HL30564: Applied sport biomechanics
[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
| Credits: | 7.5 [equivalent to 15 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 150 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CWOI 40%, CWRI 60% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Oral presentation and assessment (CWOI 40%)
- Report (CWRI 60%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must take HL30562
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Explain and critique different approaches to the biomechanical analysis of sports technique and performance
- Compile and review existing sports biomechanics literature and develop appropriate conclusions
- Formulate a protocol and conduct 3D motion analysis to evaluate a sports technique
- Compose a report to convey relevant interpretations of biomechanical data
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| Aims: | To provide students with knowledge and experience of applying biomechanical concepts to sports, and develop their ability to synthesise evidence and evaluate key principles underlying sports techniques.
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| Content: | - Different approaches to sport technique analysis (qualitative, quantitative and computer simulation)
- Applied sport research case studies
- Ground reaction force analysis from an applied sports perspective
- Differences between 2D and 3D kinematic analysis
- Plan and conduct a 3D kinematic technique analysis
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| Course availability: |
HL30564 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department for Health
- UHHL-AFB22 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Year 3)
- UHHL-ACB22 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Combined Professional Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
- UHHL-AAB22 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHHL-AKB22 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 4)
- UHHL-AFM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Year 3)
- UHHL-ACM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Combined Professional Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
- UHHL-AAM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHHL-AKM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
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