EXSS2050
10 units
2000 level
Course handbook
Description
Prescribing and delivering exercise to a wide range of apparently healthy populations is a fundamental skill of exercise and sport scientists. The course will develop students’ abilities to use data from initial assessments and desired outcomes to prescribe exercise programs across a range of populations. Students will be expected to be able to competently demonstrate and deliver a range of exercise modalities using professional skills and communication and alter the exercise prescription based on the person's needs. By the end of this course, students will be able to prescribe and deliver exercise programs aimed at developing health, fitness or performance outcomes across a range of populations.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 1 - 2021.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Employ suitable health and performance assessments to provide data to inform the development of exercise programs, and effectively report these data (ESSA 4.2.2);
2. Identify, select, demonstrate, and effectively coach a range of exercise modalities that are suitable to be prescribed and delivered to a range of populations, and be able to effectively progress or regress the exercise based on the populations needs (ESSA 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.2.5);
3. Employ a range of monitoring tools to monitor exercise load and progress to help determine if it is safe for an exercise program or session to continue (ESSA 4.2.1, 4.2.7, 4.2.8);
4. Prescribe exercise programs according to best-practice models to facilitate health, fitness and performance benefits across a range of populations (ESSA 4.2.10);
5. Facilitate effective communication, enhance learning outcomes, and employ risk management strategies in a professional exercise and sport science context (ESSA 4.2.6, 4.2.9);
6. Prescribe and deliver exercise programs to both individuals and groups across a range of populations, employing a range of strategies to enhance exercise preparation and recovery (ESSA 4.2.3, 4.2.7).
Content
Principles of coaching theory
Physiological adaptations to training
Testing and prescribing resistance training
Testing and prescribing aerobic and anaerobic training
Testing and prescribing flexibility and mobility training
Monitoring training
Assessing movement competency
Training and competition preparation and recovery
Effectively practices of delivering exercise
Requisite
This course replaces SPOR2050. If you have successfully completed SPOR2050 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assumed knowledge
BIOL1001 Molecules, Cells and Organisms
HUBS1404 Biomedical Science Part 2
EXSS2010 or SPOR2010 Exercise Physiology (or concurrent enrolment in EXSS2010)
Assessment items
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: PBL Tasks
Participation: Group/Tutorial participation and contribution
Written Assignment: Essays/Written Assignments
Practical Demonstration: Competency Assessment
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.
Quiz: Online Quiz
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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