Diploma Courses

The module seeks to develop the students’ ability to practically apply didactic and coaching principles in the training of diverse population groups in sport and fitness training programmes. Students will acquire didactic competences which they will engage later on as practitioners to enable their clients to learn skills and strategies in the context of game play.

The module will serve as an introduction to the basic principles of sport management and of entrepreneurship with special attention to the establishment of a small business enterprise and/or sport club.

The learner will obtain the required basic practical knowledge to design strengthening and conditioning programmes. To deal with the athlete.

Learners credited with this module are able to demonstrate adequate knowledge with regards to the skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular and respiratory systems; explain and define concepts of leisure and recreation, play and work; explain the dimension of recreation in an historical context; explain the individual and social benefits of leisure and recreation. Learners are able to Identify, prepare, present proposals to potential sponsors and ensure the sponsored recourses are properly managed; Learners are able to describe a situation that could be hazardous and pose a risk or threat to participants; Learners are able to design a recreational programme to meet the needs of a specific target market.

This module serves as a study of motor learning skill acquisition from a behavioral and physiological persperctive.The emphasis is on issues that are particularly relevant for application to human motor skill learning and exercise performance situations in a variety of contexts. Physical growth and motor development (tactile development, verstibular system, biletaral integration, motor planning; fine and gross, perception.)

This module is an extension of the anatomy course of the first year. The functioning of the body is discussed in detail with special reference to the interdependence of the different body systems.

Kinesiology is the study of human movement in the physical sciences. The study of the human body as an organism for performing work is rooted in three major areas of study, namely mechanics, anatomy and physiology. The following aspects are highlighted: Biomechanics: description of human motion, condition of linear motion, condition of rotary motion, centre of gravity and stability; Musculoskeletal anatomy: the upper extremities (shoulders and elbows), the lower extremities (hips, knees and ankles), the spinal column and thorax; Neuromuscular physiology (skills): standing posture, kinesiology of fitness and exercise, throwing, striking and kicking skills; Movement on solid surfaces; Movement in an aquatic environment; Movement when suspended and free of support. The accumulated knowledge of these fields forms the foundation of the study of human movement.

The learner will learn to design a seasonal year-round programme for resistance exercise, plan athletic-type functional strength exercises for developing optimum potential. This module will give the learner theoretical knowledge on how to test an athlete for muscle strength and cardiovascular endurance.