Current active course description (last updated 2021/22)
Advanced Functional Screening and Biomechanics
IDR2012
Current active course description (last updated 2021/22)
Advanced Functional Screening and Biomechanics
IDR2012
When working with athletes who have a lot of training experience and high performance levels, coaches need a wide range of training tools along with a more thoroughly implemented screening/assessment based on biomechanical analyses. This course is based on the previously completed courses Functional Screening and Basic Biomechanics (semester 1) and Fitness Testing and Coaching Technology (semester 4). Together with these earlier courses, this course will provide students with the necessary knowledge and practical expertise so that he/she can provide good implementation, monitoring and evaluation of in-depth screening and biomechanical analysis protocols. At the same time, students will master a wide variety of training interventions that are suitable for a wide range of athletes.
Candidates must have passed the IDR1008, IDR2004 and IDR2009 courses.
Knowledge:
Students will:
- have knowledge about a wide range of tools used in screening and biomechanical analysis, and which supplement the more basic tools
- receive an introduction to why functional screening is key
- have broad knowledge about delimited topics, theories, issues, processes, tools and methods included in functional screening and biomechanical analyses
- have knowledge about various training interventions that can be carried out on elite athletes
- gain knowledge about the background of a wide range of advanced training methods based on in-depth analyses
- understand ethical challenges involved in the subject’s research, dissemination and practice
Skills:
Students will:
- be able to acquire new and updated knowledge with the help of technological equipment
- be able to reflect on their own professional practice in relation to athletes at different stages of their development
- be able to master relevant tools, techniques and forms of expression so that they can perform advanced functional screening and biomechanical analyses on individual athletes and large groups of athletes
- with the help of functional screening, be able to find, assess and refer to exercises that can help correct the unwanted execution of exercises
- be able to carry out the practical instruction of advanced training methods, and have opportunities to utilise them correctly when implementing training
- assess ethical challenges in the field of practice and adjust their own practice in relation to this
- be able to practice the subject within its most important areas of application -
- be able to analyse textual material from the course’s most common sources
- be able to document knowledge and work processes
General competence:
Students will:
- have insight into a wide range of functional screening approaches
- be able to plan and carry out functional screening for individual athletes and groups of athletes from a wide range of activities
- be able to master both an integrated and specific approach to screening. This should be adapted to both the athlete and the activity.
- be able to convey key subject matter such as theories, issues and training solutions in writing, orally and through other relevant forms of expression
- be able to exchange points of view and experiences at different academic levels with others who have a background in the subject area, and thereby contribute to the development of good training practices
- have knowledge about relevant innovation and innovative processes and relevant training equipment
No tuition fees. Semester fees and cost of course literature apply.
Compulsory for students taking the Bachelor in Strength and Conditioning.
Lectures and trials related to the subject area.
The programme of study is evaluated annually by the students through course surveys (mid-term evaluation and final evaluation). These evaluations are part of the University’s quality assurance system.
None.
Composite assessment. Grading scale A-E, Best A, Fail F.
- Oral examination - presentation of training portfolio, 30 Minutes. Represents 50/100 of the grade. Grading scale A-E, Best A, Fail F.
- Practical examination, 30 Minutes. Represents 50/100 of the grade. Grading scale A-E, Best A, Fail F.
- Compulsory participation 80%. Grading scale: approved/not approved.
NOTE: Spring 2022: Practical examination is cancelled this semester and the oral examination represents 100/100 of the grade.
Changes are done due to the Covid-19 epidemic, in accordance with the “Provisional Regulation on a Supplement to Regulations of 28/10/2020 no. 2474 Relating to Studies and Examinations at Nord University - Extraordinary Measures as a consequence of the Coronavirus pandemic” - according to Section 2 Forms of assessment 1-4.
None.