| CODE | PHE0101 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Sports Science | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 00 - Mod Pre-Tert, Foundation, Proficiency & DegreePlus | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 4 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute for Physical Education and Sport | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit focuses on the areas: Fitness and its Assessment, Nutrition, Conditioning and Training, Prevention of Injuries and recovery, The Human Body and basic first aid. Apart from theoretical lectures, this unit provides also practical sessions in the delivery of First Aid procedures and application of first aid principles. Study Unit Aims: The study-unit aims at: 鈥� Providing students with the basic and essential concepts in Nutrition; 鈥� Providing students with the basic and essential concepts in developing Fitness and ways of assessing it; 鈥� Providing students with basic and essential concepts in training and conditioning; 鈥� Providing students with basic and essential concepts in injury prevention; 鈥� Engaging students in basic first aid protocols and provision. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge and Understanding By the end of the study unit students will be able to: 鈥� Apply in practice principles of basic first aid and exercises which would help prevent injury; 鈥� Design activities which target improving strength and conditioning in young athletes; 鈥� Structure assessment protocols to help assess the young performer. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit students will be able to: 鈥� Reflect on differences in conditioning and training younger and older athletes; 鈥� Plan progressive injury prevention activities and protocols; 鈥� Plan nutritional recommendations for the young performer; 鈥� Critically reflect on nutritional needs in relation to the sport and activity loads of the individual. Reading List: Supplementary reading - Turner, G. (2023). The Young Athlete鈥檚 Perspective: Talent Development Stories: What They Want and Need. - Bompa, O.T, Sarandan, S. (2022). Training and Conditioning Young Athletes. - Kilgannon, P. (2018). Coaching Children In Sport-The CARVER Framework. - Toms, M., Jeanes, R. (2022) Routledge Handbook of Coaching Children in Sport (Routledge Research in Sports Coaching). - Bean. A. (2022). Sport Nutrition for YOUNG ATHLETES. - Lair, C., Murdoch,S. (2017). Feeding the Young Athlete: Nutrition Made Easy for Players, Parents and Coaches. Handouts and resources handed by lecturers. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Practical | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Danica Bonello Spiteri Herman Bugeja Leandros Calleja Lara Gerada Brenda Muscat |
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