Thanks to this Professional master’s degree 100% online you will be able to master all the essential elements to progress in Professional Rugby”

One of the highest professional aspirations of any Rugby coach is to reach the elite and play in the Six Nations. Achieving this goal requires a deep knowledge of the sport and integrating the latest technological, nutritional or technical-tactical strategy advances for the improvement of the team and the players.

In this sense, the professionalization of this sport and its great worldwide repercussion has raised in the last years even more the competitiveness and demand at the highest level. For this reason, TECH has created this Professional master’s degree that provides future specialists in this sport, an intensive learning about Professional Rugby.

This is a 12-month program that will take students to deepen from a theoretical-practical perspective in the latest scientific evidence on certain physical preparation sessions, improvements in nutritional programs or psychological strategies in conflict resolution. All of this is complemented by pedagogical tools based on multimedia pills, essential readings and case studies that make this program even more dynamic.

Likewise, with the Relearning system, based on the reiteration of continuous content throughout the academic itinerary, the graduate will reduce the long hours of study and memorization. In this way, you will learn in a simple way and away from traditional pedagogical methodologies.

An excellent opportunity to progress through a flexible training program that you can access as and when you wish. All you need is a digital device with an Internet connection to view the content of the program at any time of the day. Thus, with no classroom attendance or classes with restricted schedules, students have greater freedom to self-manage their study time and make this teaching compatible with their daily activities.

A program that will allow you to keep abreast of the latest developments in nutrition for professional athletes Rubgy”

This Professional master’s degree in Professional Rugby contains the most complete and updated scientific program in the market. Its most outstanding features are:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in Rugby and areas such as Psychology, Marketing and Nutrition
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

With TECH's methodology you will be able to reduce the long hours of study and acquire a key learning in your professional progression in a simple way”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts.

Thanks to this program, you will work with greater precision on the strength, endurance and speed of your players"

It delves into Rugby VII, the form of rugby present in the Olympic Games and its technical specifications"

The program's syllabus is made up of multimedia didactic material, readings and case studies that will provide students with a theoretical and practical approach to Professional Rugby. In this way, the graduate will have access to a complete study plan that will lead them to deepen in the different modalities of this sport discipline, the most advanced coaching strategies for team management, as well as the incorporation of new technologies both for game analysis and for dissemination in the digital environment.

Numerous didactic material is available to enrich this intensive learning program in Professional Rugby”

Module 1. Rugby Modalities

1.1. Rugby

1.1.1. Rugby
1.1.2. Origins
1.1.3. World Rugby

1.2. Professional Rugby XV

1.2.1. Beginners
1.2.2. Rugby XV
1.2.3. Rugby XV in Spain

1.3. Rugby VII and Rugby XIII

1.3.1. Beginners
1.3.2. Rugby VII

1.4. Other varieties of Rugby

1.4.1. Inclusive and prison rugby
1.4.2. Rugby tag and Touch
1.4.3. Other varieties

1.5. General regulations

1.5.1. Introduction
1.5.2. Principles of the game
1.5.3. Regulations

1.6. Anti-Doping

1.6.1. Keep Rugby Clean
1.6.2. Nutrition and supplements
1.6.3. Medication

1.7. Anti-gambling

1.7.1. Antidoping Keep Rugby Onside
1.7.2. Discipline
1.7.3. Discipline

1.8. Values

1.8.1. Why defend these values?
1.8.2. Integrity
1.8.3. Third Half

1.9. Figure of the referee

1.9.1. Referee in Rugby
1.9.2. Referee gestures
1.9.3. Types of referees

1.10. Major championships

1.10.1. Rugby XV
1.10.2. Rugby VII
1.10.3. Rugby XIII

Module 2. Rugby XV Sports and Regulations

2.1. Specific regulations

2.1.1. Principles of the game
2.1.2. Principles of the laws
2.1.3. The Rules of Games

2.2. Player-specific skills

2.2.1. Development of specific conditional capacities
2.2.2. Development of coordination skills
2.2.3. Improved decision making process

2.3. Specific positions

2.3.1. Forwards
2.3.2. Scrum-Half
2.3.3. Three Quarters

2.4. Attack

2.4.1. The start of the game
2.4.2. The game at the meeting points
2.4.3. Counter-attack in the game and permanent reorganization

2.5. Defence

2.5.1. Tackling in Rugby XV: Introduction and types
2.5.2. Defense from launching points of encounter
2.5.3. Defense from static phases

2.6. Static phases

2.6.1. Melee
2.6.2. Touch
2.6.3. Center Kick

2.7. Maul, ruck and breakdown

2.7.1. Maul
2.7.2. Ruck
2.7.3. Breakdown

2.8. Basis of the game system

2.8.1. The start of the game
2.8.2. The game at the meeting points
2.8.3. Counter-attack in the game and permanent reorganization

2.9. Session Structure

2.9.1. Player initiation period
2.9.2. General exercises
2.9.3. The training session

2.10. Rival analysis

2.10.1. Offensive system analysis
2.10.2. Defensive system analysis
2.10.3. Static phase analysis

Module 3. Specific preparation Rugby XV

3.1. Rugby XV

3.1.1. Nature of the sport
3.1.2. Playing demands on strikers
3.1.3. Three-quarter play demands

3.2. Strength

3.2.1. Requirements and principles based on sport
3.2.2. Strength-hypertrophy
3.2.3. Power

3.3. Speed

3.3.1. Requirements and principles based on sport
3.3.2. Acceleration
3.3.3. Speed

3.4. Resistance

3.4.1. Requirements and principles based on sport
3.4.2. Running displacement resistance
3.4.3. Resistance to high intensity actions

3.5. Test

3.5.1. Interest
3.5.2. Endurance Test (e.g. 1200m Shuttle Test or Bronco Test)
3.5.3. Strength Test

3.6. Static phases

3.6.1. Melee
3.6.2. Touch
3.6.3. Implications for physical preparation

3.7. Contact

3.7.1. Requirements and principles based on sport
3.7.2. Influence on training
3.7.3. Implications for physical preparation

3.8. Injuries

3.8.1. Epidemiology of injuries
3.8.2. Injury mechanisms
3.8.3. Concussions

3.9. GPS Technology

3.9.1. Interest
3.9.2. Study variables
3.9.3. Ball in Play y Worst Case Scenario

3.10. Role of FP for Rugby Performance

3.10.1. Monitoring
3.10.2. How to plan
3.10.3. How to program

Module 4. Rugby VII Sport and its Regulations

4.1. Specific regulations

4.1.1. Principles of the game
4.1.2. Principles of the laws
4.1.3. The Rules of Games

4.2. Player-specific skills

4.2.1. Development of specific conditional capacities
4.2.2. Development of coordination skills
4.2.3. Improved decision making process

4.3. Specific positions

4.3.1. Forwards
4.3.2. Methods
4.3.3. Three Quarters

4.4. Attack

4.4.1. The start of the game
4.4.2. The game at the meeting points
4.4.3. Counter-attack in the game and permanent reorganization

4.5. Defence

4.5.1. Tackling in Rugby VII: Introduction and types
4.5.2. Defense from launching points of encounter
4.5.3. Defense from static phases

4.6. Static and dynamic phases

4.6.1. Melee and touch
4.6.2. Maul
4.6.3. Ruck

4.7. Center kick-off

4.7.1. Importance of the center kick in Rugby VII
4.7.2. Center kicks in favor
4.7.3. Center kicks against

4.8. Basis of the game system

4.8.1. The start of the game
4.8.2. The game at the meeting points
4.8.3. Counter-attack in the game and permanent reorganization

4.9. Session Structure

4.9.1. Player initiation period
4.9.2. General exercises
4.9.3. The training session

4.10. Rival analysis

4.10.1. Offensive system analysis
4.10.2. Defensive system analysis
4.10.3. Static phase analysis

Module 5. Specific preparation Rugby VII professional

5.1. Rugby VII

5.1.1. Nature of the sport
5.1.2. Playing demands on strikers
5.1.3. Three-quarter play demands

5.2. Strength

5.2.1. Requirements and principles based on sport
5.2.2. Strength - hypertrophy
5.2.3. Power

5.3. Speed

5.3.1. Requirements and principles based on sport
5.3.2. Acceleration
5.3.3. Speed

5.4. Resistance

5.4.1. Requirements and principles based on sport
5.4.2. Running displacement resistance
5.4.3. Resistance to high intensity actions

5.5. Test

5.5.1. Interest
5.5.2. Endurance Test (e.g. 1200m Shuttle Test or Bronco Test)
5.5.3. Strength Test

5.6. Static phases

5.6.1. Melee
5.6.2. Touch
5.6.3. Implications for physical preparation

5.7. Contact

5.7.1. Requirements and principles based on sport
5.7.2. Influence on training
5.7.3. Implications for physical preparation

5.8. Injuries

5.8.1. Epidemiology of injuries
5.8.2. Injury mechanisms
5.8.3. Concussions

5.9. GPS Technology

5.9.1. Interest
5.9.2. Study variables
5.9.3. Ball in Play y Worst Case Scenario

5.10. Role of FP for Rugby Performance

5.10.1. Monitoring
5.10.2. How to plan
5.10.3. How to program

Module 6. Rugby team management

6 1. Rugby Teams

6.1.1. Group
6.1.2. Equipment
6.1.3. Tribe

6.2. Communication

6.2.1. Same language
6.2.2. Needs and demands
6.2.3. Silences

6.3. Manage the sports team

6.3.1. Mission
6.3.2. Objectives
6.3.3. Strategy

6.4. Leading the team

6.4.1. Individual competencies
6.4.2. Staff competencies
6.4.3. Collective competencies

6.5. Team Empowerment

6.5.1. Getting the best out of your staff
6.5.2. Getting the best out of your team
6.5.3. Getting the best out of employees

6.6. Leadership

6.6.1. Active Listening
6.6.2. Type of leadership
6.6.3. Advantages and Disadvantages

6.7. Management Styles

6.7.1. Synergies
6.7.2. Addressing diversity
6.7.3. Sense of belonging

6.8. Keys

6.8.1. Participation
6.8.2. Assessment
6.8.3. Most suitable role

6.9. Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

6.9.1. Recognition and detection
6.9.2. Map of the conflict
6.9.3. Assertiveness and empathy

6.10. Protocols

6.10.1. Creation
6.10.2. Implementation
6.10.3. Review

Module 7. Injury Prevention Physiotherapy and

7.1. Sport Physiotherapy

7.1.1. Sport Physiotherapy
7.1.2. Field service
7.1.3. Security and assistance

7.2. First Aid

7.2.1. First assistance
7.2.2. Airway
7.2.3. Basic Principles of Cardioplegia

7.3. Most common pathologies in Rugby

7.3.1. Spine and head trauma
7.3.2. Upper Limb
7.3.3. Lower Limb

7.4. Concussion: Recognize and remove

7.4.1. What is concussion?
7.4.2. How to recognize a concussion?
7.4.3. Progressive return to play

7.5. Re-adaptation to gambling

7.5.1. Return to the post-injury game
7.5.2. Load control
7.5.3. Interdisciplinary collaboration and return to the game

7.6. Injury Prevention

7.6.1. Preseason
7.6.2. Self-care and healthy habits
7.6.3. Proprioception, cognitive work and spatial control

7.7. Preparation and field service: Minute by minute

7.7.1. Pre-game Organization, management and specific work
7.7.2. Field service
7.7.3. Care and protection

7.8. Post-match and recovery

7.8.1. Post-match: care and recovery
7.8.2. Individual work and self-care
7.8.3. Collective work and rest

7.9. Control and follow-up: Medical management of equipment

7.9.1. Medical control in a professional team
7.9.2. Player baseline status check
7.9.3. Treatments, injury monitoring and recovery

7.10. Medical equipment

7.10.1. Basic medical equipment and material management
7.10.2. Medical devices: management and storage
7.10.3. Material organization and control

Module 8. Sports nutrition applied to Rugby

8.1. Physiological basis for Rugby nutrition

8.1.1. Macronutrients
8.1.2. Digestion and Absorption of Nutrients
8.1.3. Energy Balance

8.2. Metabolism and Energy Pathways in Rugby

8.2.1. Phosphagen pathway (ATP)
8.2.2. Glycolysis
8.2.3. Fatty acid oxidation

8.3. Body composition in Rugby (XV and 7)

8.3.1. Body composition in Rugby XV forwards
8.3.2. Body composition in Rugby XV three-quarter rugby players
8.3.3. Body composition in Rugby 7's players

8.4. Anthropometry in professional rugby teams

8.4.1. Body Composition Estimate Methods
8.4.2. Methods of estimating body composition
8.4.3. Differences between Rugby XV and VII

8.5. Nutritional periodization in Rugby XV

8.5.1. Pre-season and post-season
8.5.2. In-season and game week planning
8.5.3. Planning during period of injury

8.6. Nutrition for body composition change

8.6.1. Fat loss
8.6.2. Increased muscle mass
8.6.3. Body re-composition

8.7. Nutritional periodization in Rugby 7

8.7.1. Rugby 7's preseason
8.7.2. Rugby 7's tournament week
8.7.3. Post season

8.8. Sports supplementation in Rugby (XV and 7)

8.8.1. Supplements evidence group A
8.8.2. Supplements evidence group B and C
8.8.3. Supplements not allowed

8.9. Nutrition during Rugby matches/tournaments (XV and 7)

8.9.1. Provisions during Rugby XV matches
8.9.2. Post-match recovery
8.9.3. Pre-competition carbohydrate loading

8.10. Nutritional advice to professional rugby players/teams

8.10.1. Goal setting and dietary interview
8.10.2. Development of team guidelines
8.10.3. Elaboration of a personalized nutritional plan

Module 9. Applied Psychology

9.1. Psychology and Sports Coaching

9.1.1. Important Aspects
9.1.2. The importance of psychology in sports
9.1.3. The role of the sports psychologist/coach

9.2. Psychological preparation for sport and physical activity: Rugby schools

9.2.1. Sport, health and psychology
9.2.2. Intervention with coaches and families of young athletes
9.2.3. Advice on the relationship between athletes, families and sports coaches: the importance of education in values in sport

9.3. Counseling and psychological techniques for sportsmen and women: training the future elite

9.3.1. Optimization of the Athlete's Learning and Search for Consistency in their Performance
9.3.2. Psychological intervention with young athletes and the transition to professional sport
9.3.3. Talent Management

9.4. Psychological intervention in competitive sport: sports elite

9.4.1. Optimal level of activation and emotional management in sports practice
9.4.2. Stress and Anxiety Intervention
9.4.3. Locus of control of the elite athlete

9.5. Psychological variables in sports performance

9.5.1. Positive and emotional psychology
9.5.2. Self-confidence and self-concept in the athlete
9.5.3. Athlete's Personality

9.6. Individual and group intervention in sports coaching: planning and implementation of a psychological program

9.6.1. Psychological intervention techniques
9.6.2. Design of individualized intervention plans
9.6.3. Design of intervention plans in the teams

9.7. Tools in sports coaching: GOAL, SWOT and Wheel of Life

9.7.1. META Model
9.7.2. SWOT Analysis
9.7.3. Wheel of life

9.8. Burnout in the athlete

9.8.1. Symptoms of the syndrome
9.8.2. Actions with the athlete
9.8.3. Prevention of new cases

9.9. Health and emotional well-being of the athlete

9.9.1. Effects of overtraining
9.9.2. Psychological implications of sports injury prevention and recovery
9.9.3. Flow

9.10. Withdrawal from sporting activities

9.10.1. Transition from elite sport and return to normalcy
9.10.2. Redefining the athlete's identity
9.10.3. New roles acquired

Module 10. Sports marketing and sponsorship

10.1. Sports Marketing

10.1.1. Marketing
10.1.2. Differences between a company and a sports entity
10.1.3. Trends in Sports Marketing

10.2. Sponsorship

10.2.1. Mission and value
10.2.2. Differentiation
10.2.3. Strategy

10.3. Sponsorship II

10.3.1. Activation
10.3.2. Measurement
10.3.3. Monitoring

10.4. Patronage

10.4.1. Definition
10.4.2. Differences
10.4.3. Advantages and Disadvantages

10.5. Sponsorship

10.5.1. Definition
10.5.2. Evolution and versions
10.5.3. Advantages and Disadvantages

10.6. Organization of Events

10.6.1. Audience segmentation
10.6.2. Contents
10.6.3. Recruitment and loyalty

10.7. Distribution Channels

10.7.1. Digital Presence
10.7.2. Activations
10.7.3. Email Marketing

10.8. Personal Branding in the digital ecosystem

10.8.1. Values
10.8.2. Target
10.8.3. Branding

10.9. Personal Branding II

10.9.1. Advertising
10.9.2. Image Rights
10.9.3. Success Stories

10.10. Digital revolution

10.10.1. E-Sports
10.10.2. Apps
10.10.3. Digital ambassadors

Boost the brand of your Rugby team or club in the new digital ecosystem thanks to this university program”