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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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SE 420 - Special Topics: Spt. Perf. Train.

Credits: (4 credits)

“Sport Performance Training” is an in-depth look at the many aspects of preparing athletes for optimal sports performance. The course focuses on the assessment of various components of fitness and the subsequent design of training programs that are based on the results of these assessments and the needs of a given sport. Optimal sports performance also depends on nutrition, mental preparation, injury history and other such factors. These factors will also be explored in keeping with the basic philosophy that the development of the all-around “complete athlete” usually results in the most successful athlete. The course is very “hands-on” by having the student perform many of the assessments and training activities.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following:

  1. Identify and explain the fundamentals of training athletes, including the important fitness components, the principles of training, and the negative effects of overtraining;
  2. Identify and explain the adaptations that occur due to chronic training in various aerobic, anaerobic and resistance programs;
  3. Explain the influence that the environment can have on the acute responses and chronic adaptations due to training in heat and humidity, cold, and at altitude;
  4. Explain the influence that age differences and gender differences can have on the acute responses, chronic adaptations, and sport performance of children versus adults and males versus females.



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