This course will examine how physiological and psychological processes can be manipulated to improve sports performance. It will assess the impact of novel training techniques, nutritional interventions and the role for improved recovery from exercise to support better adaptation to training and competitive performance. 

This option is assigned to block S2-D. There are normally 3 hours of teaching on Fridays, which may be split over more than one session. 

None.

The course will be assessed by a 2-hour examination (70%) and a poster presentation (30%). For the poster presentation, the content of the poster is worth 75% and the response to questions (defence of the poster) is worth 25%.

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

The aim of this course is to develop an advanced understanding of the physiological and psychological processes that can be manipulated to improve human sporting performance with an emphasis on whole body research.

By the end of this course, students will be able to: 

■ Evaluate the influence of metabolic substrates on sporting performance and critically assess commonly employed strategies to enhance performance; 

■ Evaluate the physiological adaptations to established and novel training strategies and comment on the techniques used to assess their impact; 

■ Appraise psychological factors that influence sporting performance and comment on the techniques used to assess these factors and then to manipulate them. 

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.