Theory and Methodology of Training - Youth

Code:

TD23

Acronym:

TD23

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Sports Sciences

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	2nd Cycle in Sport Training - High Performance Training e Youth Training

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
2CTD	22	Official Plan (2018 - )	1	-	3	21	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To provide students the knowledge and skills regarding the organization and direction of sport training during the youth longterm athletic development.

Learning outcomes and competences

To develop skills of critical thinking on training practice, and on designing applied sport training studies.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Long-term athletic development:
1.1 The participation of children and youth (C&Y) in sport. 1.2 Long-term athletic development model for elite performance;
1.3. Competitive participation of C&Y;

2. Training Methodology of physical capacities:
2.1. Strenght;
2.2. Speed;
2.3. Agility;
2.4. Endurance;
2.5. Flexibility.

3. Recruitment and selection in the stages of athletic development;
3.1. Sports talent: theoretical and operative concepts;

3.2. Prediction of performance and limits of selection;
3.3. Selection tools;
3.4. Selection stages
3.5.Talents promotion.

Mandatory literature

Paul Ford , Mark De Ste Croix , Rhodri Lloyd , Rob Meyers , Marjan Moosavi , Jon Oliver , Kevin Till & Craig Williams; The Long-Term Athlete Development model: Physiological evidence and application, Journal of Sports Sciences, 29:4, 389-402, 2011
Rhodri S. Lloyd, Jon L. Oliver, Avery D. Faigenbaum, Rick Howard, Mark B. A. De Ste Croix, Craig A. Williams, Thomas M. Best, Brent A. Alvar, Lyle J. Micheli, D. Phillip Thomas, Disa L. Hatfield, John B. Cronin, Gregory D. Myer; Long-term athletic development- part 1: a pathway for all youth, J Strength Cond Res 29(5):1439-50., 2015
Bergeron MF, Mountjoy M, Armstrong N, Chia M, Côté J, Emery CA, Faigenbaum A, Hall G Jr, Kriemler S, Léglise M, Malina RM, Pensgaard AM, Sanchez A, Soligard T, Sundgot-Borgen J, van Mechelen W, Weissensteiner JR, Engebretsen L.; International Olympic Committee consensus statement on youth athletic development, Br J Sports Med. 49(13):843-51, 2015
Faigenbaum Avery D.; Youth strength training. ISBN: 978-0-7360-6792-8
Mujika Inigo 340; Endurance training. ISBN: 978-84-939970-0-7
Gamble Paul; Training for sports speed and agility. ISBN: 978-0-415-59126-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures, and theoretical-practical sessions for presentation, analysis and discussion of scientific articles, and for problem solving of training scenarios

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Teste	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	59,00
Frequência das aulas	21,00
Trabalho escrito	1,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Calculation formula of final grade

Classification improvement