Academic Year/course:
2022/23
295 - Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Science
26312 - Individual sports
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2022/23
Subject:
26312 - Individual sports
Faculty / School:
229 - Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y del Deporte
Degree:
295 - Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Science
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
2
Semester:
First semester
Subject Type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1.1. Aims of the course
The teaching of this subject aims that the student has a global vision of the history of some individual sports (athletics, cycling, triathlon and skating) and their modalities. How they have evolved and what is the technical execution model, learning processes and errors. Additionally, this module will include the assessment of the technical, biomechanical and physiological foundations of each sporting discipline. Finally, students will learn know how to create, organize, plan and evaluate tasks for improvement or learning, in different contexts.
These aims are in agreement with the following Aims of Sustainable Development (ODS) of the United Nations Agenda 2030 (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/), , so that the acquisition of the learning goals will allow the student the competence to achieve success: Health and welness, Quality Education.
1.2. Context and importance of this course in the degree
Individual sports, and specifically athletics, form the basis of most sports. In fact, the qualities needed and worked in the different athletic modalities are the same as in the rest of sports. Knowing them will allow us to apply it in other sports modalities.
On the other hand, performance in individual sports depends on fundamental aspects related to psychological, physiological and biomechanical aspects. The effect on the organism, as well as the planning of the training or improvement programs, or the design of activities and teaching-learning processes essential in the sport initiation are also the main object of other subjects of the Degree.
1.3. Recommendations to take this course
This subject is compulsory, does not require prior knowledge. However, it is recommended to maintain an acceptable physical condition.
2.1. Competences
Upon passing the subject, the student will be more competent to ...
General skills:
In this subject, as in the rest of the subjects of the Graduate, all the general competences (instrumental, personal and interpersonal and systemic) that appear in the Degree Report will be attended.
Professional skills:
- Design, develop and evaluate the intervention processes, related to physical activity and sports with attention to the individual and contextual characteristics of the people.
- Understand the internal logic of the motor situations, analyzing and applying it in an appropriate way to those to be performed in a stable physical environment and without direct interaction with others.
- Know the motor action as an object of fundamental study in the field of physical activity and sport sciences.
Plan, develop and evaluate the realization of teaching-learning programs based on the practice of physical-sporting activities.
- Select and know how to use sports equipment and equipment, suitable for each type of activity.
Know the characteristics and potentialities of the spaces useful for the practice of physical and sports activity and arrange their order to optimize their use attending all types of populations.
- Assess, transmit and enhance the component of pleasure and enjoyment inherent in the practice of physical-sporting activities, and the relational opportunities that such practice implies.
Competences of the subject:
- Handle the basic terminology of the subject, and be able to adequately describe the technical actions of the technical elements carried out.
- Describe relevant historical milestones for the development of athletics as a sport, and for the evolution of all modalities and its regulations.
- Be able to describe and execute, identifying the most common mistakes in the basic technical elements of athletics, cycling and skating.
- Develop and evaluate athletics tasks using new technologies.
- Design and make teaching and learning proposals for individual sports, following appropriate methodological guidelines focused on initiation.
2.2. Learning goals
The student to overcome this subject should demonstrate the following results ...
- Describe the history and evolution of sports modalities, their biomechanics and the basic rules of the sports treated: athletics, cycling, triathlon and skating, as well as knowing basic terminology of the subject "Individual Sports" as well as the relevant bibliographic sources to document this subject.
- Perform the basic technical elements of the modalities correctly, using the material in an appropriate manner and identifying the most common errors of each one.
- Design, develop and evaluate individual learning programs specific to individual sports, as well as design and carry out teaching proposals for the modalities carried out, following appropriate methodological guidelines.
2.3. Importance of learning goals
They will allow the student to know individual sports and their modalities, being able to apply this knowledge in other sports and in other sports contexts. It will allow you to interrelate basic concepts of other subjects.
3. Assessment (1st and 2nd call)
3.1. Assessment tasks (description of tasks, marking system and assessment criteria)
The student must demonstrate that they have achieved the expected learning outcomes through the following assessment activities
Overall evaluation
- Pass a written test with short theoretical or practical questions or test-type questions on the four sporting disciplines (athletics, cycling, triathlon and skating).
- Prepare a work related to the individual sports carried out whose content will be agreed in the sessions.
- Correctly executing basic techniques of the individual sports dealt with: athletics, cycling and skating, recognizing fundamental errors and proposing specific activities for their improvement.
In specific cases with students with disabilities, appropriate specific adaptations will be made together with the Disability Office of the University of Zaragoza, if such adaptations are possible (and in no case be significant adaptations).
GRADING SYSTEM
The evaluation is a global test that has different theoretical evaluation tests? practices. Students who attend regularly (more than 85% of the practical sessions) take these tests during the theoretical-practical sessions of the semester that are thus scheduled. Students who do not attend regularly take all the tests on the date of the official call.
In all the tests the spelling mistakes and the formal aspects of the presentation will be taken into account, being able to discount up to 1,5p in each test. If a student presents an exam with illegible handwriting, they will be asked to read it orally to be evaluated.
Assessment tests:
- Assessment test 1, evaluation of the theoretical part: 50%
The theoretical tests of the students with regular attendance will consist of short and test-type questions. Students who have not demonstrated an active participation according to 85% of the practices, must take the written test that shows the mastery of the knowledge presented in these practices, with short questions and to be developed. The date of this test will be the one proposed in the official calendar.
- Theoretical Block 1: carrying out an objective written test on athletics and cycling.
The acquisition and understanding of the theoretical-practical conceptual contents of athletics will be evaluated. The weighting in the rating is 25%.
- Theoretical Block 2: carrying out an objective written test on triathlon and skating. The acquisition and comprehension of the theoretical-practical conceptual contents of triathlon and skating will be evaluated. The weighting in the rating is 25%.
- Assessment test 2, practical/laboratory tasks and seminars: 30%
The assessment of this part will include the active participation of the students, the fulfillment of the different practical tasks and laboratory tests (via moodle or physical), seminars (laboratory/field tests, technique evaluation) derived from the different sporting disciplines. During the first week of the academic year, the lecturer will specify the different tasks and calendar of tests.
- Assessment test 3, research work: 20%
A single research work (in pairs) related to any of the sporting disciplines will be carried out. this work will be framed in any of the following topics: (1) the teaching-learning process, (2) any aspect related to sport performance, or (3) aspects related to health/wellbeing. The weighting in the rating is 20%.
To average each test must be passed with a 5.0 (out of 10). Exceptionally, it can be averaged if a single block does not reach the rating of 5.0 but is equal to or greater than 4.5.
Fraud or plagiarism (total or partial) in any of the evaluation tasks will suppose the fail in the present module with the minimum mark, in addition to any disciplinary sanctions decided by the Quality Assurance Commission. For further information about this, please access to https://biblioteca.unizar.es/propiedad-intelectual/propiedad-intelectual-plagio#Que
4. Methodology, learning tasks, syllabus and resources
4.1. Methodological overview
The methodology followed in this course is oriented towards achievement of the learning objectives. It is intended that students use the appropriate methodological progressions, taking into account the risk of injuries.
Students are expected to participate actively in the class throughout the semester.
Classroom materials will be available via Moodle (slides may not be available). These include a repository of the lecture notes used in class, the course syllabus, as well as other course-specific learning materials, including a discussion forum. Further information regarding the course will be provided on the first day of class.
4.2. Learning tasks
Block I: Athletics
Introduction
History
Regulation
Running track
The races, hurdles and steeplechase
The jumps
The throws
The race walking
Biomechanical foundations of athletics
Physiological foundations of athletics
Training foundations of athletics
Block II: Cycling Triathlon and Skating
Cycling
Origins and history
Cycling modalities
Regulation
Material: Parts of the bicycle and its mechanics. Cycling clothing
Biomechanics and position on the bicycle
Physiological Foundations of cycling
Training Foundations of cycling
Skating
History
Triathlon
History
Regulation
Modalities and distances in triathlon
Tecnique and tactic in triathlon
Physiological foundation in triathlon
Training foundation in triathlon
Inline skating
History
Basic positions
Basic technique (pushing, slide, braking, change of direction)
Falls
Practical seminar sessions: 5 hours in person. They will take place on outdoor tracks or in the laboratory, and will be carried out in small groups.
Practical field/laboratory sessions: 27 hour and a half sessions per student, that is, 40.5 contact hours, work in three groups. They will take place on the athletics tracks of the Ciudad Deportiva, in the laboratory, on the outdoor tracks of the Río Isuela Sports Center and, eventually, there are trips with the bicycle from the Sports center of the Faculty. At the beginning of the semester the dates of the exits will be specified and the students will be informed. During cycling practices, each student must use their bicycle and their own tool only and exclusively.
4.3. Syllabus
The program of this subject consists of a theoretical part and a practical part.
The sports included in the program are athletics, cycling, triathlon and skating. In the theoretical part of the subject, the history and basic rules of competition will be studied, the basic techniques (learning progressions, materials, teaching methodologies, errors and correction exercises) will be analyzed, and the physiological, training and biomechanical foundations will be targeted.
In the practical part of the subject, the method and learning progressions of the technical gestures of each of the sports modalities will be learned, the different materials and their correct use will be valued, as well as improvement exercises will be proposed according to the technical errors that are commit.
4.4. Course planning and calendar
During the first week of the academic year, the lecturer will specify the specific programme of all activities. Students must submit a written assignment whose topic is explored during the first classes. For students who attend classes, the practical tests will be done during the class sessions, with prior notice to the students.