Course: Conditioning in Team Sports

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Course title Conditioning in Team Sports
Course code KAS/KP1SH
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + On-line Activities
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Michalica Tomáš, Mgr. et Bc.
  • Svozilová Zuzana, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bělka Jan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hůlka Karel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Šafář Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. From performance analysis and diagnostics to training intervention. 2. Definition of programme goals and priorities. 3. Selection of training methods and training means. 4. Management of training volume, intensity, and frequency. 5. Autoregulation and individualisation of training load. 6. Programming strength development. 7. Programming hypertrophy within athlete preparation. 8. Programming explosive abilities and power. 9. Programming plyometric and speed training. 10. Combination of different physical training stimuli. 11. Design of a strength and conditioning session. 12. Organisation of training within a microcycle. 13. Design and progression of a short-term training block. 14. Integration of strength and conditioning with sport-specific training. 15. Nutritional strategies supporting training programme goals.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Observation, Demonstration, Training in job and motor Skils, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization), Group work
  • Homework for Teaching - 10 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 5 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 13 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to teach students how to translate sports performance demands and diagnostic results into a specific and systematically structured strength and conditioning programme. Students learn to establish training priorities, select appropriate methods and training means, manage fundamental training variables, and design training sessions, microcycles, and short-term training blocks within the context of sport-specific preparation.
Students are able to define training priorities, select appropriate training methods, manipulate training variables, design sessions and microcycles, develop a short-term training programme and progression, integrate S&C with sport-specific training, evaluate programme effectiveness, and connect training goals with an appropriate nutritional strategy.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of fundamental strength and conditioning principles, sports performance analysis, and athlete assessment covered in the preceding courses.

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

Successful completion of the course requires fulfilment of the specified course requirements and submission of assigned tasks in the Moodle learning management system.
Recommended literature
  • Beachle, T. (2008). Essentials of strength training and conditioning. Champaign, IL.
  • Bompa, T. O., & Haff, G. G. (2009). Periodization: Theory and methodology of training (5th ed.).. Human Kinetics.
  • Boyle, M. (2004). Functional training for sports.
  • Faigenbaum, A., Lloyd, R., & Oliver, J. (2020). Essentials of Youth Fitness.. Champaign, IL.


Study plans that include the course
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