Sports Performance Management

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Effective Term: 2027/05
Institute / School :Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Unit Title: Sports Performance Management
Unit ID: ISMAN1006
Credit Points: 15.00
Prerequisite(s): Nil
Co-requisite(s): Nil
Exclusion(s): Nil
ASCED: 069903
Other Change:  
Brief description of the Unit

This unit is designed to introduce students to support services and practices required for high-performance sport. The unit will identify the nature and contribution of sports science and services that can be provided to athletes and coaches in high-performance environments. The physical and psychological demands placed on elite athletes will be examined, including the development of holistic approaches to support athlete welfare and wellbeing throughout the athlete's career.

Grade Scheme: Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF)
Work Experience Indicator:
No work experience
Placement Component:
Supplementary Assessment:Yes
Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment
Course Level:
Level of Unit in CourseAQF Level(s) of Course
5678910
Introductory                                                
Intermediate                                                
Advanced                                                
Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge:
K1.

Identify and explore support services and practices required for the high-performance sport environment.

K2.

Explain how sports science discipline and support services contribute to the sport performance, athlete welfare and wellbeing of elite athletes.

K3.

Identify the key physical and psychological factors that influence athlete welfare and wellbeing.

Skills:
S1.

Distinguish between how the different sports science discipline and support services relate to the management of high-performance sport environments.

S2.

Assess and evaluate the factors that contribute to athlete welfare and wellbeing for high-performance athletes.

Application of knowledge and skills:
A1.

Evaluate and critique the support services and practices applied in elite and high-performance sport.

A2.

Recommend a holistic approach that demonstrates consideration of sports science discipline and support services for the high-performance sport environments.

Other outcomes:
Unit Content:

Unit content topics may include: Sports science and management of high-performance sport environments Holistic approaches to support high-performance athletes Monitoring athlete welfare and wellbeing: athlete mental health athlete development for life after sport management of load and injuries Sports science discipline and support services: anatomy and physiology (foundation & applied) biomechanics (foundation & applied) strength and conditioning  athlete recovery  performance analysis ergogenic aids (supplements and drugs in high-performance sport) sport psychology

Graduate Attributes:
Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.

FED TASK and descriptorDevelopment and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit
Learning outcomes
(KSA)
Assessment task
(AT#)
FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal

Students at this level will demonstrate an advanced ability in a range of contexts to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display high level skills in-person and/or online in: • Using and demonstrating a high level of verbal and non-verbal communication • Demonstrating a mastery of listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Demonstrating and showing empathy for others • High order skills in negotiating and conflict resolution skills\\ • Demonstrating mastery of working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams.

Not applicableNot applicable
FEDTASK 2
Leadership

Students at this level will demonstrate a mastery in professional skills and behaviours in leading others. • Creating and sustaining a collegial environment • Demonstrating a high level of self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect and justify decisions • Inspiring and initiating opportunities to lead others • Making informed professional decisions • Demonstrating initiative in new professional situations.

Not applicableNot applicable
FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity

Students at this level will demonstrate high level skills in working in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically to generate and consider complex ideas and concepts at an abstract level • Analysing complex and abstract ideas, concepts and information • Communicate alternative perspectives to justify complex ideas • Demonstrate a mastery of challenging conventional thinking to clarify complex concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving to new situations for further learning.

Not applicableNot applicable
FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy

Students at this level will demonstrate the ability to work competently across a wide range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Mastering, exploring, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information professionally • Collating, managing complex data, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding professionally to messages in a range of professional digital media • Contributing competently and professionally to digital teams and working groups • Participating at a high level in digital learning opportunities.

Not applicableNot applicable
FEDTASK 5
sustainable and Ethical Mindset

Students at this level will demonstrate a mastery of considering and assessing the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting professional ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Demonstrate informed judgment making that considers the impact of devising complex solutions in ambiguous global economic environmental and societal contexts • Professionally committing to the promulgation of social responsibility • Demonstrate the ability to evaluate ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Communicating lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to the diverse professional others • Generating, leading and implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life

Not applicableNot applicable
 Learning Outcomes AssessedAssessment TasksAssessment TypeWeightingProfessional Standards
1.

K2, K3, S2, A2

Discuss key factors that influence the welfare and wellbeing of athletes in a high-performance sport environment.

Essay

30-50%

2.

K1, K2, S1, A1

Review and compare the high-performance sport support services and practices used by different countries.

E-poster

20-40%

3.

K1, K2, K3, S1,

Review of unit content and confirm knowledge.

Quizzes

20-40%

Adopted Reference Style:
APA  ()

Professional Standards / Competencies:
 Standard / Competency