Foothill CollegeApproved Course Outlines

Kinesiology and Athletics Division
PHED 34JSPORTS TECHNIQUES & CONDITIONINGSummer 2013
6 hours laboratory.2 Units

Total Quarter Learning Hours: 72 (Total of All Lecture, Lecture/Lab, and Lab hours X 12)
 
 Lecture Hours: Lab Hours: 6 Lecture/Lab:
 Note: If Lab hours are specified, see item 10. Lab Content below.

Repeatability -
Statement: May be taken six times for credit.
 
Criteria:Each quarter course is repeated will improve strength, flexibility and endurance.

Status -
 Course Status: InactiveGrading: Letter Grade with P/NP option
 Degree Status: ApplicableCredit Status: Credit
 Degree or Certificate Requirement: Foothill GE
 GE Status: Lifelong Understanding

Articulation Office Information -
 Transferability: BothValidation: 07/01/2010

1. Description -
This course is designed to teach and practice sport specific techniques and conditioning including drills, weight and flexibility training, and cardio-respiratory development.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Advisory: Not open to students with credit in PHED 601.

2. Course Objectives -
The student will be able to:
  1. Assess and improve muscle strength and muscle endurance.
  2. Design and practice a program of effective muscle-training exercises.
  3. Define and assess flexibility and describe the benefits of increased flexibility for sport specific training.
  4. Demonstrate sport specific flexibility exercises and routines.
  5. Practice sport specific aerobic and anaerobic training.
  6. Demonstrate and assess sport techniques for competitive sport training.
3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment -
Sport specific equipment, (i.e: balls, nets, bats, gloves), weights, cardio machines, power racks, bands, plyo balls, jump ropes.

4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) -
  1. Asess and improve muscle strength and endurance
    1. Practice a program of progressive overloading with an understanding of repetitions and sets.
    2. Physical testing to determine the measure for repetition maximums.
    3. Demonstrate the ability to select the weight and exercise for targeting each major muscle group.
    4. Perform and understand the importance of multiple joint exercises.
  2. Design a program of effective muscle training exercises
    1. Design a program for circuit training exercises that are sport specific.
    2. Perform proper free weight lifting techniques.
    3. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of free weights vs. weight machines.
  3. Define and assess flexibility and describe the benefits of increased flexibility for sport specific training.
    1. Explain the following factors and their influence on flexibility: muscle temperature, physical activity, age and disease.
    2. Assess flexibility at four joint sites.
  4. Demonstrate sport specific flexibility exercises and routines.
    1. Practice sport specific stretching routines.
    2. Demonstrate PNF stretching exercises.
  5. Practice sport specific aerobic and anaerobic training.
    1. Measure and assess individual cardiorespiratory endurance.
    2. Practice proper warm-up for aerobic and anaerobic exercise.
  6. Demonstrate and assess sport techniques for competitive sport training
    1. Analyze sport tapes for successful techniques.
    2. Practice sport techniques that develop skills for competitive sports.
5. Repeatability - Moved to header area.
 
6. Methods of Evaluation -
  1. Sport specific pre and post test for individual strength, flexibility and endurance
  2. Oral presentation of film analysis
7. Representative Text(s) -
None.

8. Disciplines -
Physical Education
 
9. Method of Instruction -
Discussion, Cooperative learning exercises, Oral presentations, Laboratory, Demonstration,
 
10. Lab Content -
This course is all lab. Content is contained in the course outline.
 
11. Honors Description - No longer used. Integrated into main description section.
 
12. Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments -
Not applicable.
13. Need/Justification -
This course meets the Foothill GE Requirements for Area VII, Lifelong Learning.


Course status: Inactive
Last updated: 2013-03-29 10:49:29


Foothill CollegeApproved Course Outlines