Silvia COPPOLA | SPORTS SCIENCE
Silvia COPPOLA SPORTS SCIENCE
cod. 4412500036
SPORTS SCIENCE
| 4412500036 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN, PHILOSOPHIC AND EDUCATION SCIENCES | |
| EQF6 | |
| SCIENZE DELLE ATTIVITA' MOTORIE, SPORTIVE E DELL'EDUCAZIONE PSICOMOTORIA | |
| 2025/2026 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 3 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017 | |
| SPRING SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-EDF/02 | 6 | 36 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF SPORTS SCIENCE, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS THAT LEADS TO THE ACQUISITION OF MOTOR SKILLS AS A BASIS FOR LEARNING SPORTS TECHNIQUES. THE OBJECTIVE IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED AND SYSTEMIC VISION OF HUMAN MOVEMENT, UNDERSTOOD AS THE RESULT OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL, COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-RELATIONAL FACTORS. THE TEACHING ALSO AIMS TO PROMOTE A CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL MODELS RELATING TO MOTOR CONTROL AND LEARNING, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE ECOLOGICAL-DYNAMIC APPROACH. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| NO PREREQUISITES |
| Contents | |
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| MODULE 1 – FUNDAMENTALS OF SPORTS SCIENCE AND HUMAN MOVEMENT THE FIRST MODULE INTRODUCES THE KEY CONCEPTS OF SPORTS SCIENCE AND PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE THEORETICAL AND CLASSIFICATION FOUNDATIONS OF MOTOR AND SPORTS SKILLS. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTOR SKILLS WILL BE EXPLORED IN DEPTH, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED SKILLS, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS CLASSIFICATION ON SPORTS TRAINING. THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF PERFORMANCE – COORDINATION, EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY AND ADAPTABILITY – WILL BE ANALYZED, AND HOW THESE INFLUENCE TECHNICAL EXECUTION IN DIFFERENT SPORTS CONTEXTS. MODULE 2 – THEORETICAL MODELS OF LEARNING AND MOTOR CONTROL THE SECOND MODULE FOCUSES ON THE MAIN THEORETICAL MODELS THAT EXPLAIN HOW HUMAN MOVEMENT IS LEARNED AND CONTROLLED, WITH A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE COGNITIVE AND ECOLOGICAL-DYNAMIC APPROACHES. THE CONCEPTS OF MOTOR SCHEMA, CENTRAL PROGRAMMING AND MOTOR MEMORY WILL BE EXAMINED ACCORDING TO TRADITIONAL THEORIES, AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE ECOLOGICAL-DYNAMIC APPROACH, WHICH INTERPRETS LEARNING AS A SELF-ORGANIZING PROCESS DRIVEN BY THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE SYSTEM (INDIVIDUAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND TASK). AMPLE SPACE WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THESE MODELS FOR SPORTS TEACHING, WITH A FOCUS ON VARIABILITY OF PRACTICE, THE ROLE OF FEEDBACK AND STRATEGIES BASED ON THE CONSTRAINTS-LED APPROACH. MODULE 3 – MOTOR LEARNING IN DEVELOPMENT AND SPORTS PRACTICE THIS MODULE WILL EXPLORE THE LINK BETWEEN MOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE ACQUISITION OF SPORTS SKILLS, ANALYZING IN PARTICULAR THE COORDINATION AND CONDITIONAL ABILITIES IN YOUNG ATHLETES. THE CONCEPTS OF “SENSITIVE PERIODS” AND THE MAIN NEUROMOTOR ADAPTATIONS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENTAL AGE WILL BE DISCUSSED. THE MODULE WILL PROVIDE PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING AND IMPROVING COMPLEX TECHNICAL SKILLS IN SPECIFIC SPORTS CONTEXTS, SUCH AS TEAM SPORTS, RACKET SPORTS, CYCLING AND COMBAT SPORTS. MODULE 4 – SPORTS PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT THE FOURTH MODULE FOCUSES ON THE WAYS IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION OF PRACTICE AFFECTS LEARNING AND TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE. THE MAIN TYPES OF PRACTICE – DISTRIBUTED, MASSIVE, VARIABLE, RANDOMIZED – AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE ACQUISITION OF MOTOR SKILLS WILL BE EXPLORED. THE ROLE OF FEEDBACK (CONCURRENT, TERMINAL, KNOWLEDGE OF PERFORMANCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF RESULT) IN PROMOTING EFFECTIVE LEARNING WILL ALSO BE ANALYZED. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO MONITORING AND EVALUATING THE LEARNING PROCESS, WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING TOOLS TO OBSERVE, DOCUMENT AND INTERPRET THE TECHNICAL AND TACTICAL IMPROVEMENT OF ATHLETES, BOTH THROUGH QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION AND QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS. THE CRITERIA FOR ADAPTING THE TEACHING PROGRESSION BASED ON THE DATA COLLECTED WILL ALSO BE EXAMINED. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| INTERACTIVE LESSONS WITH ANALYSIS OF SPORTS CASES PRACTICAL EXERCISES WITH SIMULATIONS OF INTERVENTIONS VIDEO ANALYSIS AND DECONSTRUCTION OF TECHNICAL GESTURES GROUP WORK AND MICRO-DIDACTIC PLANNING |
| Verification of learning | |
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| THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST, A CREATION AND PRESENTATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP RESEARCH PROJECT, AND AN ORAL TEST. THE WRITTEN TEST CONSISTS OF 30 CLOSED-ANSWER QUESTIONS AND ONE OPEN-ANSWER QUESTION. |
| Texts | |
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| - GRAY, R. (2022). "LEARNING TO OPTIMIZE MOVEMENT. HARNESSING THE POWER OF THE ATHLETE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP". - GRAY, R (2021). "HOW WE LEARN TO MOVE. A REVOLUTION IN THE WAY WE COACH & PRACTICE SPORTS SKILLS". - CHOW, J.Y., DAVIDS, K., BUTTON, C. & RENSHAW, I. (2022). "NONLINEAR PEDAGOGY IN SKILL ACQUISITION. AN INTRODUCTION." SECOND EDITION. ROUTLEDGE. - MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER. - SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES RECOMMENDED BY THE TEACHER. |
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