Sport and Conditioning Science into Practice

Course Coordinator: Ng Wai Hang, BA (Hons) (Wales); MA (CityU of HK)

Advisory prerequisite(s)
NIL

Aims
This course is designed to promote students' knowledge and skills in sports and exercise science. It focuses on such aspects of sports science as physiology, movement analysis, training methods, and conditioning theory, all of which enrich students' understanding of human movement and performance in sports and exercise.

Contents
The course covers the following topics:

• Introducing science into practice
• The body in sports and exercise: A systems approach
• Making sense of movement
• Exploring core stability
• Strength and conditioning
• Working with special populations

Learning support
There will be eight two-hour tutorials and eight three-hour workshops.

Assessment
There are four assignments and one examination. Students must use word processing software (such as Microsoft Word) to prepare the assignments, and submit the assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).

Set book(s)
Baechle, T. R., & Earle, R. W. (Eds.) (2008). Essentials of strength training and conditioning (3rd ed.). Human Kinetics.

Buckley, J. P. (Ed.) (2008). Exercise physiology in special populations, advances in sport and exercise science series. Churchill Livingston/Elsevier.

Remarks
This is a two-term course starting in the Spring Term with teaching activities in the Summer Term. The course will end in the Summer Term.