Provide nutrition information to athletes

Welcome to the workshop – Provide nutrition information to athletes.

This workshop describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to enable coaches to provide information to support their athletes to apply the principles and practices of nutrition to achieve peak performance in the relevant sporting activity.

This workshop applies to those working autonomously and within supervisory roles in a sport and recreation environment.

Workshop outcomes:

• Principles of sports nutrition may include those related to:
• The Australian dietary guidelines, Eat for Health
• Macro- and micro- nutrient intake to enhance training:
  • Eating and drinking before and during exercise
  • Recovery nutrition
• Managing physique (e.g. weight gain, weight loss)
• Hydration and fluid replacement
• Body image