65962 - Science and Technique of Team Sports

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the students: -will be able to analyze different team sports from a physical and technical/tactical point of view using notational analysis and match analysis; - will know the main training methods for technical, tactical, and physical training used by high-level teams in the most popular team sports in Italy; - will be able to use sports performance analysis tools for monitoring and planning training sessions, and within a context of applied research; - will be able to plan specific training sessions for athletes of different gender, age, and playing level; - will understand the structure and organization of coaching staffs and professional figures in different team sports; - will know principles of team's organization and managing in teams of different levels (National, youth, senior etc.); - will know errors correction procedures: management of time and space in the team's tactics.

Course contents

• Quantification of the training load

Sport-specific training and testing of

• Endurance

• Strength

• Repeated sprint ability

• Agility

• Match analysis: origins, goals, and methodologies

• Notational analysis

• Motion analysis

• Software for match analysis in team sports

• Longitudinal analysis of physical and technical-tactical data

   

• Recovery means and strategies

• Injury prevention means and strategies

• Strength training for injury prevention

• On-field recovery for injured athletes

Readings/Bibliography

• Scientific papers and book chapter that will be indicated for each specific topic

Teaching methods

• Tradictional lectures

• Practical sessions

• Seminars given by coaches

Assessment methods

Written examination (with multiple-choice and open questions) and oral examination

Teaching tools

Video projector, PC, tools for testing and training monitoring, match analysis software

Office hours

See the website of Rocco Di Michele