UCL - Outdoor endurance sports and practical training

[EDPH1033]

[0h + 60h] 13 credits

This course is taught in the 1st & 2d semester.

Teacher(s): Marc Francaux(coord.), Thierry Zintz

Language: French

Level: First

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

After this educational entity, the student will have technical representative to enable it to improve the physical condition of a person by physical activities and sports mainly based on long-term effort outdoors (so called sports' outdoor).
This teaching is involved in the axis "fitness" of training in physical education.

Main themes

Key topics to meet the objectives:
In the practical part of the course (6 credits), different outdoor activities can be addressed as such:
- ATV and / or road bike
- Sports guidelines
- The combined type (mini) triathlon, ...
The internship involved (7 ects) covers activities whose objectives are:
- Conducting a performance of medium-term endurance (peak Spa, bike ...): the activity is training planned for this event (including its construction and evaluation of the training) (note the extra physical load).
- Diversification of content: the activity is (A) stage (s) outside IEPRI depending on the case as a participant (then) as co-speaker,
- Deepening a question related to outdoor activities such as the didactisation content: the production is a "work" (written, video, ...).
- Organization (s) of event (s) outdoor type (s) (an ATV, ATV orientation, a bicycle rally, ...): the achievement is the event (including its preparation and assessment) This part "stage" may be customized according to the draft training of students and will be an individual file or collective situations.

Content and teaching methods

Triathlon is chosen as a didactical and practical support for this course. Students are submitted to a training program in order to improve their level in triathlon. By doing this they discover practical aspects of triathlon as well as bio-medical theories and training methodology. By reading some papers related to biomechanics and training theory applied to triathlon they prepare a seminar. The aim of this seminar is to relate their practice of triathlon to different scientific elements.

A triathlon (Olympic distance, 1,5 km swimming, 40 km biking, 10 km running) closes the course and is a kind of challenge for the students.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisite: Support for the training of Bac 1
Rating: Continue and / or final practice with the possibility of interrogation (s) and / or a final exam to check the acquisition of knowledge associated with practice.
Format: Folder Course
Framing: Holder (s), counselor (s) technique (s) and / or assistant (s) possibly assisted by student monitors.
Other: You should pay particular attention to the physical burden associated with this course. To do this:
- The teacher will not ask for performance as they involve a physical load too high,
- At the time of presentation and choice of this option to students, this additional burden will be clearly outlined so that each evaluates its choice based on his personal means.