EXSS1060
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
Exercise can provide health, fitness and performance benefits for a number of populations if prescribed and delivered correctly. This course will teach across a range of exercise modalities and how students can effectively coach them. Students will also learning about risk stratification, basic exercise programming, and monitoring training loads to guide changes in fitness and fatigue. By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the risks associated with exercise, as well as prescribe and deliver a range of exercise modalities.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Ourimbah
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Identify and explain in simple, comprehensible language the risks of performing exercise and determine appropriate action regarding adverse signs and symptoms during exercise and physical activity, within the professional scope of practice (ESSA 1.2.4, 1.2.6, 4.2.6 and 4.2.7);
2. Employ a range of tools and methods to monitor and evaluate exercise load and progress, including mechanical, physiological and perceptual methods that are appropriate for the specific needs of clients (ESSA 4.2.1 and 4.2.8);
3. Select and employ simple exercise assessments that are relevant to the needs of the client and explain how data obtained can inform exercise prescription (ESSA 4.2.2);
4. Identify, describe, analyse and demonstrate a broad range of exercise modalities, and their progressions and regressions (ESSA 4.2.3. and 4.2.5);
5. Explain the various components of a resistance training program and demonstrate the ability to write an exercise program (ESSA 4.2.3 and 4.2.10);
6. Identify, explain and employ a range of learning cues and appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication techniques (ESSA 1.2.3 and 4.2.5).
Content
- Benefits of exercise
- Training principles and theories
- Coaching principles and theories
- Methods of training load monitoring
- Conditioning exercises
- Resistance exercises
Assessment items
Quiz: Online quizzes
Tutorial / Laboratory Exercises: Online written tasks relating to lecture and laboratory content
Online Learning Activity: Completion of exercise programs for case studies
Practical Demonstration: Coach and demonstrate selected exercise modalities as well as be able to monitor training loads
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Online Activity-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Workshop-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.
Semester 1 - 2024 - Ourimbah
Online Activity-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Workshop-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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