OVERVIEW

This course promotes research on the assessment and monitoring of sports performance during training and competition, the development of training methods, the study of the maintenance and improvement of health in relation to the age and gender of the athlete and the determinants of physical activity.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The Integrated Didactic Module aims to deepen the approach to the main methodologies and techniques of sports movement analysis (ergometers, heart rate monitors, ECGrams, impedance meters, spirographs, etc.), thus maturing the processes of interpretation of functional assessment parameters (oxygen consumption, oxygen debt, energy cost and performance, lactatemia, anaerobic threshold, etc.).

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The teaching aims to provide scientific, theoretical and practical skills concerning the relevance and validity of methods, procedures and data analysis for the control of training and the evaluation of the various components of sports performance. 

At the end of the course, you will have to:

- To know the principles of functional assessment in low- and high-level athletes.

- To apply the various types of laboratory and field tests. 

- To know how to monitor training and competition conduct in endurance sports.  

- To assess the impact of strength, speed and agility training on sports performance.

- Analysing performance in cyclic and acyclic sports.

- To process data regarding functional assessment in sports performance.

- To know the methods of analysing aerobic and anaerobic performance.

TEACHING METHODS

The course is divided as follows: lectures and laboratory activities. The lectures will be held in the classroom while the laboratory activities will be carried out at the Sports Science Centre. During the laboratory activities, the notions seen in the classroom will be resumed and practical applications on these topics will be addressed.

In case of certification of specific learning disability, disability or other special educational needs, please contact both the Department contact person, Prof. Nicola Girtler, and the lecturer at the beginning of the lectures to agree on teaching and exam methods which, in compliance of the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory/dispensatory tools recognized by the University SLD Student Service.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Functional assessment of aerobic and anaerobic aspects of performance: The basic principles of functional assessment of aerobic and anaerobic fitness. Comparison of various test protocols performed on different ergometers. Identification of cardiorespiratory, metabolic and performance parameters obtained during testing.

Functional assessment of aerobic and anaerobic aspects of performance, Field Testing: Basic principles of conducting field evaluation. Differentiation between continuous incremental tests and intermittent tests. Indirect estimation and calculation of cardiorespiratory parameters such as maximum oxygen consumption and maximum heart rate. Use of Borg scales (6-20; CR 10) for the assessment of effort perception as a benchmark in tests.

Functional assessment of speed, repeated sprint ability and agility: Basic principles of functional assessment in speed, sprint and agility. Practical application of tests. 

Functional assessment of muscular strength and endurance: Basic principles of functional assessment of strength in sports performance. Comparison of various strength tests performed in the laboratory and field tests. Identification of the various performance parameters relating to strength.

Practical applications of the theoretical elements addressed: Analysis of contexts and fields of action, identification and choice of tests. Experimentation of certain tests and data analysis.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

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TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

1st semester.

The class schedule will be available at the following link: https://easyacademy.unige.it › portalestudenti

Class schedule

FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION IN SPORT

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The examination will be Written: open-ended questions. This teaching is part of the integrated course ‘Biological and biomechanical aspects of sports performance 1’. For this reason, the examination for this teaching module must be taken at the same time as the other 2 teaching modules on the same call date. 

The written examination will consist of two open-ended questions and will last 20 minutes. This part of the examination will be considered passed with a mark of 18/30. 

The examination of the integrated course will be considered passed if all three papers have achieved a mark of at least 18/30. The final mark for the integrated course will be derived from the weighted average of the three individual marks.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The written examination will test the acquisition of basic teaching knowledge. The questions will assess the ability to apply the acquired knowledge in both theoretical and practical areas. You must be able to link and integrate the knowledge acquired during lectures with the knowledge acquired during individual study. The written (open-ended) examination will focus mainly on the topics The written examination (open-ended) will mainly focus on the topics covered in the lectures, both theoretical and practical. level of basic knowledge, but also the acquisition of the ability to critically analyse the questions posed during the course. questions that will be asked during the examination.