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Eleiko Weightlifting Level 1 Live Course
Elevate Your Coaching Skills with Eleiko Weightlifting Level 1 Live Course
Join the Eleiko Weightlifting Level 1 Live Course
The Eleiko Weightlifting Level 1 live course is meticulously crafted to help you develop a profound understanding of effective instruction, cueing, and feedback. This course provides a structured system for assessing and progressing both novice and advanced weightlifters.
Discover the Eleiko Learning System
Eleiko is setting a new standard in education with a comprehensive range of programs that seamlessly blend in-depth written course content with a hands-on approach to lifting proficiency, program development, and coaching excellence. Our Eleiko Learning System combines innovative learning design with effective instructional strategies, creating the most engaging, learner-centric experience available for Olympic lifting, powerlifting, and functional strength training.
Competency-Based Curriculum
Our curriculum is designed to be competency-based, enabling participants to immediately apply their skills and knowledge to enhance the success of their athletes, members, and themselves. At Eleiko, our passion for strength, performance, and equipment is matched only by our education team’s commitment to quality teaching. We focus on teaching how to teach, not just what to teach.
Eleiko Weightlifting Level 1 Live Course Overview
Our two-day course is designed to upskill coaches in coaching techniques, technical movement, and programming for weightlifting. Participants will be introduced to essential weightlifting movements, including the snatch and clean & jerk, as well as front and overhead squats. Additionally, the course covers the fundamentals necessary to build basic weightlifting training programs and integrate weightlifting into traditional programming.
Key Learning Outcomes
During this course, you will:
- Master Proper Lifting Technique: Utilize stance, grip, position, and action to instruct proper lifting techniques.
- Identify and Correct Compensations: Uncover a simple framework to systematically spot, adjust, and correct lifting compensations.
- Manipulate Program Variables: Learn how to adjust acute variables of a program to achieve desired outcomes.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Confidently and systematically progress novice or advanced lifters through weightlifting movements.
- Practice various movement screens to determine an individual’s appropriate starting point.
- Identify compensations and understand their impact on lifting mechanics.
- Utilize a framework for addressing compensations and enhancing lifting performance.
Course Content Breakdown
- Introduction & Performance
- Weightlifting Movement Screens
- The Snatch
- The Clean
- The Jerk
- Coaching Techniques
- Lifting from the Floor
- Compensations and Corrections
- Coaching to Address Compensations
- Coaching Activities
- Programming, Placement, and Progressions
What’s Included
- Two days of live education (16 hours total)
- Eleiko Weightlifting Level 1 Certificate for CEUs
- Comprehensive course manual
What to Bring
Participants are encouraged to bring:
- Appropriate clothing and attire for movement and hands-on time with equipment
- Any learning tools (electronic devices or written materials)