Module SPRT2061: SPORT AND PERFORMANCE 2

Department: APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES (SPORT)

SPRT2061: SPORT AND PERFORMANCE 2

Prerequisites

• For Sport in the Community students: no prerequisites; for combined Social Sciences students: and all others SPRT1201.

Corequisites

• For Sport in the Community students: Coaching in Sport, Sport and Education, Research Methods, Sport and Exercise Physiology 2.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• to give students the opportunity to develop a fundamental knowledge and understanding of the role of nutrition, fitness testing and sports psychology in enhancing sports performance.
• Students will have the opportunity to raise their awareness of key agencies working within community sport and of selected practical activities.

Content

• This lecture programme provides a clear link between the practical and theory components contained within this module and addresses aspects of continuity associated with intra-module issues contained in year 2.
• The first area of study will include a thorough investigation into the strength and limitations of fitness testing in relation to sport performance.
• The second feature of the module will aim to further the students' awareness and understanding of the influence of key psychological factors in sports performance.
• Specifically these will include: motivation, the stress/performance relationship and imagery.
• The module will conclude with an investigation into how appropriate nutrition can contribute positively to performance in both training and competition.
• Early in the second term, through attendance at peer led seminars, students will have the opportunity of reviewing sporting agencies working in the community.
• The role of these support agencies, together with relevant government legislation, will be examined in the context of improving both participation and performance.

Learning Outcomes

• Students should be able to:
• explain the relationship between nutrition and sport performance,
• explain the influence of psychological variables on sport performance.

• undertake and evaluate fitness tests in relation to sports performance, demonstrate a knowledge of specific sports practised within the community,

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Assignment: 1000 words.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University