NUTRITION FOR AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Build a football nutrition system you can use all year.
Learn a practical framework for football nutrition across preparation, training, competition, and recovery. The course helps coaches and practitioners connect nutrition principles with the demands of the football calendar.
Use the lessons and resources to inform decisions for the athletes you support, accounting for their position, goals, current needs, available information, and program resources.
Created by Pratik Patel, MS, RD, CSCS, former New York Giants Director of Performance Nutrition and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach.
18 videos • 17.5 hours • Self-paced learning in Skool
Already purchased? Transfer your course access.Purchased by coaches and practitioners from NFL and Division I programs.
24 programs represented • 3 NFL teams • 21 NCAA Division I programs
Programs represented by course purchasers.
NFL
- Kansas City Chiefs
- New York Giants
- New York Jets
NCAA Division I
- Air Force
- App State
- Arizona
- Cincinnati
- Florida
- Iowa
- Kansas State
- Maryland
- Miami (FL)
- Mizzou
- Northwestern
- Ole Miss
- Oregon
- Rutgers
- Tennessee
- Towson
- UCF
- UMass
- UNC
- Villanova
- Wake Forest
For the people responsible for putting nutrition into practice.
- Sports dietitians and nutrition professionals building or refining their approach to football.
- Strength and conditioning coaches who want fueling and recovery to support the training plan.
- Football coaches, athletic trainers, and performance staff who want to coordinate more effectively with nutrition and medical colleagues.
- Graduate students and developing practitioners preparing to work in a football environment.
You can use the material within your role, whether you support a full performance department or work with limited staff and resources.
Have a clearer answer when the next football nutrition question comes up.
A player needs to change body weight. Practice times move. The team travels. A familiar plan becomes harder to execute during camp. The useful question is what to adjust for that athlete, that schedule, and that part of the year.
This course helps you connect the assessment, the training demands, and the practical setup so you can explain your choices and work with the staff responsible for carrying them out.
A resource you can return to throughout the football year.
Explore the topics covered across the football year.
Time-motion demands and bioenergetics
Nutrition periodization for the entire year
- Winter offseason
- Spring
- Summer
- Training camp
- In-season
- Health, stress, and performance frameworks at each stage
Getting everyone on the same page
- How to get everyone on the same page and maximize opportunities
Nutrition assessment
- How to figure out what your players need, their habits, and what they know
Body composition assessment and frame-size profiling
- How big your players can get, how much mass their frames can hold, and what it all means
Nutrition for body composition and weight changes
- Realistic and ideal ways for players to gain or lose weight
- 2 case studies
- The frameworks used to achieve this
Nutrition for training and competition
- Guidelines and recommendations: before lifts, practices, and games; during practices and games
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- Nutrition options provided at the facility
- Hotel, travel, and game-day setup
- Sideline and halftime
- Hot and cold weather conditions
- Altitude
Cramping
- Risk factors, assessment, and what you can do
Hydration for training and competition
- Risk factors, assessment, products to use, and how to hydrate
- Before, during, and after training and competition
Recovery nutrition
- Macro and micro guidelines, functional foods, and supplements
- How to optimize recovery nutrition based on periodization and goals
Sleep
- Circadian rhythms and chrono-nutrition
- Ideal amount, sleep stages, sleep environment, and sleep hygiene
- Napping
- Sleep effects on performance
- Sleep assessment
- Sleep deprivation and poor sleep: what can be done
Nutrition and sleep
- Diet types
- Timing
- Functional foods
- Supplements
Injury nutrition
- Injury etiology and common injuries seen in football
- Individualized testing and the big areas you may be missing
- Nutrition frameworks for specific injuries
- Injury case study
- Immunity
- Inflammation
Supplementation
- Supplementation categories
- Supplementation guidelines
- Products used and dosing
The recorded course and the materials behind it.
- 18 videos with 17.5 hours of recorded instruction.
- 266 slides included with the resource.
- Approximately 300 references.
- Practical case studies and examples from college football and the NFL.
- Course delivery through Skool, so you can learn at your own pace and revisit the material.
Work through the course in sequence to develop the broader framework, or return to a relevant lesson when you are planning for a specific challenge.
Get Course Access | $997
Learn from someone who has had to make the decisions.
I’m Pratik Patel, a sports dietitian, strength and conditioning coach, and founder of Blueprxnt. My work has included roles with Michigan State, Oregon, and the New York Giants, where I served as Director of Performance Nutrition and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach.
Working across nutrition, strength and conditioning, recovery, and sports medicine taught me to consider the athlete and the environment together. I created this resource to share the reasoning, practical lessons, and implementation experience behind that work.
The aim is to help you make informed decisions in your own setting, using the staff, schedule, and resources available to you.
Start with the part of your program you want to improve.
- 1
Choose your priority.
Identify a current planning or implementation question.
- 2
Review the relevant lessons.
Consider the examples alongside your athletes and setting.
- 3
Apply and reassess.
Select a practical change within your role, coordinate with the appropriate staff, and review how it works.
You can spread the learning around your working week. There is no live attendance schedule for the recorded course.
Get Nutrition for American Football.
$997
one-time purchase
Get the complete recorded course and included materials, delivered through Skool. Use it to support your development as a practitioner and as a reference when you are planning across the football year.
Lifetime access to the course. All sales are final; refunds are not offered.
Want a place to ask questions as you apply the material?
You can separately join the practitioner Q&A area for $25/month. Ask Pratik questions about professional practice and applying what you learn. This is an optional subscription that you can cancel at any time.
The $997 course purchase does not enroll you in the Q&A subscription. Canceling Q&A does not remove your purchased course access.
Frequently asked questions
Is this for coaches or athletes?
It is designed primarily for coaches, dietitians, and practitioners working with football players. It teaches professional reasoning and implementation. Individual athlete coaching and a personalized nutrition plan are separate services.
Do I need to work in Division I or the NFL?
No. Those environments inform the examples, but the course is also relevant to practitioners in other settings. Apply the material according to the athletes, resources, and responsibilities in your program.
Where do I access the course?
The resource is now hosted in Skool. After purchase, follow the supplied instructions to create or connect your account and access the course.
Do I have to watch everything in one sitting?
No. The course is recorded and self-paced. You can work through it over time and return to the topics most relevant to your work.
Was the course newly recorded for Skool?
The original course was created and released in 2022. It has moved from Teachable to Skool. The platform move is not a new recording of every lesson.
Is the practitioner Q&A included?
No. The practitioner Q&A is a separate, optional $25/month subscription that you can cancel at any time. Course access does not require that subscription.
I already purchased on Teachable. Do I need to pay again?
No. Previous purchasers receive lifetime access to the resource in Skool. Contact us with the email used for your original purchase so we can help connect your access. Please check before purchasing again.
Is there a refund policy?
No. All sales are final and refunds are not offered. New buyers receive lifetime access to the course in Skool.
Can I purchase access for my staff?
Contact Blueprxnt about access arrangements before purchasing for multiple people. Individual and staff access must follow the purchase terms; do not assume one login covers the whole staff.
Bring a practical nutrition system to your next season
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