions in the email and log into that account to find your course materials and online test information. You should also expect other emails from AAHF.
Course Materials
Online test
Workbook and test instructions in PDF format
No time limit for completion
You provide the 200-page textbook Developing Agility and Quickness by Jay Dawes and Mark Roozen, Editors
We will provide you with a keycode/access code after you place your order
You create an account on the VitalSource Bookshelf (if you don’t already have one) and redeem/enter the code
After that you will access your eBook by logging into your account on the Vital Source platform and your access will never expire
BUY YOUR OWN TEXTBOOK
This includes:
ISBN-13: 978-0736083263
ISBN-10: 073608326X
This ISBN/barcode number lets you verify that you’re getting exactly the right version or edition of a book
[textbook must be purchased separately via Amazon or another book retailer]
ACCESSING HUMAN KINETICS EBOOKS
Accessing Human Kinetics ebooks using your keycode is as easy as 1-2-3
Accreditations & Certifications
Successful candidates will receive an American Academy of Health and fitness certificate and 6 CEC points.
This course is approved for the following CECs/CEUs:
| ACSM 6.0 | BOC Category A 3.75 | NASM 0.6 |
| CPTN 7.0 | PTAG 6.0 | NSCA 0.7 |
| YMCA 6.0 | BCRPA 8.0 | ISSA 6.0 |
| SFA 0.6 | NFPT 0.75 | KIPS 0.6 |
| NETA 6.0 | HFPA 6.0 | NAFC 0.6 |
| WITS 8.0 | VBPT 3.75 – Type 1 |
The American Academy of Health and Fitness (BOC AP#: P3645) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Certified Athletic Trainers. This program is eligible for a maximum of 13.00 Category A hours/CEUs.
The American College of Sports Medicine’s Professional Education Committee certifies that “American Academy of Health and Fitness” meets the criteria for official ACSM Approved Provider status from December 2017 – December 2020. Providership # 817430
Career Opportunities
- Apply the basic foundations of agility and quickness programmes to sport-specific training
- Work with individual athletes and teams to enhance speed, agility and quickness
- Enhance your expertise, scope of practice and earning potential as a fitness professional
Course Requirements
You must hold a personal trainer or exercise science qualification to do this course
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