APPLIED PRACTICE - 2020/1
Module code: BMS3101
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Module Overview
This module addresses an aligned interdisciplinary approach to achieve athlete / team performance goals and the application of individual sport science disciplines to elicit acute performance enhancement.
Module provider
School of Biosciences and Medicine
Module Leader
WILD James (Biosc & Med)
Number of Credits: 15
ECTS Credits: 7.5
Framework: FHEQ Level 6
JACs code:
Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A
Module Availability
Semester 2
Prerequisites / Co-requisites
BMS2075 Performance analysis
Module content
Indicative content includes:
- Performance modelling in sport
- The role of individual disciplines within an interdisciplinary team:
- Performance analyst
- Sport nutritionist
- Strength & conditioning coach
- Physiotherapist and soft tissue therapists
- Sport Psychologist
- Sports biomechanist
- Performance lifestyle
- Sports doctor
- Physiologist
- Acute interventions for the enhancement of sports performance
- “Skill related” – e.g. enhancement of sporting technique or better outcome performance of a certain sport skill
- “Force expression” related – e.g. improved vertical jump performance
- “Physiology” related – e.g. enhanced maximal aerobic speed
- “Tactical” related – e.g. improved execution of match-play tactics
- Single subject case study research designs
- Longitudinal tracking of athlete sport performance
Assessment pattern
| Assessment type | Unit of assessment | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Portfolio | 100 |
Alternative Assessment
An equivalent case study will be provided
Assessment Strategy
The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate:
- Their applied skills in delivering an acute intervention
- Their ability to analyse, interpret and report data
- Their critical evaluation of sport science disciplines and coordinated interdisciplinary support
Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:
- A portfolio of work which documents an acute intervention undertaken, including appropriate analysis of the intervention to show pre and post changes of the performance measure used to assess the effectiveness of the intervention (word count = 2000 words).
Formative assessment and feedback
Students will receive formative assessment and feedback on their performance in the form of verbal feedback during lectures/seminars (in question and answer format). They will also partake in a number of small assignments during practical sessions that informs the final summative assessments.
Module aims
- Develop a critical awareness of the interdisciplinary nature of elite performance
- Develop a critical awareness of the interdisciplinary nature of elite performance
- Instil an appreciation of the holistic service provided by multi-disciplinary sport science support teams to improve athlete training, preparation and performance
- Develop the student’s ability to apply a sports science discipline to acutely enhance sports performance
- Develop the ability to critically assess the strengths and limitations of sport science disciplines when addressing athlete performance needs
- Enable students to measure the effectiveness of acute interventions through appropriate statistical analysis
Learning outcomes
| Attributes Developed | ||
|---|---|---|
| 001 | Evaluate the multi- and inter-disciplinary role of sport science within a variety of performance settings | KC |
| 002 | Understand factors which contribute towards and limit human performance in selected sports | K |
| 003 | Define interventional strategies involved in the preparation of the elite athlete for sports performance | K |
| 004 | Devise and undertake an intervention using a sport science discipline to address a sport performance need | KCPT |
| 005 | Assess the effectiveness of acute interventions designed to enhance sporting performance, presenting data in appropriate formats to communicate findings to athletes and coaches | KCPT |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Overall student workload
Workshop Hours: 8
Independent Study Hours: 100
Lecture Hours: 6
Seminar Hours: 6
Practical/Performance Hours: 30
Methods of Teaching / Learning
The teaching and learning methods are based around the delivery of lectures and practical sessions to:
The learning and teaching strategy is designed to include interactive lectures, seminars practical based sessions in order to develop subject specific knowledge and provide formative feedback and discussion. A number of practicing sport scientists will be invited as external speakers with the effectiveness and function of their individual disciplines critically assessed during seminar style lectures. Students will need to spend considerable time working independently to carry out acute interventions to enhance sport performance. This will enable students to complete the portfolio of work required (based on their intervention) which will be marked as their summative assessment.
The learning and teaching methods include:
- Combined lecture and seminar format (6 x 2 hours)
Practical workshops and seminars (4 x 2 hours)
Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.
Reading list
Reading list for APPLIED PRACTICE : http://aspire.surrey.ac.uk/modules/bms3101
Other information
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Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2020/1 academic year.