PERS40020 Planning in Strength and Conditioning

Academic Year 2021/2022

This module aims to provide students with advanced notions of strength and conditioning and its application to individual and team sports. It will promote discussion and critical evaluation of contemporary issues within the strength and conditioning literature in order to further refine and develop coaching practice. Students will be exposed to the most up to date research regarding physiological and neuromuscular responses to training methods. The module will place particular emphasis on the science underpinning planning and periodisation, with a review of advanced periodisation models. It will incorporate some practical work with applied scientific theory to bridge the gap between the science and application of strength and conditioning principles.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:

1) Critique emerging themes in the strength and conditioning literature, highlighting the differences between individual and team sports
2) Discuss the physiological and neuromuscular responses and adaptations to resistance exercise and training
3) Make use of modern technology, and interpret the information provided, to determine the appropriate training load in resistance training
4) Appreciate the intricacies of the dose-response relationship in order to determine the optimal training load
5) Organise an annual periodized programme at a meso- and micro-cycle level of detail and critically evaluate current research and practice that informs training programme design and implementation

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

36
Specified Learning Activities

64
Autonomous Student Learning

100
Total

200
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures / gym sessions / presentations 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Lab Report: Force/velocity and power/velocity curves and their application in Strength & Conditioning Week 10 n/a Graded No

40
Presentation: Annual training plan Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

60

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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Name Role
Professor Eamonn Delahunt Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Adam Grainger Lecturer / Co-Lecturer