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Sports Physiology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:01.07.2024 09:21:28
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LSPA_284 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.33 | ECTS: | 2.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sports Science | Target Audience: | Sports Trainer; Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Kalvis Ciekurs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE) | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | LSPA, Brīvības gatve 333, Riga, LV-1006 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 9 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 18 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | 1. the knowledge acquired at LASE in the year of studies in anatomy, normal physiology, age-specific physiology and foundations of biochemistry. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To teach basic concepts of sports physiology, to analyse body adaptation mechanisms and factors determining ability to work in different types of sports loads, to develop skills in determining and evaluating individual physiological indicators. Tasks: 1. To teach how to understand and evaluate physiological indicators of physical load intensity, to provide basic principles of physiological classification of physical exercises. 2. To view physiological changes in the body in the conditions of the body specific to sport and in sports loads of varying intensity, to develop skills in determining and evaluating physiological indicators. 3. To provide physiological justification for teaching movements and development of physical properties, to view the basic principles of weight regulation, to characterise signs of overtraining, to develop skills in determining and evaluating physiological indicators of individual physical properties. 4. To characterise body adaptation mechanisms and factors determining the ability to work in unusual environmental conditions. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Bioenergy of muscles. Physiological indicators of load intensity. Physiological classification of physical exercises. Physiological changes in the body in various sports-specific conditions. Physiological justification of learning movement skills. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||||
| 2 | Muscle strength, ways of realising it. Muscle activity power. Strength endurance. Physiological justification of strength training. Speed, its forms of expression, physiological justification of development. Maximum anaerobic power. Lactate anaerobic power and speed endurance. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||||
| 3 | General aerobic endurance. Maximum O2 consumption, aerobic and anaerobic change thresholds. Physiological justification of endurance training. Signs of overtraining. Physiological mechanisms of developing flexibility. Physiological preconditions for manifestation and development of coordination skills. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||||
| 4 | Changes in ability to work and mechanisms for adapting the body during training at middle altitude. Changes in ability to work in heat and cold. Thermal regulation reactions, adaptation mechanisms. Circadian biorhythms of body functions. Time zones. Desynchronosis of functions and adaptation of the body to another time zone. Peculiarities of the activity of the body in the aquatic environment. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Bioenergy of muscles. Physiological indicators of load intensity. Physiological classification of physical exercises. Physiological changes in the body in various sports-specific conditions. Physiological justification of learning movement skills. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Muscle strength, ways of realising it. Muscle activity power. Strength endurance. Physiological justification of strength training. Speed, its forms of expression, physiological justification of development. Maximum anaerobic power. Lactate anaerobic power and speed endurance. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | General aerobic endurance. Maximum O2 consumption, aerobic and anaerobic change thresholds. Physiological justification of endurance training. Signs of overtraining. Physiological mechanisms of developing flexibility. Physiological preconditions for manifestation and development of coordination skills. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Changes in ability to work and mechanisms for adapting the body during training at middle altitude. Changes in ability to work in heat and cold. Thermal regulation reactions, adaptation mechanisms. Circadian biorhythms of body functions. Time zones. Desynchronosis of functions and adaptation of the body to another time zone. Peculiarities of the activity of the body in the aquatic environment. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 1. To prepare for the test work on the topic: energy of muscle work, physiological classification of physical exercises, physiological changes in the body in various sport-specific conditions, physiological justification for learning movement skills. 2. To prepare for the test work on the topic: muscle strength, muscle activity power, physiological justification of strength training, speed, its forms of expression, physiological justification of development. 3. To prepare for the test work on the topic: general aerobic endurance, physiological indicators characterising it, physiological justification of endurance training, physiological mechanisms of developing flexibility, physiological preconditions for manifestation and development of coordination skills. 4. To prepare for the test work on the topic: changes in the body’s ability to work under different external environmental conditions, adaptation and acclimatisation to unusual external environmental conditions. 5. To prepare theoretically for laboratory works. 6. Prepare for an examination in sports physiology. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Knowledge, skills and competences of students are assessed in four test works (1) energy of muscles, physiological indicators when performing loads of varying intensity, physiological justification for the formation of movement skills; 2) physiological justification for developing strength, power, strength endurance and speed properties; 3) general endurance, its indicators and physiological justification of training; 4) adaptation and acclimatisation of the body to various external environmental conditions), for which points are obtained. Skills and competences of students are assessed in three laboratory works (determining the incorporation of circulatory and respiratory systems when doing physical exercise and the recovery of their indicators after load; the latent period of a simple and complex movement reactions, maximal isometric force, vertical jump power; endurance skills of athletes using step tests and load tests on a cycle ergometer, to determine the maximum oxygen consumption by indirect method, by performing a step incremental intensity load on a cycle ergometer, to perform flexibility and balance tests). Students acquire skills: to prepare theoretical justification for laboratory work, to measure human physiological and working capacity parameters individually and collectively, to select appropriate measurement methods, tests and tools, to interpret them, to compare them with indicators of other athletes and literature data, to explain the causes of deviations from the norm and differences in physical capacity to work. When the study course is over, a differentiated assessment on a 10-point scale is provided based on the sum of points obtained without an additional examination (summative assessment). To get a positive assessment for the study course, the total points should sum up to at least 4: for a student to get a final assessment, the four tests (test works) provided for in the study course must be passed, the laboratory work must be done and passed, which must be done on time (before the date of the final test). If a student is absent or does not pass a test work, the test work must be retaken and passed. In laboratory work, students should fill the measurement protocol individually. Conclusions should be drawn on compliance of the results obtained with the standard, and they should be interpreted. If the test (test work) or laboratory work is failed, the opportunity is given to re-take this test or laboratory work while learning the study course, by prior agreement with the teacher, but not later than within two weeks after the end date of the study course. If, within two weeks after the end of the study course, the student has not met the requirements of the study course, he/she may, until the end of the semester, take them only with the permission of the LASE Study Department for a fee (service according to the rates approved in the Senate decision). If the requirements of the study course have not been met by the end of the semester, the student may take this study course in the next year of studies in accordance with the general procedure. Final assessment: when the study course is over, a differentiated assessment is provided based on the sum of points obtained without an additional examination. In case of active participation in seminars and positive dynamics of knowledge, skills and competences, the final assessment is increased by one point upwards in favour of the student. If a student has received a successful final assessment, but wishes to receive a higher assessment, he/she may, within two weeks after the end of the study course, take a final test for the entire study course. If a student has not done so within two weeks after the end of the study course, then he/she may take the final test twice during the semester only with the permission issued by the LASE Study Department for a fee (service according to the rates approved in the Senate decision). The assessment of the last repeated test remains valid. The procedure for examining students’ appeals is in place. Each test work is assessed on a 10-point grading scale (the passing test work is assessed with not less than 4) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | To demonstrate comprehensive and healthcare-specific knowledge of basic and specialised facts, theories, patterns of acute and chronic effects of physical loads of varying duration and intensity on the human body, adaptation of the human body to different external environmental conditions, knowledge of technologies for measuring physiological indicators, physical properties and critical understanding of this knowledge: using the theoretical foundations learned in Sports Physiology, skills to determine and interpret human physical properties; to take responsibility and initiative when doing study and laboratory work individually, in a team or managing the work of other people when jointly developing laboratory work. Knowledge obtain knowledge: 1. Supply of muscles with energy during physical loads of varying duration and intensity, physiological indicators of physical load intensity and physiological classification of physical exercises. 2. Functional changes in the body in various sports-specific conditions. 3. Functional changes in the body in sports loads of different nature and intensity, and mechanisms for adapting the body to systematic training loads. 4. Physiological justification for developing physical characteristics and learning of movement skills, signs of overtraining. 5. Characteristics of the body’s capacity to work under different external environmental conditions. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students master skills: 1. To determine the latent period of simple and complex movement reactions. 2. To perform strength, flexibility and balance tests. 3. To perform muscle strength and power tests (power – to use a special computer program for drain up a jump test protocol in vertical jump tests). 4. To measure endurance skills of athletes using step tests and load tests on a cycle ergometer (using specially designed computer programs, learns how to pre-program the load test protocol and adjust it during performance). 5. To determine the incorporation of circulatory and respiratory systems into physical loads. 6. To determine the maximum oxygen consumption by indirect method (pulse rate) by performing a step incremental intensity load on a cycle ergometer. 7. Knows how to find and use internet resources for finding and creative use of load tests and other materials. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students master competences: 1. To determine physical characteristics indicators and compare with literature data. 2. To assess athlete’s or patient’s degree of cardiorespiratory system training. 3. To use knowledge of sports physiology in practical activity – by drawing up sets and programmes of physical exercises, planning physical activities for groups of people of different ages, assessing pupils’ and adults’ fitness, etc. 4. Associates knowledge acquired in sports physiology with skills and knowledge acquired in theory of sport and sport medicine. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | 1. Brēmanis E. Sporta fizioloģija. - Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1991.- 245 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | 2. Pontaga I. Aerobās izturības attīstīšanas fizioloģiskais pamatojums. Mācību līdzeklis LSPA studentiem. LSPA - Rīga, 2014, 44 lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | 3. Wilmore J.H., Costill D.L. Physiology of Sport and Exercise. Human Kinetics, 1999, printed in USA, 710 p. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | 1. Pontaga I. Aerobās izturības treniņš. Vispusīgās fiziskās sagatavotības trenera rokasgrāmata (redaktori: R. Līcis, U. Grāvītis, S. Luika). Latvijas Treneru tālākizglītības centrs, 2015, izdevējs SIA „DUE”, 148 – 167 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | 2. McArdle W.D., Katch F.I., Katch V.L. Essentials of Exercise Physiology. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2000, printed in USA, 679 p. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | 3. The Physiology of Training. Whyte G. (Ed.), Churcill Livingstone, Elsevier, 2006, 246 p. | ||||||||
| 2 | 4. Hoffman J. Physiological Aspects of Sport Training and Performance. Human Kinetics, 2002, printed in USA, 344 p. | ||||||||
| 3 | 5. Housh T.J., Housh D.J., deVries H.A. Applied Exercise and Sport Physiology with Labs. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2016, London and New York, 481 p. | ||||||||
