D.E.S.U. Optimization of Physical Performance in Sport

The socio-economic sector sees sport and physical activities taking an increasingly important market share. In this area, the improvement of physical qualities becomes an individual and collective concern within both amateur and professional clubs. Sports performance is a complex concept which implies precise and complete support for the athlete. To achieve this, it calls for technical and practical knowledge as well as scientific knowledge that justifies the effectiveness of training strategies. This problem therefore requires recourse to scientific fields to rationalize training so that it is more qualitative. This DESU is additional information and know-how that will enrich the knowledge of students and sports professionals who wish to better understand how to become a versatile physical trainer. The purpose of this training is to equip the individuals involved from a technical and scientific point of view to develop training plans that are constructed, logical and adapted to the athlete and the discipline in question.

The D.E.S.U. is intended for sports professionals (physical trainers, coaches, etc.) wishing to complete their training, but also for students or volunteers who are very committed to high performance sports.

This university degree also concerns health professionals such as physiotherapists or osteopaths who wish to deepen their scientific knowledge in order to optimize the effectiveness of the follow-up of injured athletes.

STAPS license and/or youth and sport diplomas with professional experience; physiotherapists, osteopaths.

140 hours of lessons divided into 5 weeks (1 week every 2 months) of 28 hours of training each on average. The weeks start on Monday afternoon (exam on knowledge of the previous week in the morning from 10 am to 12 pm) and end on Friday at noon. The lessons of each week are supplemented by group work which will be assessed on Friday morning.

Develop a multidisciplinary approach to physical performance based on knowledge of exercise physiology, neuroscience and biomechanics of movement. This knowledge will be at the service of the performance of a given discipline. It will be a question of identifying one's own physical qualities and developing them in order to optimize performance in this discipline in question.

• Know the theoretical and scientific foundations of performance.
• Develop a multidisciplinary approach to performance based on knowledge of exercise physiology, neuroscience and biomechanics of movement, which is new in this type of training.
• Master training techniques for muscular and cardiorespiratory qualities.
• In order to have a complete vision of the physical qualities of the athlete, to be able to evaluate the performance and to measure the progress of an athlete using multidisciplinary physical tests in the field and in the laboratory (physiological, biomechanical measurements, etc.)
• Plan in the short and long term a set of training sequences adapted to the athlete in order to improve physical performance.
• Being able to anticipate and apprehend certain injuries inherent in high-level practice. Propose suitable exercises to optimize re-athleticization.
• Use management tools in physical preparation in order to bring a group or an individual towards performance.

60-hour internship, the subject of which will be studied by the pedagogical council and will lead to the writing of the thesis and then a defense which will close the diploma.

Students submit an internship to the teaching team who, in the absence of a proposal, may be required to direct the student to an internship location.

A hotline will put students in contact with each head of teaching unit throughout the year of the diploma.

The faculty guidance service will be made available to the student.

The network of professionals known to the team of trainers will allow the student to solicit a large number of companies likely to hire them.