Sport Methodology II - Sport Training - Athletics

Code:

331

Acronym:

331

Instance: 2025/2026 - 1S

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	35	First Degree in Sports Sciences (2011/2012)	3	-	10	-
		First Degree in Sports Sciences (2025/2026)	3	-	10	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

1.    To develop specific theoretical skills from sprinting and jumping
2.     To develop and improve theoretical knowledge acquired obtained from athletics training
3.    To acquire basic skills to be coach and act in real training environment.
4.     Identify and solve typical constraints of the real training environment
5.    To develop critical and analytical capacity from practical problems.
6.     To develop the ability to theoretically sustain practice problems.
7.    Foresee the ability to intervene in the training process in an autonomous way
8.     To receive the contributions from individual experiences of the different fields.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. To acquire skills in planning, implementation, evaluation and control of the different training phases as well as competition.


2. Deepening the knowledge on different models of technical preparation in different athletic events


3. Identify the long term process development in different athletic events


4. Stimulate interest in track and field scientific research

Working method

Presencial

Program

Unity I – Jumps

1. Mechanical foundations of jump techniques. Limiter factors of performance in horizontal and vertical jumps.
2. Control and regulation strategiesof the approach run
3. Take-off biomechanical characteristics in different jump techniques.
4. Long term preparation models in jumping and its peculiarities

Unity II – Sprint

5. Sprinting: velocity definition, manifestations, kinematics, kinetics and muscular participation
6. The start, acceleration and maximum velocity phase, technical characteristics.
7. Speed training schools and their methodological approaches

Unity III – Periodization and Training organization

1. Design of a sports season. Objectives and temporal length of the season. Definition of the training structure. Training means selection considering specialty and macrocycle phase. Preparation of a training program for young athletes by different groups of students.

Mandatory literature

Reed Ferber; Running mechanics and gait analysis. ISBN: 978-1-4504-2439-4
A. Brent McFarlane; The science of hurdling. ISBN: 0-919375-48-0
Gerry A. Carr; Fundamentals of track and field. ISBN: 0-88011-388-X
Wolfgang Lohmam; Running, jumping throwing for youth. ISBN: 0-920905-32-3
Gerhardt Schmolinsky; Track and field
Filipe Almeida Viana da Conceição; Estudo biomecânico do salto em comprimento
Luís Filipe Gomes Barbosa Pereira de Lemos; Diferentes pontos de fixação de meios resistidos e suas consequências para o treino de velocidade
João D. Albuquerque; Associação entre níveis de velocidade e indicadores de potência muscular em corredores de veloci
J. W. Alford; The^jumps
Susana Gonçalves Garrido de Lima Martins; Avaliação dinamométrica da chamada do salto em altura
Marta Filipa Alves Ferrão; Efeitos do treino pliométrico na capacidade de salto vertical e horizontal após período de destre
Juvenal André Cardoso Fernandes; Controlo e avaliação da força muscular
Juvenal André Cardoso Fernandes; Contributo para a automatização do planeamento do processo de treino, no sector de saltos do atlet

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes of transmission and application of contents.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	5,00
Teste	70,00
Trabalho de campo	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	120,00
Realização de Estágio	80,00
Trabalho de campo	20,00
Total:	270,00

Eligibility for exams

Type of evaluation: Distributed evaluation with final exam.

Attendance Requirements: Achieving the final classification requires fulfilling the attendance criteria outlined in the FADEUP evaluation regulations. Attendance is mandatory for: (i) at least 75% of scheduled formal sessions (including lectures, thematic seminars, discussion sessions, and internship reflection sessions at CTD); (ii) obligatory participation in three training units per week throughout the sports season.

Formula Evaluation: test 60%; Field work 25%; Attendance 15%

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment Formula: Theoretical test, 70%; Involvement in the training center and competitions, 25%; Attendance and participation in formal theoretical sessions, 5%. The minimum grade for each component is 10 points on a scale of zero to twenty.