Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienze e Tecniche Avanzate dello Sport (LM-68)

The teaching contributes to the realization of the educational objective of the Course in Advanced Sports Sciences and Techniques providing the student with knowledge and competences to understand the field of matter.

The course aims to propose a method of study to handle an appreciable number of knowledge and skills related to the techniques of sport (ToS).

To highlight the main transversal content of ToS, attributable to the sports specialty known today, defining the system to trace the athlete's performance model.

To develop and study the technical-sports knowledge that the future experts of physical training and sector specialist in the sports training field must possess and administer properly.

Provide ideas, solutions, proposals and experiences to solicit and guide students to carry out study activities of ToS, including the production of online material and the management and organization of a sporting event.

In particular, in relation to the educational objectives of the course of study, the teaching is aimed to:

• provide a solid preparation capable of allowing the planning, conduct and management of motor activities, taking into account any gender specificities
• provide knowledge of the theoretical, methodological and technical foundations of training in the various disciplines
• provide in-depth knowledge on the most appropriate methodologies and techniques for the functional assessment of the athlete, with maximum attention to the protection of his health which must be protected from the risks associated with doping activities
• allow work with ample autonomy, even assuming project responsibilities
• deepen the applications relating to the experimental and analytical methods used in the field of sport
• acquire the skills necessary for the realization of technical-sporting projects with the aim of measuring and evaluating the effects of motor and sports activity of practitioners
• provide the essential notions for the transfer and development of skills in the various fields of knowledge relating to human movement
• provide a theoretical-practical preparation capable of developing, starting from an acquired scientific basis, new knowledge useful in addressing new lines of research in accordance with the development of the sector

Candidates at the end of the course will:

Knowledge and Understanding

demonstrate knowledge and understanding that will allow us to develop and / or apply original ideas, often in a research context;

Applying Knowledge and Understanding

be able to apply their knowledge, comprehension skills and ability to solve problems with new or unfamiliar issues, inserted in broader (or interdisciplinary) contexts connected to their field of study;

Making Judgements 

have the ability to integrate knowledge and manage complexity, as well as make judgments based on limited or incomplete information, including reflection on social and ethical responsibilities related to the application of their knowledge and judgments;

Communication Skills

know how to communicate their conclusions, as well as the knowledge and rationale underlying them, clearly and unambiguously, to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors;

Learning Skill

have developed those learning skills that allow them to continue to study mostly in a self-directed or autonomous way.

The teaching is structured in such a way as to provide the student with cognitive elements given by the direct experiences of coaches, trainers, athletes and field trips for the visualization of training sessions at both technical/tactical and conditional levels.

Here are some of the training and performance models covered:

• Triathlon 
• Male football 
• Skiing and sliding 
• Cycling 
• Women’s football  + women’s rugby 
• Women’s boxing + aesthetic gymnastics 
• Heavy athletics 
• Crossfit 
• Mountain race 
• Ultramarathon 
• Tennis, padel, badminton 
• Thai mma + Krav
• Motor sport
• Precision sports: bowls + fencing + archery
• Underwater caving
• Trekking 
• Vietnam and Sino-Vietnamese disciplines
• Paragliding
• Wrestling and Greek Roman Wrestling 

Here are some of the topics transversal to the sports covered:

• Genre sport
• Handicap and sport (Paralympics and special olympics)
• Pharmacological and methodological doping
• Sport business and sport show-business
• Agonism in children and hyperspecialization
• Technological doping and hyper technology
• Hyper Selection and genetic modification, towards the outdated
• Records and limits in sport
• Human biological limits
• The technical classification of sports
• The service models
• The tests for the sport
• Mental coaching
• Scientific resources and pseudoscience
• Functional adaptations, core and balance
• Virtual vs real sport at the time of social networks, artificial intelligence and virtualized worlds

The lessons have a total duration of … hours. The method of administration of the course includes lectures in presence. The teaching material will be made available through the Moodle platform through the e-learning page. The instructions for using the platform are available at this link.

The Commission shall, as and when it deems appropriate, assess the candidate/applicant/a by considering:

1. active participation in lessons;
2. the knowledge acquired in class and judged, if necessary, also in progress.

The examination test will take place orally in the presence, or in videoconference if it is impossible to carry out the test in the presence.

The final vote will be given by

Evaluation of a performance model, which will have to be uploaded on the site chinesiologiasportiva.page as explained in class (lesson 2 on moodle); to enter your model go to the following site and insert the requested information in the doc file

or

Evaluation of the translated part from https:///www.topendsports.com/ always loaded on the site as explained in the lecture  (lesson 2 on moodle)

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3 take home message derived from 3 scientific articles in the field of sports and/ or medical-biological to be loaded on the private telegram group at the following link Telegram as shown in class and as visible in the presentation of the course: drive

The final judgment will then consist of 10 points for the loaded performance model, 10 points for the analysis of literature and 10 points for the oral interview that will focus on sports techniques addressed in class and/ or chosen as analysis for the performance model. Accuracy, attention to detail, the use of correct terminology and the use of scientific bibliographical sources will be evaluated.

Non-Italian students: on request the exam can be taken in English, with answers in English, French or Spanish.

Invite experts in sports for specific seminars.

Professor is available in the hours of receipt available on his profile or before and after the lesson.

De Castro P, Guida S, Sagone BM (2004). Diciamolo chiaramente. Roma: Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore, 83-130.