Welcome to the Master's in High Performance in Sports

For the Master in High Performance in Sports: Strength and Physical Conditioning, the Certificate in Strength Training: from Rehabilitation to Performance is included, with which to deepen the knowledge of these two professional profiles within the sports sciences.
UCAM has one research centres in High Performance Sports: on campus and in La Manga Club, where students put into practice the content they learn in the Master's. These research centres assist 80 UCAM Olympic athletes, among them Mireia Belmonte (Olympic Swimming Medalist), Miguel Angel Lopez (athlete), Mario Mola (triathlete), as well as the UCAM Murcia Basketball Club (ACB) and UCAM Murcia Football Club (Second Division B) with their preparation, training and enhancement in their athletic performance.
The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is the world-leading membership organization for thousands of elite strength coaches, personal trainers and dedicated researchers and educators.
Students who successfully complete the Master’s program in High Performance Sport: Strength and Conditioning will be able to perform duties and tasks such as:

• Apply statistical techniques needed to conduct a proper analysis in each of the research methodologies in the area of performance and conditioning
• Identify aspects that characterize the qualitative and quantitative designs applied to research in sports science
• Analyze the consistency and adequacy of the quality criteria used in the evaluation of sports performance and conditioning
• Apply the physiological, biomechanical, behavioral and social principles to the research object
• Identify the risks associated to the health of athletes and inadequate physical activities in the context of sports training and fitness
• Design preventative and promotional programs for the practice of physical activity in contemporary society
• Apply assessment techniques, monitoring and controlling quantitative and qualitative research of physical activity related to athletic performance and conditioning
• Identify the various methods for assessing both performance and health in the field of performance and conditioning
• Perform tests that measure strength, endurance, flexibility and balance in older people based on their medical history
• Identify physiological and metabolic changes that occur with interventions in the area of sports performance and fitness
• Manage scientific databases for literature search and review in order to master the specific work area of sports performance and conditioning
• Develop scientific work based on features and structure of different types of scientific publication and presentation of results