Sport Methodology III - Sport Training - Swimming

Code:

341

Acronym:

341

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Sports Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCD	6	First Degree in Sports Sciences (2011/2012)	3	-	10	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

- To know high performance swimming sport, and the specific context of swimming realisation
- To know the actual state of the art in the field of the determinant factors of swimming performance
- To apply the knowledge previously acquired relative to the nature, processes of development and evaluation of the different factors which determines high level swimming performance
- To develop practical abilities which allow and sustain the coaching intervention on the domains of: planning, direction, control and evaluation of swimming training, and competitive direction of swimmers and swimming teams.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should:

- Meet and understand high performance swimming sport, and the specific context of swimming realisation
- Know the actual state of the art in the field of the determinant factors of swimming performance
- Show practical abilities and theoretical knowledge which allow and sustain coaching intervention on the domains of: planning, direction, control and evaluation of swimming training, and competitive direction of swimmers and swimming teams.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

- The knowledge previously acquired in the Curricular Unit - Methodologi I - Swimming, relative to the nature, processes of development and evaluation of the different factors which determines high level swimming performance

Program

Conduction of the training process in regime of Sport Training Centre:
The curricular unit is conducted in regime of “learning in the task” in a process called Sport Training Centre, being the student’s activities tutored by a properly habilitated top level swimming coach and supervised by the university professors responsible for the curricular unit. To allow this educational profile, the students are allocated to a technical team of a swimming club, progressively facing the tasks and the necessary knowledge and competencies to reach success in this specific professional exercise. Students are also oriented to recognise the complementary research needs for a more complete foundation of the training process. Weekly, the students of the different Swimming Sport Training Centres get together with the professor responsible. In these sessions specific and pertinent topics are developed by invited coaches and personalities, as well as by the professors themselves. Details of the professional exercise sessions are deeply discussed, and training and competition performance of teams, coaches, swimmers, other agents, and students, are discussed.

Mandatory literature

Wilke Kurt; El^Entrenamiento del nadador juvenil. ISBN: 950-531-111-7
Maglischo Ernest W.; Swimming even faster. ISBN: 1-55934-036-3
Inigo Mujika; Tapering and peaking for optimal performance, Human Kinetics, 2009. ISBN: ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-7484-1
Costill David L.; Swimming. ISBN: 0-632-03027-5
Olbrecht J.; The^Science of winning
Chollet Didier; Approche scientifique de la natation sportive. ISBN: 2-7114-1127-3
Colwin Cecil M.; Swimming into the 21stcentury. ISBN: 0-88011-436-3
Colwin Cecil; Swimming dynamics. ISBN: 1-57028-206-4
Navarro Valdivielso Fernando; Planificacion y control del entrenamiento en natacion. ISBN: 84-8013-330-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

Education during tutored and supervised professional exercise. Conferences / seminars. Analysis of documents.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	65,00
Participação presencial	35,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	24,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	48,00
Estudo autónomo	72,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Realização de Estágio	144,00
Total:	318,00

Eligibility for exams

For the acquisition of "frequency" the students need to be present in: (i) 75% of the delivered classes; (ii) 3 training units per week during the whole training season; (iii) all the competitions in which the team compete in the “big Porto” area. They further need to submit the “Training Dossier”.

Calculation formula of final grade

Continuous assessment:
The assessment components for the students in Sport Training Centre regime, which need to be presented and orally discussed, are:
- Annual Plan of Work (15%)
- Dossier of the Training Centre (30%)
- Personal report on the stage (20%)
- Intervention ability in training and competition (15%)
- Assiduity and participation in the formal teaching sessions (20%)
For the students that choose the alternative training plan, the assessment components that need to be presented and orally discussed are:
- Annual Plan of Work (15%)
- Dossier of Work (45%)
- Personal report on the activity (20%)
- Assiduity and participation in the formal teaching sessions (20%)
For each item, it is required a minimum mark of 7.5 over 20. A minimum mark of 10 over 20 is required to guarantee success.

Examinations or Special Assignments

To follow the team in competition within and out of the “big Porto” geographical area.

Internship work/project

The students are allocated to a technical team of a swimming club, progressively facing the tasks and the necessary knowledge and competencies to reach success in this specific professional exercise. Students are also oriented to recognise the complementary research needs for a more complete foundation of the training process.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

For the students that choose the alternative training plan, the assessment components that need to be presented and orally discussed are:
- Annual Plan of Work (15%)
- Dossier of Work (45%)
- Personal report on the activity (20%)
- Assiduity and participation in the formal teaching sessions (20%)
For each item, it is required a minimum mark of 7.5 over 20. A minimum mark of 10 over 20 is required to guarantee success.

Classification improvement

It can only be obtained through the presentation of new written documents that will be presented and orally discussed.