- Docente: Rocco Di Michele
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-EDF/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Sciences and Techniques of Sports Activities (cod. 6783)
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from Oct 01, 2025 to Dec 17, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to: select and administer the most appropriate tests for evaluating different physical capacities based on each athlete’s characteristics, and use the obtained results to individualize training loads and assess the effectiveness of training programs; monitor, using various tools and technologies, both internal and external training loads, in real time and offline, in order to appropriately modulate training programs
Course contents
Introduction to sports evaluation and characteristics of tests
Assessment of aerobic and anaerobic endurance
Assessment of power
Assessment of strength and muscle endurance
Assessment of speed and agility
Assessment of flexibility and coordination skills
Monitoring internal load
Monitoring external load
Monitoring recovery
Readings/Bibliography
Slides used during lectures will be made available.
Students can also use the following books to consolidate and expand on the topics treated in the lectures:
- Fukuda D. (2019). Assessments for sport and athletic performance. Champaign: Human Kinetics
- McGuigan M. (2017). Monitoring training and performance in athletes. Champaign: Human Kinetics
Teaching methods
Classroom-based lectures
Assessment methods
Oral examination consisting of three questions, one of which concerns the Attività tecnico-pratiche
Teaching tools
Whiteboard, videoprojector
Office hours
See the website of Rocco Di Michele
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.