Course curriculum

  • 1

    Intro

    • Welcome - Dr. Marc Bubbs

    • Course Overview
  • 2

    Module 1: Understanding Energy Systems in Football

    • [1.1] Game Day & Training Demands

    • [1.2] Quiz

    • Research Papers to Explore
  • 3

    Module 2: The Nuances of 'Sugar'

    • [2.1] What Is Sugar?

    • [2.2] Quiz
  • 4

    Module 3: Macronutrients for Football Players

    • [3.1] Macronutrients in Football

    • [3.2] Practical Applications for Performance Chefs

    • [3.3] Module 3: Quiz

  • 5

    Module 4: Recovery Nutrition - Post-Game Fueling

    • [4.1] Recovery Nutrition: Training & Game Day

    • [4.2] Module 4 - Quiz

  • 6

    Module 6: Body Composition - Bigger, Leaner, Faster

    • [6.1] Football Player Characteristics

    • [6.2] Body Composition in Football

    • [6.3] Body Comp in Football - Case Study

    • [6.4] Module 6 - Quiz

    • Research Papers to Explore
  • 7

    Module 7: Injury Nutrition - Recover Faster

    • [7.1] Nutrition for Injury & Return to Play

    • [7.2] Hydration

    • Research Papers to Explore
  • 8

    Module 9: Concussion Nutrition - Support the Brain

    • [9.1] Nutrition for Concussion

    • [9.2] Module 9 - Quiz

    • Research Papers to Explore
  • 9

    Module 10: Periodizing Nutrition - Why & How?

    • [4.1] Periodizing Nutrition in Football

    • [4.2] Module 4 - Quiz

  • 10

    Course References

    • Football Performance Nutrition - Course References

Instructor(s)

Primary Author

Pratik Patel

For 7 years, Pratik also worked at the collegiate level at Kansas State, Michigan State, and the University of Oregon where he had the opportunity to build, grow, and integrate sports nutrition departments from the ground up and worked with numerous championship-winning teams across a number of sports.

Primary Author

Charles Ashford

Charles has over seven years of applied experience working with division one collegiate American football athletes. He holds a master’s degree, a post-graduate diploma in sports nutrition, a sports nutritionist registration through the British Dietetic Association (SENr) as well as the International Society of Sports Nutrition.