Rugby League Strength & Conditioning Trainer

A 12-week applied course that starts with a two-day practical workshop and develops the core skills required to profile, prepare and progress rugby league athletes.

Duration

12 weeks

Delivery

2-day workshop + online

Built for

Coaches, physios, practitioners and athletes

What you will develop

Knowledge that survives contact with the real world.

Understand rugby league match demands and the physical qualities behind performance.

Profile players by position and identify practical development priorities.

Coach safe strength, power, speed and agility activities for rugby league.

Develop energy systems and contact preparation with purposeful progressions.

Use basic baseline and post-programme testing to measure change.

Build, present and evaluate a six-week programme for a selected athlete.

Meet your tutor

Hani Assi

MSc, ASCC · Founder & Course Lead

MSc Strength & Conditioning: University of East London
UKSCA Accredited Coach: Accredited Strength & Conditioning Coach (ASCC)
UKSCA Licensed Partner: Level 3 S&C Trainer delivery

Hani is the founder of Assi X Performance and AXP Academy, with more than 15 years of experience across strength and conditioning, coach education and elite sport in the UK, Saudi Arabia and internationally. He holds an MSc in Strength & Conditioning from the University of East London, where he studied as a Chevening Scholar.

His experience includes the Saudi Olympic Training Centre, Saudi national teams, Great Britain and England youth basketball, and Leyton Orient FC. He supported Saudi basketball at the Hangzhou Asian Games and para-athlete preparation for Paris 2024, alongside work across rugby league and women’s basketball. His work also includes supporting elite and professional combat sports athletes, including professional boxer Hamza Sheeraz.

A former guest lecturer and lead S&C coach at the University of East London, Hani brings an educator’s eye to practical coaching. His teaching connects the evidence to the decisions you make with athletes: what to assess, how to programme, how to coach and when to progress.

Course pathway

How the learning progresses

Week 101

Two-day workshop

Learn the sport, practise the coaching models and establish the practical foundation.

Weeks 2–402

Safety & demands

Complete safety evidence, explore positional demands and submit the MCQ.

Weeks 5–703

Coach the qualities

Develop strength, speed, agility and energy-system coaching; submit Assessment B.

Weeks 8–1204

Build the programme

Profile an athlete, complete six weeks of training and present the final evaluation.

Assessment is part of the learning.

You will build evidence across the course instead of facing one mystery hurdle at the end.

Assessment A: uploaded safety walk-through video.

Week 4 multiple-choice knowledge assessment.

Assessment B: uploaded video coaching a session.

Assessment C: needs analysis, testing, six-week programme and final video evaluation.

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