High Performance I

Subject code: SPO130

Subject Aim

Elite athlete development requires the use of complex, well planned training systems developed by exercise professionals. High Performance I explores the skills and knowledge required by coaches, sports trainers and physical development staff to provide guidance to athletes on a range of theoretical and applied learning experiences.

The subject provides the education required to utilise, monitor and reflect on an athlete’s own physical development system and to develop strength and conditioning for sporting performance.

Through the use of sports technology systems and their own athlete journals, students will regularly submit and analyse data relating to training loads, training quality, wellness, injury, recovery and movement screening. These diary entries and self-reflections, inclusive of goal setting and physical performance testing, allow the student to become responsible for monitoring their own physical performance and progress, and assist and instruct others.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain the role of different training regimes on physical development outcomes.
  2. Demonstrate the requirements of exercise programs for athletes.
  3. Identify the role of principles of strength and conditioning on athletic performance.
  4. Analyse the importance of balancing training loads, rest and recovery in achieving health and skill related components of fitness.

Student Assessment

Students are required to prepare for assessments by reading the subject matter in course notes, handouts and readings as well as independently researching. Class work and practical application of theory assist in reinforcing the importance of this subject’s topics. Each student is required to participate in class discussions and activities.

The overall assessment program is the following:

No Assessment Weighting Due Outcomes
1 Individual Journal 35% Week 4; Week 6 1, 2, 3, 4
2 Practical Activity 30% Week 9 1, 2
3 Case Study Report 35% Week 11 1, 2, 3, 4

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