HL12004: Science of sports performance
[Page last updated: 19 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
| Credits: | 15 [equivalent to 30 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 300 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRI 40%, EXCB 60% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Report Individual (CWRI 40%)
- Closed-book written examination (EXCB 60%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Describe the effect of training on a range of body systems, using an integrated systems approach
- Explain the role of specific physiological systems and processes as they relate to sports performance
- Explain the role of physiological testing
- Describe the scientific principles of training (specificity, progressive overload, variation, individualisation)
- Analyse the physical and motor fitness requirements of sport and how they interact during performance
- Explain the concepts of energy intake, expenditure and balance
- Analyse the role of the macronutrients in the context of an athlete's diets
- Describe the basic components of fluid balance
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| Synopsis: | Explore key concepts related to anatomy and physiology, nutrition, training principles and needs analysis.
This will allow you to perform a critical analysis of the role of sport science in supporting elite athlete development.
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| Content: | Physiological systems and processes; Acute and chronic responses to training; Physiological testing; Human movement/Needs analysis; Training principles; Energy balance; Macro-nutrients; Fluid balance and hydration
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| Course availability: |
HL12004 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department for Health
- UHHL-AFF30 : FdSc(Hons) Sport (Sports Performance) (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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