- Docente: Samuele Maria Marcora
- Credits: 9
- SSD: M-EDF/02
- Language: English
- Moduli: Samuele Maria Marcora (Modulo 1) Samuele Maria Marcora (Modulo 2) Sandro Bartolomei (Modulo 3)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3)
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Wellness Culture: Sport, Health And Tourism (cod. 9227)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student acquires knowledge about: - sport classification and performance models; - methodologies and appropriate planning of the training for different kinds of sport and motor activity; - the principles and procedures for planning sport events and evaluate resources, areas, and facilities.
Course contents
The course contents are articulated in three different modules:
Module 1 (Marcora)
Traditional physiological models of endurance performance
Brain-based models of endurance performance
Testing and monitoring of endurance athletes
Overtraining in endurance athletes
Endurance training: continuous methods
Endurance training: interval methods
Module 2 (Marcora)
Introduction: training principles
Training periodization: historical perspective
Training periodization: scientific perspective
Training for muscle hypertrophy
Training for maximal strength
Training for muscle power
Recent advances in strength training (e.g. blood flow restriction, isometric pre activation, total body vs split routine)
Module 3 (Malagoli Lanzoni)
Introduction to performance analysis
Scientific literature on performance analysis
Performance indicators
Performance analysis: data collection
Performance analysis for team sports
Performance analysis for individual sports
Performance analysis: data analysis
Readings/Bibliography
Books
Haff, G. G., & Triplett, N. T. (Eds.). (2015). Essentials of strength training and conditioning 4th edition. Human kinetics.
Articles
Original research articles and literature reviews will be provided during the course on the platform for teaching support service called "Insegnamenti Online".
Teaching methods
Traditional lectures
Student debates (viewpoint and and point-counterpoint)
Small group work
On request, tutorials to be privately arranged with the lecturers
Assessment methods
The assessment methods for this course are:
1. Literature review (70 % of the final grade)
The student will write a critical review of five original research papers on a given topic related to physical training. The topic and more details about this assessment will be given during the course.
2. Individual oral presentation (30 % of the final grade)
The student will be given 15 min to orally present a given topic related to performance analysis. The topic and more details about this assessment will be given during the course.
Calculation of the final grade
The final grade will be calculated as the weighted average of the literature review grade and the individual oral presentation grade (range 0 to 30 cum laude). For the computation of the weighted average, a 30 cum laude grade will be counted as 32. A final grade of 30 cum laude will be given to a weighted average above 30. To pass, a minimum grade of 18 has to be achieved for both the literature review and the individual oral presentation.
Teaching tools
Laboratory at the "Centro Sportivo Universitario Record" in Bologna which has equipment for the testing and training of athletes.
Office hours
See the website of Samuele Maria Marcora
See the website of Sandro Bartolomei
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.