Training Methods and Short and Long-term Effects

Code: DES10225M

3 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours

Scientific Area: Human Kinetics

Teaching languages: Portuguese, English

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English, Spanish

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

4. Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

OBJECTIVES
- Understand, reflect and deepen the fundamental concepts of Sports Training;
- Mastery of the concepts of sports training, sports preparation, sports performance and training methodology;
- Know the biological laws of adaptation, the methodological and pedagogical principles of Sports Training;
- Understand the mechanisms of load-adaptation dynamics;
- Conceptually define each of the performance factors, within the structure of different motor skills, distinguishing individuals without and with pathology and the elderly population;
- Know how to apply the main instruments and tests for assessing motor skills;
- Master the structural components of the training load, operationalizing sessions for specific motor skills;
- Master the means and methods of training for the development of different motor skills;

1 - General fundamentals of sports training and biological mechanisms of adaptation
1.1 - Structural components of the training load
1.1.1 - Physiological and technical-tactical plan
1.2 Biological Laws of adaptation
1.3 Methodological and pedagogical principles of training
2 - Definition of training methods
3 Means and methods of training different motor skills and their relationship with exercise and health
3.1 - Cardiovascular training
3.2 - Speed training
3.3 - Strength training
3.4 - Flexibility training

Teaching Methods

According to the pedagogical model, the aim is to teach centered on student learning, which is unified in the development of skills. The unit is organized into theoretical classes and tutorials. Theoretical are plenary and based on the scientific method, valuing information research, the interpretation of experimental results and a critical attitude with scientific rigor. There is the application of transversal skills to other UCs, associated with the relationship with the community, particularly when applying assessment instruments and protocols. Still in conjunction with the pedagogical model, there is a rapprochement between teaching and research, in which they are given the opportunity to learn about the research that is carried out in this scientific domain. In this context, projects that take place within the scope of the UC contents are also introduced, with some students being given the opportunity to participate European project: https://www.healthyw8.eu).

Assessment

According to UÉvora's pedagogical model, self-regulatory assessment practices for students' learning aim to ensure that assessment is placed at the service of learning, and should address both the assessment of knowledge acquisition and the development of skills. In this sense, the evaluation of this UC includes carrying out a work (scoring 100% of the final classification), in which students must relate the training of one of the motor skills covered in classes, with a health benefit or any condition. special or pathological. The assessment by exam will be the same.
Students are also given the opportunity to carry out the final work with content different from that proposed. In this case, they must first ask the teacher for a prior opinion on the subject, which will be accepted if it relates content covered in the UC with exercise and health.