Opinto-opas

Tavoitteet

The students will know how the coaching system works, the physiological and biomechanical foundations that coaching requires, the most common ways of testing athletes and can use their acquired knowledge analytically in an effective and safe coaching process. The student understands the interaction skills needed in coaching and is able to apply them in practice. In addition, the student is able to analyze his / her own coaching skills and their development. Students can describe the basics of strength and power training and program gym training sessions. Furthermore the students will be able describe and explain the different forms of endurance training and build endurance training programs.

Sisältö

- The basic concepts of coaching applying them in coaching
- The principles of aerobic and anaerobic energy production in the development of endurance.
- The principles of the neuromuscular system functions in the development of strength, speed and power.
- Testing methods of different performance variables and their use in practice
- The analysis and development monitoring of own coaching competence
- The basics of strength, power and endurance training
- Programming gym training
- Programming endurance training

Arviointiasteikko

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Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

The students are able to use single concepts and name basic information concerning their field. They are able to work in an appropriate manner but without making the connections between different areas of coaching. Yet they are able to plan a safe coaching program and can analyse individual parts of it.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

The students are proficient in the concepts and terminology of their professional field . They can assess their own competence and the way their professional field operates. They are able to work professionally in customers situations and can justify their work in a professional manner. They are able to plan a safe coaching process according to coaching science principles but with a lack of attention to detail. Their overall capacity for analysis is not entirely comprehensive.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

The students are able to apply acquired knowledge and treat the whole issue in a customer-oriented manner. They are able to assess and reflect upon their own competence and how their professional field operates using their acquired knowledge. They are able to plan and implement a coaching process safely and in detail according to the characteristics and needs of their clientele based on a
comprehensive analysis.