HL10523: Applied practice in sport and exercise
[Page last updated: 15 October 2020]
 Academic Year: | 2020/1 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
| Credits: | 15 [equivalent to 30 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 300 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Description: | Aims: To provide students with the understanding and insight as to how different disciplines work within a high performance environment. To develop skills that are crucial for success when working in a high performance environment. Learning Outcomes: 1. Define both talent development environments (TDEs) and high performance environments in sport (HPEs), and describe and explain their component factors, drawing on relevant theories 2. Observe coaching sessions, and identify and link relevant theories and practices 3. Utilise testing equipment to run athletic tests and be confident in interpreting results 4. Analyse and assess theoretical concepts within strength and conditioning and their application within the field 5. Design and lead a coaching session that will improve athletic performance that is underpinned by the concepts of specificity and adaptation 6. Describe the roles of sports and exercise scientists in recognising and tackling contemporary challenges, including those within TDEs and HPEs. Content: Students will explore the role and remit of a sport scientist through a series of lectures, practicals coaching sessions, observational sessions, and seminars based sessions. * Students will explore both Talent Development Environments (TDE) and High Performance Environments (HPE) contexts, from the perspective of a prac-academic. * Key theoretical, research based, and professional practice issues from both talent development environment (TDEs) and high performance environment (HPE) will be discussed and observed. * Student's ability to observe and reflect will be taught and facilitated throughout the unit to demonstrate links between academic and practical settings. * Independent observation of practical coaching and practitioner led sessions will enable students to describe and understand how these environments operated and are managed. Weekly observations (both individually, and group level) will be driven by weekly content of the lectures, seminars, and guest sessions. * Opportunities will be provided to complete additional vocational qualifications alongside the unit to complement development as an applied sport scientist. * Students will develop and refine their personal coaching skills through a series of practical coaching series, focussed upon a specific discipline of sport science. * Students will be offered the opportunity to present and discuss their ideas, observations, and findings to coaches and practitioners operating within such environments. |
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HL10523 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department for Health
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