Stress-recovery balance in athlete’s wellbeing (3cr)

Objectives (course unit)

- The student is able to name the sources of stress in athlete's daily life and knows the methods that can be used to evaluate the stress and recovery - The student knows the importance of restorative sleep for performance capacity and injury risks - The student is able to explain the importance of nutrition in the recovery from exercise and is able to list the characteristics of restorative nutrition

Content (course unit)

- Stress and recovery - Sleep and recovery - Nutrition

Prerequisites (course unit)

- No previous studies are required

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation is numerical 1-5 (0=failed) based on the average of the assessments of the learning tasks.

Assessment scale

1-5

Teaching methods

The course is delivered entirely online through independent learning assignments on the Moodle learning platform.

Student workload

The course includes 3x27=81h of independent work.