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About Study Course

ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Inese Pontaga
Study type:Part-Time, Full time
Course level:All levels
Target audience:Sports Trainer
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Part-Time, Full time
Branch of science:Health sciences; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

Objective

To learn basic concepts of Sports Physiology, to analyze the mechanisms of adaptation of the organism and determinants of performance in different types of sports loads, to master basic knowledge of morphological and physiological changes in the growing and ageing organism, about the sensitive periods of development of physical characteristics, skills, and competences in evaluation of physical development of a person and some physiological characteristics of sports performance.

Prerequisites

Knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired in the Latvian Academy of Sports Education in the first year and the autumn semester of the second year of studies in the Human Functioning course. The acquisition of the present study course is parallel with the course of Biochemistry.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Describes the energy sources for working muscles under physical loads of different lengths and intensities.

Skills

1.Measures human anthropometric parameters.

Competence

1.Analyse physical characteristics and compare with literature data.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2026, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Sports science4All levelsRequired
Sports science 4All levelsRequired