We’re so excited to tell you all about our new Yoga Coaching Course! Please watch the video to learn more. If you have any questions afterwards, send us an email at [email protected] and we’ll get back to you shortly.
About the Yoga Coaching Course
The Yoga Coaching Course, also known as the Yoga for Athletes Course, includes 5 hours of videos and a 60 page handbook – all available through YAX Online.
This course is for you if you are:
- a coach, fitness instructor, or personal trainer who wants to provide recovery techniques to athletes
- a yoga instructor who wants to teach athletes
You’ll learn:
- The Optimal Performance Training Model and the Long Term Athletic Development Model (and how they relate to yoga and training)
- The 7 functional movement protocols for screening and assessing your students
- Flexibility in-depth and the difference between stretching and yoga for stabilization and mobility
- How to practice and administer performance breathwork techniques
No matter what your athletic or yoga experience is, this course will give you a better understanding of the importance of yoga and how to apply it to the athletes you currently work with.
Course Outline
A. Introduction
- Welcome
- Meet the Instructors
- What is Yoga for Athletes?
- Course Objectives
- Quiz
B. Athletes
- Athletes 101
- Benefits of Yoga for Athletes
- Class: Yoga Recovery – Full Body
C. How & When to Incorporate Yoga
- The LTAD model
- The OPT model
- Quiz
D. The Science of Stretching
- Behavioral Properties of Muscles
- Soft Tissue Biomechanics
- The Stretch Reflex
- Integrated Flexibility Continuum
- 4 Types of Stretching
- Quiz
- Class: Yoga Dynamic – Full Body
E. Training and movement patterns
- FMS
- Additional assessments
- Common Injuries
- Quiz
- Class: Yoga Restorative – Rest
F. Meditation & Visualization
- Visualization
- Meditation Practices
G. Breathwork
- Benefits
- Oxygen Efficiency Breathwork Tests
- Different Types of Breathing Exercises
- Box Breathing
- Down Shift
- Next Steps with Breathwork
F. Programming
- Framework
- Periodization Schedule & Types of Yoga
- Class: SMR – Upper Back
- Sport-Specific Postures
- Quiz
I. Closing & Next Steps
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Here's a 4-minute video clip from the 19-minute section about the Science of Stretching from the Yoga Coaching Course!
Here's an 8-minute video about athletes from the Yoga Coaching Course!
Here's a 7-minute introduction video for the Yoga Coaching Course.
This course will give you a better understanding of the importance of yoga and how to apply it to the athletes you currently work with.
