Exercise physiology and sports coaching (5 cr)
Code: 7F00FV05-3001
General information
Enrolment period
18.11.2024 - 05.01.2025
Timing
03.03.2025 - 31.05.2025
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Physiotherapy
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
Teachers
- Hannu Järvinen
- Marietta Loven
- FYSIO Luennoitsija
Person in charge
Marietta Loven
Groups
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22FYKEN
Objectives (course unit)
Exercise physiology
Student
- knows the biochemical and physiological backgrounds of sport
- knows the responses of the nervous system, musculoskeletal system to acute and prolonged exercise
- is familiar with the key events of energy metabolism and their significance for blood circulation, endocrine and respiration in different environmental conditions
- can describe the physiological effects of exercise
Sports coaching
Students
- analyze phenomena in the biology of physical activity and sports medicine that are related to sport coaching and fitness testing
- evaluates critically data related to physical fitness, testing and training
- can describe the principles and significance of sports coaching
- knows the general principles of coaching planning, implementation and evaluation in a coaching system
- is able to assess the individual effects of exercise on body function
- can develop an individual internship program and monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the internship
Assessment scale
0-5