Description:
| Aims: To extend the students knowledge of a range of contemporary sports performance issues.
Learning Outcomes: Students completing this unit will have extended their knowledge of a range of contemporary sports performance issues. Students will demonstrate an understanding of recent applied sport research.
Skills:
* Comprehensive and scholarly written communication (e.g. essays) F/A
* Effective oral communication (e.g. seminar presentations) F
* Ability to select, summarise and synthesis written information from multiple sources. F/A
* Ability to select and use appropriate ideas to produce a coherent response to a pre-set question. F
* Ability to produce work to agreed specifications and deadlines. F/A
* Ability to work independently, without close supervision of guidance. F/A
* Ability to work effectively as part of a group or team. F
(T: Taught, F: Facilitated, A: Assessed)
Content: Discussion of the development of applied sport research and of contemporary trends within it related to enhancement of sports performance. Applied sport research will be analysed from a range of disciplinary perspectives including (but not limited to) applied physiology, strength and conditioning, sports injury management, applied sports psychology, and sports nutrition.
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