About
We want you to be the best possible athlete when attending the University of Manchester. To do this we not only offer scholarships but also engage athletes in a range of support services to enable each individual to reach their potential.
A number of our services are open to our scholars and performance teams in addition to some services offered as part of our one to one support of the university community.
Strength and Conditioning
Our experienced Strength and Conditioning coaches are driven to support athletes to achieve their physical potential. Strength and Conditioning coaches work alongside sport coaches and other sport science and medicine practitioners to provide integrated support, centred on athlete performance. Our Strength and Conditioning team work with each athlete to understand their physical development needs to ensure they are physically prepared to meet the demands of their sport. Their support includes diagnostics and testing to support effective programmes for all athletes they support.
Our Strength and Conditioning service is offered to scholarship athletes and performance team sports and is based at the Armitage Sport Centre, alongside venues across Greater Manchester.
The University of Manchester has proudly been a TASS delivery site since the programme began in 2004. Our Strength and Conditioning coaches have worked with a wide variety of athletes and sports to help them develop towards their sporting ambitions and goals.
Physiotherapy and Sport Rehabilitation
Physiotherapy and Sport Rehabilitation supports athletes both by injury prevention and rehabilitation support. Our dedicated physiotherapy and Sport Rehabilitation team provide support to our scholarship athletes, TASS and performance sport teams. Our team work closely with the Strength and Conditioning coaches and multi-disciplinary team to provide a seamless pathway of support from injury occurrence to your return to playing.
Our team work alongside coaches to understand the sporting demands for each athlete and support athletes through a proactive service to reduce the risk of injuries. They also provide match day pitch side support and can work alongside medical services to ensure the full spectrum of support is available for athletes and teams for their fixtures.
Performance Lifestyle
To excel in your studies/career and sport, athlete’s require a range of skills to balance the demands of different areas and chapters of their lives. Our team of lifestyle advisors support personal, professional and academic skill development for our scholarship and TASS athletes, supporting and empowering them to develop skills to achieve in their sport, studies and in their lives ahead.
Operating as a one-to-one service, performance lifestyle advisors help our athletes to understand their goals – whether academic, sporting, professional or personal – and support them to plan towards their successful achievement.
Nutrition and Psychology
Nutrition
Our nutrition support empowers athletes to make good choices to fuel their sports performance and provides life long skills to take ownership of their nutrition. Nutrition support comes in a range of formats, from one-to-one meetings to group-based kitchen practicals. Our exceptional nutritionist has specific experience working with student-athletes and the challenges they face to fuel well, often on a budget.
Psychology
Mental performance in sport and wellbeing is a highly valued service in our sport scholarships and TASS programmes. Our psychology practitioners can support our athletes to prepare for the demands of their sport and to overcome barriers to their performance and mental wellbeing.
Both our nutrition and psychology practitioners are part of our multi-disciplinary team, providing holistic and integrated support to our athletes to help them to excel in their sport and their studies
Support Services for you or your organisation
University of Manchester Performance Sport Services staff have a wealth of experience from supporting Olympic and Paralympic medallists, professional sportspeople, National Governing Bodies and professional clubs. Our staff are accredited and certified in their fields and have an excellent track record of success.
Our outstanding support services are also available to clubs, federations and individual athletes. To discuss your needs, please contact sport@manchester.ac.uk for a conversation on how our services can enhance your sports performance.
Further information
Contact Us
+44 (0)161 529 4444
sport@manchester.ac.uk
