Sport Methodology II - Sport Training - Swimming

Code:

335

Acronym:

TDNII

Instance: 2025/2026 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt
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	13	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

- To know performance sport and the specific sociologic context of swimming

- 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 control of the different factors of performance in swimming, aiming high level performances in competition

- To develop intermediate practical competencies for the intervention at the levels of planning, direction, control and evaluation of swimming training (lato sensu), and competitive direction of practitioners and teams.  

Learning outcomes and competences

After the theoretical specific education provided during the curricular unit Sport Methodology I - Sports Training - Swimming, the programmatic contents (syllabus) referred to beforehand (inclusion of students in a specific regime of education in the task, functioning in significative level teams) constitutes the optimized pedagogical solution for the development of the knowledge of the sport, of the factors constraining its performance and the strategies to develop them, as well as to the development of the practical competencies associated to the conception, planning, guidance, and evaluation of the training and competition processes, bringing together the “knowing how to do” and the “knowing to be” to the “knowledge” itself. The development and discussion of “hot” topics, as well as the open and free debate about the difficulties of the established knowledge to face all the exigencies of daily professional life, reinforces, in a very expressive way, the value of this pedagogical solution.

Working method

Presencial

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

Curricular Unit Metodologia do Desporto I - Treino Desportivo - Natação or equivalent.

Program

The curricular unit functions like “learning in the task” as a training centre, being the students' activities tutored by a habilitated coach and supervised by the university professors responsible for the curricular unit. Students should select teams with which the responsible teachers(s) have a more effective academic connection. To allow this educational profile, the students are allocated to a technical team of a swimming, water polo or synchronized swimming club, progressively facing the tasks, the necessary knowledge and competencies to reach success in this professional exercise. Students are also oriented to recognize the research needs for a more complete foundation of the training process. Weekly, the students of the different training centers get together with the professor(s) responsible(s). In these sessions, particular and pertinent topics are developed by invited personalities, as well as by the professors. Details of the professional exercise sessions are deeply discussed, and the training and competition performance of teams, coaches, swimmers, 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
MujiKa Inigo; Tapering and peaking for optimal performance. ISBN: 978-0-7360-7484-1
Costill David L.; Swimming. ISBN: 0-632-03027-5
Chollet Didier; Approche scientifique de la natation sportive. ISBN: 2-7114-1127-3
Colwin Cecil M.; Swimming into the 21st century. 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

The teaching methodology is based on the concept of education during tutored and supervised professional practice. Invited conferences, seminars, and debates are complements to the education during practice. The critical analysis of documents, experiences, testimonies, etc., resulting in the construction of a working dossier, is also a fundamental tool of the curricular unit.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho de campo	20,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	6,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	90,00
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	24,00
Realização de Estágio	120,00
Total:	270,00

Eligibility for exams

For the acquisition of "frequency", students need to be present in: (i) 75% of the delivered classes; (ii) three training units per week; (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

The evaluation components for the students in Sport Training Centre regime, which need to be presented and orally discussed, are:

-           Annual Plan of Work (10%)

-           Dossier and discussion (40%)

-           Personal report on the stage and discussion (10%)

-           Intervention ability in training and competition (20%)

-           Active participation and critical intervention 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%)
- Active participation and critical intervention 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

In specific and duly justified cases.

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 recognize 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:
- Semestral working plan (20%)
- Dossier of work (40%)
- Personal report on the activity (20%)
- Active participation and critical intervention 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.

Observations

Curricular Unit Metodologia do Desporto I - Treino Desportivo - Natação or equivalent.