MOTOR APTITUDE EVALUATION
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The main goal of the course is to provide students with basic skills for the measuring and the critical evaluation of the coordinative and conditionals motor abilities. At the end of the course students will be able to define specific assessment protocols.
Course contents summary
1. Sport performance test: aims and field of applications
2. Assessment of Conditional Capacity
• Resistance
• Force
• Speed
3. Assessment of Coordinative Capacity
• Balance
• Rhythm
• Spatial-temporal Orientation
• Eye-hand and eye-breech coordination
• Kinesthetic differentiation
• Reaction time
• Flexibility
Recommended readings
Dal Monte A, Faina M. Valutazione dell’atleta. Analisi funzionale e biomeccanica della capacità di prestazione. Utet Roma, 2000.
Cicchella A. Analisi del Movimento. Casa Editrice Martina Bologna, 2002.
Giannini A. L’autovalutazione degli Insegnanti in “Progettazione Formativa e Valutazione a cura di Bramanti D”. Carocci Editore Roma, 1998 pp.143-154.
Teaching methods
Frontal and practical lessons according to the schedule defined at the beginning of academic year. Students attending class will be actively involved in discussions about scientific articles proposed during the course.
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment consists in an oral interview on topics covered during the course.
