HSE311 - Applied Sports Science 1

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Amelia Carr
Cohort rule:

This unit is only available to students enrolled in D394, E377, H343, H353, S308, S379, S408 and S479.

Other students who would like to enrol in this unit must submit their request to Student Adviser in Student Central. Enrolment quotas apply.

Campus contact:

Waurn Ponds (Geelong): Chris Young

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSE010 and one of HSE201, HSE202, HSE203, HSE204

Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

6 x topic modules delivered online across the 11 weeks of the trimester, with some modules across multiple weeks (1 hour each week); 1 x 2 hour seminar each week; 1 x 3 hour practical experience each week.

Content

This unit aims to provide students with the fundamental skills relevant to applied sport science. Students will learn techniques required for testing physical performance in an applied sports science setting, quantifying and profiling physical capacities such as endurance and sprint performance, and skills that are specific to training load monitoring for team sport players.

Topics covered will include the role of the Sport Scientist, performance analysis, sports performance testing, performance management, injury identification and management, sports coaching practice, and training and preparation.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Define and explain sports science terms and principles.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

ULO2

Analyse team sport performance data, and recommend a training program to sport performance professionals, in order to identify team improvement goals and improve team sport performance.

GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Locate, review and analyse sports science literature.

GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Design an evidence-based, performance testing session for a team sport.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO5

Organise and demonstrate the execution of evidence based performance tests.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

ULO6

Develop and deliver a coaching plan, and engage in self-reflection to improve understanding and performance.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Trimester 1:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Performance Analysis Assignment Report: 1000 words, and narrated presentation: 5 minutes Report: 15%
Presentation: 10%
Total: 25%
  • Week 4
Assessment 2: Performance Testing Assessment Report: 1000 words, and practical demonstration of protocol Report: 15%
Demonstration: 10%
Total: 25%
  • Week 7
Assessment 3: Coaching Assessment Session plan (700 words) and demonstration Session plan: 10%
Demonstration: 15%
Total: 25%
  • Week 11
Assessment 4: Examination 90 minutes 25%
  • End-of-unit assessment period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSE311 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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