| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | |  | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Identify and explore support services and practices required for the high-performance sport environment. |
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| K2. | Explain how sports science discipline and support services contribute to the sport performance, athlete welfare and wellbeing of elite athletes. |
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| K3. | Identify the key physical and psychological factors that influence athlete welfare and wellbeing. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Distinguish between how the different sports science discipline and support services relate to the management of high-performance sport environments. |
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| S2. | Assess and evaluate the factors that contribute to athlete welfare and wellbeing for high-performance athletes. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Evaluate and critique the support services and practices applied in elite and high-performance sport. |
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| A2. | Recommend a holistic approach that demonstrates consideration of sports science discipline and support services for the high-performance sport environments. |
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| 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: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 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% |
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