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ED30466: Managing the performance athlete 1

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2012/3
Follow this link for further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Education
Follow this link for further information on credits Credits: 6
Follow this link for further information on unit levels Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Follow this link for further information on period slots Period: Semester 1
Follow this link for further information on unit assessment Assessment: CW100
Follow this link for further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Reassessment not allowed
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Follow this link for further information on unit content Description: Aims:
This unit is designed to provide the student with a detailed knowledge and practical understanding of how to manage the lifestyles of sports performers from a primarily sociological perspective.

Learning Outcomes:

* Understand how athletic identity impacts on the performance athlete both during the sport career and in transition;
* Develop effective intervention strategies to cope with positive / negative transitions in sport;
* Understand the range of support services available to the performance athlete;
* Analyse the requirements / issues that impact on a performance athlete�s lifestyle.

Skills:
Academic study skills; collecting data; assessing the reliability and validity of data, analysing data, presenting data in a format appropriate to the content and audience.

Content:
Factors affecting the performance and management of elite performers:
* Issues surrounding athletic identity construction, confirmation and rejection
* Identity foreclosure in performance sport and its consequences
* Transitions during and from elite sport and the consequences of transition
* Theoretical interpretations of the factors impacting on athletic identity
* Sociological theories and their impact on performance athletes
* Lifestyle management interventions.
Follow this link for further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

ED30466 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Education
  • UHED-AFB06 : BSc (hons) Sport (Sports Performance) (Work-based Learning) (Full-time) - Year 1

Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2012/13 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2013/14 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2012/13.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.