Athlete Development

Module Identifier: BR16020
Module Title: Athlete Development
Academic Year: 2027/2028
Semester: Semester 2
Co-ordinator: Dr Federico Villagra Povina
Reading List: View on Aspire
Other Staff: Dr Marco Arkesteijn; Dr Scott Tompsett; Dr Federico Villagra Povina; Dr Ruth Wonfor; Dr Ifat Shah

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Written Essay: 1500 Words	50%
Semester Assessment	Practical Skills Assessment: 30 Minutes	50%
Supplementary Assessment	Written Essay: 1500 Words	50%
Supplementary Assessment	Practical Skills Assessment: 30 Minutes	50%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

Study the relationship between sport and exercise activities and interventions in a range of groups in various settings
Demonstrate the practical skills and techniques required to monitor and evaluate participants using physiological analyses
Demonstrate an awareness of health and safety, risk assessment and ethical considerations
Work cooperatively with a team
Communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions in written format to specialist audiences

Brief description

This module will teach you to apply scientific approaches to evaluate and monitor people. Regardless of the ‘person’, anyone who is focusing on human health and sport performance will need to be aware of the different types of research that are done to collect data, compare people and detect changes. This data is crucial in understanding what is happening to a person. Therefore, this module will combine the research process with the assessment and monitoring of different people. This could be athletes, specific populations (school children, parents, obesity) or clinical conditions (stroke, Parkinson's, kidney disease). To be able to quantify their current level, you need to be aware of what data to collect, and how to do that reliably and accurately. You need to be able to interpret that data and evaluate it with existing research methods. That is what this module will do; you will be collecting data, and evaluating research designs.

Aims

To empower students to design and apply research methods that assess and monitor health, fitness, and performance across diverse populations. To build practical and analytical skills essential for careers in sport science, health assessment, and performance analysis.

Content

Indicative content will include:
•Generating a performance model
•Principles of training
•Understanding the research process: theories, concepts and variables
•Endurance training, strength and conditioning, skills learning, psychological development
•Data visualization and interpretation
•Descriptive and inferential statistics

Module skills

Skills type	Skills details
Adaptability and resilience	Students will be provided with academic and skill challenges during practical sessions and completion of assessment
Co-ordinating with others	Data collection in groups during practical. Practical Skills Assessment in team
Creative Problem Solving	Generating a performance model appropriate for the client
Critical and analytical thinking	Evaluation of performance indicators of a selected sport
Digital capability	Using computers to collect and process data during practical work. Literature searching via Primo
Professional communication	Visually presenting data, which would be suitable to show to clients
Real world sense	Practical skills include data collection and visualisation, which are fundamental skills when working in Sport,Exercise and Health domains.
Reflection	Self, peer and lecturer feedback during practical, Allocated preparation time for practical assessment outside contact time
Subject Specific Skills	Development of practical skills incorporating equipment for assessment of individuals. Interpersonal communication with clients. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4