Social Investments in Sports Careers and Introduction to Professional Practice

Recommended Prerequisites

Sociology of Sport; Ethics and Sport Law; Auxology and Kinanthropometry; Methodology Training; Evaluation and Control of Training; Sport Pedagogy; Sport Psychology.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods: Support of lectures with PowerPoint presentations. Analysis and debate of the literature, including the PowerPoint presentation by the students. Exercises on the sociometric tests. Thematic critical review report.

Students will experience an in-service opportunity under the supervision of a teaching staff member from the university and also a certified staff member indicated by the partner.

Learning Outcomes

[1] Understanding sports training in a changing society;

[2] To justify the social foundation of long-term sport programs taking into account national and international recommendations.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

[1] Involvements, values and social pressures. Social action in sports field. Acculturation of values, expectations and pressures on performance. Mobility and social prestige. [2] Sports spectacles, marketing and promotion of media. Major sporting events in the context of globalization. The role of media in promoting the sport: From public stimulation to the heroification of athletes. The media as a space of pressure and criticism of the performance of coaches and athletes.  [3] Social dynamics in sporting careers. General trends of development of modern sport, more seriously, intensifying competition, more investment and personal financial pressures and expectations on the results of sporting and social success. Sociometric tests and measure instruments with a view to boosting of sociability and social inclusion among children and young athletes. [4] Gender asymmetries. [5] Sports policies, public promotion and spirit of national mission. The sports competition as a space for national representation. Relations between state and sports associations: framework for cooperation and support of high competition. European policies. [6] Trends of the late modern sport.

 

 

Putting into practice problems addressed in the units: (a) growth and maturation in the young athlete; (b) readiness and talent in sport; (c) evaluation and control of training – part I, (d) motor development and learning in the context of sport; (e) Physiopathology and recovery techniques – part I.

Head Lecturer(s)

Hugo Miguel Borges Sarmento

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Thematic critical review report: 100.0%

Bibliography

[1]Dunning, E. (1992). A dinâmica do desporto moderno: notas sobre a luta pelos resultados e o significado social do desporto, in N Elias, A Busca da Excitação. Lisboa: Difel. (pp. 299–325);

[2]Northwaw, M. L. (1999). Testes Sociométricos. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte

[3] Hargreaves, J. (1986). Sport, Power and Culture. Oxford: Polity Press.

[4] Marivoet S (1997). Dinâmicas sociais nos envolvimentos desportivos, Sociologia Problemas e Práticas, 23: 101-13.

[5] Marivoet, S. (2002), Aspectos Sociológicos do Desporto (2). Lisboa: Liv. Horizonte.

[6] Coelho e Silva MJ, Malina RM (2004). Children and Youth in Organized Sports. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press.

[7] Gonçalves CE, Cumming SP, Coelho e Silva MJ, Malina RM (2007). Sports and Education – Tribute to Martin Lee, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press.

[8] Coelho e Silva MJ, António J Figueiredo, Marije Elferink-Gemser, Malina RM (2009). Youth Sports – participation, trainability and readiness. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press.

[9] Coelho e Silva MJ, António J Figueiredo, Marije Elferink-Gemser, Malina RM (2010). Youth Sports – volume 2: growth, maturation and talent. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press. 

[10] Coelho e Silva MJ, António J Figueiredo, Carlos Gonçalves (2006). Desporto de Jovens ou Jovens no Desporto? FCDEF e IDP / Coimbra University Press.

[11] Programa Nacional de Formação de Treinadores (2011). Referenciais de Formação Geral – Curso de Treinadores de Desporto (Grau I, II, III). Instituto de Desporto de Portugal.

[12] Programa Nacional de Formação de Treinadores (2011). Perfis Profissionais de Treinadores (Grau I, II, III e IV). Instituto de Desporto de Portugal.