Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Sport and Exercise Sciences
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
6302SPS-JAN-CTY
Aims
To develop students' ability to examine and critically analyse the physiological and/or mechanical responses to football-specific exercise. Develop students' theoretical knowledge and understanding on the factors that contribute to effective training programme design in football and develop their ability to critically analyse the research evidence associated with these factors for a range of populations.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Philosophy of Practice
Anxiety, stress & coping
Approaches to applied practice
Lab and/or field-based measurement of physical function in football
The mechanisms of fatigue
Principles of training / periodisation
Strength training in football (adaptation/programming/measurement)
Training load theory & Practice in football (internal/external load)
Aerobic & Anaerobic training (adaptations and prescription)
Injury & return to play
Growth and maturation and youth athletes
Female athlete physiology
Concurrent training and macrocycle scheduling
Nutrition for performance / periodisation
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to develop your knowledge, understanding and ability to critically evaluate key psychological concepts that influence development and performance in and through football related contexts, and to develop your critical understanding of the application of these principles in football settings.
The aim of this module is to develop your knowledge, understanding and ability to critically evaluate key psychological concepts that influence development and performance in and through football related contexts, and to develop your critical understanding of the application of these principles in football settings.
Additional Information:BUES mapped.
Assessments
Presentation
Report