We’ve just launched our new Yoga Coaching Course and we can’t wait to share it with you. So, here’s a 4-minute video clip from the 19-minute section about the Science of Stretching from the course! We hope you enjoy it.
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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.
Yoga Coaching Course
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
Yoga Coaching Course