- 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)
Research methods to investigate sport training
How to write a literature review (exam preparation)
Module 2 (Marcora)
Theoretical models of endurance performance
Testing and monitoring of endurance athletes
Adaptations to Endurance training
Overtraining in endurance athletes
Module 3 (Bartolomei)
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)
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 Virtual Learning Environment
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 method for this course is a take-home assignment (literature review on a topic related to sport training chosen by the student) discussed during the oral exam. The literature review has to be submitted a week before the oral exam. More details will be provided during Module 1 (exam preparation).
Teaching tools
Laboratory at the "Centro Sportivo Universitario Record" in Bologna which has equipment for the testing and training of athletes.
Virtual Learning Environment platform which includes announcements and online discussions, scientiffic articles, presentation slides and other teaching material.
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.