These services are intended for athletes in the high-performance sport process, as well as for professional and semi-professional clients.

You benefit from a fully customized service offering, based on an assessment of your specific needs.

• Following an analysis of your needs during a preliminary meeting, our team of experts will propose a package of services specifically adapted to your sporting reality, in line with the latest developments in the field.
• By centralizing your services at the Institut national du sport du Québec, you benefit from the expertise of our renowned interdisciplinary specialists, who have access to cutting-edge technologies in world-class facilities.
• Following the services we offer, we will provide you with a variety of relevant documents to help you make the most of your project.

OUR GUARANTEE

Reliability

The experience and expertise of INS Québec staff guarantees that when physical tests are performed, they are done according to a rigorous protocol that ensures the accuracy and reliability of results.

Reproducibility

In a physical assessment context, the selection and assessment protocols are designed to ensure that the results are easy to reproduce when the test is repeated under the same conditions, regardless of which specialist is subsequently called upon to repeat the test. This makes it possible to assess improvement or lack of progress for each variable evaluated.

Speed

The Institute is committed to the efficient planning and delivery of your services, guaranteeing rigorous, realistic and appropriate intervention planning.

INS Québec reserves the right to accept only one-time activities for which:

• 1) The quality is sufficiently high;
• 2) The safety of the participants is assured;
• 3) The proposed tests are appropriate, meet the needs of the sport, and the required material and human resources are available.

Applicants will be invited to consult specialists from INS Québec’s medical or scientific teams when developing or reviewing their applications, to assess them in terms of quality, safety, feasibility and scientific merit.

Our Services

Medical services

• Nutrition consultation or assessment
• Assessment and analysis of body composition using anthropometric measurements (ISAK)
• DEXA (Evaluation and analysis of body composition with report. Consultation with nutritionist required, not included)
• Resting electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Blood test and vaccination
• Preseason evaluation with doctor
• Isokinetic dynamometer evaluation, including report
• SFMA functional evaluation and exercise prescription
• Assessment of current level of function (baseline) using neuro-optometry, neuropsychology, physical reactivation of the autonomic nervous system and physiotherapy (cervical and vestibular assessment) to establish a reference baseline in the event of concussion and to identify current deficiencies as part of a prevention program.
• Massage therapy
• Neuropsychology
• Mental performance
• Physiotherapy
• Psychology
• Sports therapy
• Sports vision

Scientific services

• Sleep analysis
• Fitness assessment based on sport-specific characteristics
• Mental performance consulting
• Biomechanics/performance analysis consultation
• Exercise physiology consultation
• Running tests (distance limit or time, Léger-Boucher/RHIET, Sprint, etc.)
• Muscular endurance tests, muscular flexibility, maximum power and strength, agility, etc.
• Speed-strength tests on ergometer
• Physical preparation consultation
• Jump tests (vertical/horizontal) on strength platform
• Isometric mid-thigh pull© test
• Incremental tests on ergometers, VO2max (with or without lactatemia)
• Wingate test (with or without lactatemia)

Workshops and conferences

The choice of workshops and conferences is not limited to this list. They are simply examples of themes in which we have developed expertise.

NUTRITION

• Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S)
• Body composition assessment and periodization
• Assessing the nutritional requirements of sports performance
• Hydration and nutrition during recovery
• Basic nutrition
• Nutrition and hyperhydration in weight category sports
• Supplements for athletes
• Hydration: strategies for optimizing endurance performance
• Planning nutritional interventions
• Effective dietary strategies in competition
• Eating disorders & sports: myths & misconceptions

HEALTH, INJURY PREVENTION AND CONCUSSION

• Managing jet lag
• Recovery: an overview of methods
• Analysis of heart rate variability in relation to concussion
• Sheathing to prepare and protect athletes engaged in an intensive training program
• Returning to sport after a concussion
• Sleep
• Optimizing training follow-up and injury prevention
• Trajectories of visual functional capacity after concussion

MENTAL PREPARATION

• Improving mental preparation for competition
• Mindfulness benefits performance
• Well-being and performance for developing athletes: creating an environment conducive to achieving personal and sporting excellence
• Developing self-confidence
• Effect of perceptual-cognitive training
• Effect of fatigue on decision-making
• EMDR: an innovative approach to mental performance
• Goal setting for athletes: An overview of techniques
• Assessment in sport psychology: tools and processes
• Assessing the mental demands of sport
• Managing stress and emotions: Perspectives from clinical psychology and mental preparation
• Adaptation
• Ego in sport: a strength, a weakness or a bit of both?
• Performing on demand: How to prepare mentally and manage performance stress
• Planning mental preparation interventions
• Taking care of your psychological health and recognizing signs of distress to better support athletes
• Team sports psychology
• Tolerating discomfort to optimize athletic creativity
• Resting heart rate variability: measurement and effect of mental preparation to improve it

TRAINING PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT / PHYSIOLOGY

• Performance analysis: Movement and correction
• Biomechanics: from theory to practice
• How to optimize the layout of training sessions
• Create training sessions targeting different physiological qualities
• Create a recovery plan
• Creating an annual plan
• Training load and intensity distribution
• Polarized training and other load distribution methods
• Assessing the mental demands of sport
• Recovery: an overview of methods
• De-training
• Overtraining
• The benefits of using the Hexfix platform for your training planning
• The basics of physiology
• The subtleties of training planning for techno-artistic and techno-tactic sports
• Minimizing interference in muscle and energy training
• Block periodization
• Planning effective training and interventions
• Plan mental preparation interventions
• Plan nutritional interventions
• Planning micro-cycles
• Quantifying and monitoring training load
• Monitoring training load and resting heart rate variability
• Planning theory

PHYSICAL PREPARATION

• Create training sessions targeting different physiological qualities
• Develop physical preparation programs
• Training load and intensity distribution
• Concurrent training and interference management
• Speed training
• Polarized training and other load distribution methods
• Running
• Strength training for children and adolescents
• Technology for physical preparation
• Sheathing to prepare and protect athletes engaged in an intensive training program
• Training monitoring
• Ischemic preconditioning
• Longitudinal monitoring of strength and speed
• Interval training
• Fitness assessment methods
• Strength platforms: an effective tool for evaluating athletes
• Optimizing strength training sessions
• Prevention of de-training
• Principles of motor learning
• Practical session in physical preparation
• Taking physical preparation out of the gym
• Technology and performance analysis tools
• Testing and monitoring the development of physical qualities

LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION

• How to foster enriching communication between coaches and Integrated Support Team (IST) members
• How to stay motivated as a coach
• Interpersonal communication
• Evaluating and improving leadership effectiveness
• Self-management and stress
• Conflict management
• Managing an Integrated Support Team (IST)
• Integrating innovations into training
• Working with new generations
• Athlete decision-making
• Self-management skills
• Optimizing athlete feedback
• Planning personal development
• Ethical practices
• Strategic decision-making and change management
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Values, mission and coaching philosophy

Facility Rental

• Meeting room with technology
• Meeting room without technology
• Sports facilities rental:
  • Boccia
  • Fencing
  • Gymnasium
  • Gymnastics
  • Judo
  • Trampoline
  • 3m pool
  • Diving pool
  • 50m competition pool
  • 50m training pool
  • 25m competition pool
  • 25m training pool
  • Pool lanes