Performance Sport opportunities

Performance squads

Our performance squads have been strategically selected to allow us to support a range of high performing student athletes in meeting their potential. Students in our performance squads receive access to a variety of services including:

• specialist coaching from some of the leading practitioners in their sports
• pre-season programme in August / September (start week is sport specific)
• weekly strength and conditioning coaching in NTU’s high performance centre
• access to weekly triage, prehab and rehab physiotherapy in our designated physiotherapy facilities at Clifton and City campuses
• sport specific nutrition and psychology guidance
• all transport and accommodation costs to BUCS fixtures / competitions

Performance squads are:

• Basketball (Men's & Women's)
• Canoe
• Equestrian
• Football (Men's & Women's)
• Hockey (Men's & Women's)
• Lacrosse (Men's & Women's)
• Netball
• Table Tennis
• Rugby Union
• Squash
• Swimming (in partnership with NOVA centurion)

Performance sport support

We provide our performance squads and sport scholars with a variety of support tailored to their individual needs and requirements.

The support service programme is made up of:

• strength and conditioning provided by Sport 981
• physiotherapy / sport therapy, lead by our Head of Physiotherapy Mike Whichello
• our growing psychology programme, delivered in partnership with the university’s sport science department
• our nutrition programme, which provides our athletes with one-to-one guidance regarding appropriate diet and supplementation
• lifestyle support and guidance, both on a group and one-to-one basis overseen by our sport scholarship team