TTD OF SPORTS IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021/2022

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in SPORT AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE SCIENCES AND WELL-BEING

Disciplinary Sector:

Teaching methods for Sport

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

CUGUSI Lucia

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

None

AF code:

A002288

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral or written examination with the aim of assessing the knowledge of all the topics dealt with during the course and with the possibility of presenting individual projects.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The teaching aims to make known and learn the main characteristics of the physical activities carried out in the aquatic environment, both in the pool (aquatic fitness) and in open water.
At the end of the course, students will be able to define the specific qualities and models of the sports presented and to plan (in general) aquatic-based exercise interventions for some special populations.

Contents

The topics that will be presented during the course will be:
- Synchronized swimming
- Water polo
- Characteristics of the aquatic setting and its applications in aquatic fitness
- Aquatic-therapy and physiological effects of immersion
- Application of aquatic-based exercise on different special populations
- Aquatic-based activity for pregnant women
- Sports: Canoeing Polo, Rowing, Rowing fixed seat, Canadian Canoeing, Canoe Kayak, Dragon boat, Kite Surf, Powerboat and rescue swimming, Finswimming, Sport Fishing, Waterskiing, Diving, Surfing and Windsurfing, Sailing and new trends in sea sports (nods).

2) Thematic seminars on specific applications of the aquatic setting

3) Practical exercises: Canoe kayaking, Surfing and sailing

Recommended Bibliography

- Genesi e regolamenti degli sport di Daniele Masala
Casa editrice: Società Editrice Universo
Anno di pubblicazione 2019

- Aquatic fitness professional manual/Aquatic Exercise Association. - 6th ed., Human Kinetics

- Slides provided by the teacher and tutors and further seminar material

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Face-to-face lectures, specific seminars and practical exercise activities

Contacts/More Information

Per ulteriori informazioni:
Dr. Lucia Cugusi
Associate Professor in Exercise Sciences
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Italy
Email: lucia.cugusi@uniss.it

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