SPCO343-19S1 (D) Semester One 2019 (Distance)

Nutrition and Recovery for Sports Performance

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2019
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 10 May 2019

Description

This course challenges students to critically assess various contemporary nutritional and recovery techniques and delve into the research to determine their effectiveness. Students will look at the multidisciplinary relationship between the sports nutritionist and the strength and conditioning coach. Additionally, students will gain an appreciation of when it is appropriate to recommend a particular supplement / recovery intervention.

Prerequisites

1) SPCO242 or 2) enrolment in GradCertSpC, or
3) approval from Programme Coordinator

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Carl Petersen

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Report 29 Mar 2019 50% Monitor an athlete's training week, providing a report on your findings, including a recovery plan
Nutrition plan 24 May 2019 50% Develop a performance nutrition plan for an athlete

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Inigo Muiika and Yann Le Meur; Endurance Training Infographic Edition ; 2016 (www.inigomujika.com).

Recommended Reading

Hausswirth, Christophe,1968- et al; Recovery for performance in sport ; Human Kinetics, 2013.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $883.00

International fee $4,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

All SPCO343 Occurrences

  • SPCO343-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019
  • SPCO343-19S1 (D) Semester One 2019 (Distance)
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