Assessment planning and performance in Trail Running
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The Postgraduate Course in Planning, Assessment and Performance in Trail Running comes in response to the increasing demand for specialised training in the area of outdoor sports, more precisely in an area that has a major competitive and interdependent performance component. Therefore, this specialised training course is based on sports training and on technical and scientific knowledge through the development of practical skills, making it possible for students to receive certification in all the aspects of mountain running.
The curricular structure, the organisation and the close links to sports training are an excellent alterative in terms of professional differentiation, but above all in the need for updating and specialisation.
This postgraduate course will make it possible to learn about and gain skills for professional operation and recognition in the assessment, planning and optimisation of Trail Running training.
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Applications for the Postgraduate Course in Planning, Assessment and Performance in Trail Running will be accepted from:
- a) Holders of a bachelor’s degree or the legal equivalent in the areas of Sports Science, Physical Education or scientific areas linked to sports.
b) Holders of a higher academic degree granted by foreign higher education institutions following a first study cycle organised in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process by a State that is a signatory to this process in the academic areas of Sports Science or similar areas, dependent on a curricular assessment by the Scientific Committee.
c) Holders of academic, scientific or professional qualifications that are recognised as attesting to their ability to take on this study cycle by the IPVC Scientific and Technical Council.
The selection of candidates by the Scientific and Technical Council will take the following general criteria into account:
a) The candidate’s academic and scientific background.
b) The candidate’s professional background in Sports Science or similar areas, with particular relevance being given to proven professional experience in the area of athletics and sports clubs.
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Learning and developing skills, mastering and autonomously and individually applying the different specific techniques for assessment, development and optimisation of performance in Trail Running, based on scientific knowledge and increasing training resources for athletes, prevention and recovery from injuries.
Graduate profile
- Understanding more about Trail Running and the implications of training and competition in hot, cold and damp conditions and at altitude.
- Understanding and identifying the guidelines for preparation, monitoring and analysis of competition in Trail Running.
- Knowing the importance and applicability of using different technologies to monitor and optimise Trail Running training processes.
- Identifying the relevance of strength training in performance and the prevention of injuries in Trail Running.
- Learning ways and techniques for structuring and developing strength training during a sports season.
- Knowing the basics that support the analysis of the internal load through heart rate variability and how to improve their analyses for effective monitoring of the training load.
- Learning more about the specific biomechanical assessment of Trail Running by using different instruments and tools.
- Identifying the technical phases of running, its limitations and consequences for the athlete’s performance.
- Developing strategies and concepts inherent to the prevention of injuries and performance optimisation in Trail Running.
- Understanding and interpreting the parameters for recovery and detecting overtraining based on clinical analyses and stress tests.
- Understanding the principles inherent to the adaptation of specific diets to the different phases of training and competition.
- Gaining the pedagogical and educational insights characteristic to the tasks inherent to Trail Running, identifying and recognising the main equipment and materials.
- Identifying and understanding the intervention factors for the development of psychological skills to enhance athletic performance and achieve an optimal mental state.
Continuing Studies
The aim of this specialised programme is to foster a strong component of know-how allied to scientific and professional expertise by building a bridge towards gaining academic qualifications, granting an equivalence of 30 credits from the entire study cycle of the Master’s Degree in Sports Training at the ESDL, IPVC.
Study Plan
| Curricular Unit | Area | Type | Contact hours | ECTS | PUC |
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| Teoria e Metodologia do Treino Desportivo | CDTL | S1 | TP:18.00 | P:10.00 | 5.00 | |
| Exercício, Metabolismo e Nutrição | CDTL | S1 | TP:30.00 | P:10.00 | 6.00 | |
| Fisiologia do exercício | CDTL | S1 | TP:21.00 | 6.00 | |
| Metodologia do Treino Desportivo no Trail Running I | CDTL | S1 | TP:36.00 | 5.00 | |
| Laboratory Practice I | CDTL | S2 | TP:12.00 | 5.00 | |
| Fisiologia do exercício em altitude | CDTL | S2 | TP:18.00 | P:2.00 | 4.00 | |
| Metodologia do Treino Desportivo no Trail Running II | CDTL | S2 | TP:36.00 | 5.00 | |
| Coaching e Intervenção no Âmbito do Trail Running | CDTL | S2 | TP:24.00 | 4.00 | |
| Biomecânica e Cinesiologia em Trail Running | CDTL | S2 | TP:21.00 | P:6.00 | 4.00 | |
| Prevenção e reabilitação lesões associadas ao Trail Running | CDTL | S2 | TP:21.00 | P:4.00 | 5.00 | |
| Laboratory Practice II | CDTL | S2 | TP:12.00 | 5.00 |
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– Sapienta Sports (http://www.sapientasports.pt/)
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