16 ECTS credits
425 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1013650CNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.
The seminar work is a written assignment that consists of four parts.
In the first part, the student makes an analysis of his/her own sporting (technical, tactical, physical, medical (injuries and prevention)), academic, psychological and (psycho)social development from mid-October to 30 April of the current academic year. This is reported by means of a diary and semesterial evaluations. Attention: we have to note the difference with the work you made in ESSCP1 and ESSCP2.
In the second part the student describes how one would guide/teach an elite athlete in their own sport in the elite sport school with emphasis on technical, tactical, physical, didactical and mental learning lines. You build on the athlete you discussed in the first and second year and pay attention to aspects of athletes' wellbeing (physical and mental).
In the third part, the own combination of elite sport and study is critically evaluated. A new student-athlete from the first year at university (whether or not from the same sport, whether or not from our faculty) is selected for guidance. Your advice/guidance is described in detail in the report.
In the fourth part you will describe and analyze the policy of your own sport federation concerning talent detection and career planning.
The student has to read the specific literature of the own sport on a regular basis
The student can always contact the coordinator of the service Topsport en Studie for interim feedback.
The student has the knowledge of:
A. With regard to the combination of study and elite sport:
a. the principles of making a presentation.
B. With regard to elite sport:
a. the skills at physical, technical, tactical and mental level with regard to the preparation to and participation in competitions;
b. the methods of training/coaching (at technical, conditional, medical and mental level) used by the own trainer(s)/coach(es);
c. the basics of the methodological progress at technical, tactical, motor level and at physical condition required for a pupil-athlete in the own sport.
C. With regard to sport career development and planning:
a. the principles of the career development of an elite trainer/elite coach at athletic, psychological, psychosocial and academic/professional level;
b. the principles of the development and use of competences by an elite trainer/elite coach.
D. With regard to the aims at the level of study and elite sport:
a. the principles of emotional management;
b. the principles of talent detection and development;
b. the principles of the elite sport policy in Flanders.
The student is able to:
A. With regard to the combination of study and elite sport:
a. writing a paper with regard to research into the own sport (related to the specialisation of the own study);
b. plan and evaluate the planning of the own combination during the academic year;
c. inform a second-year elite student-athlete about and guide in the planning of the combination study and elite sport during the academic year;
B. With regard to elite sport:
a. analyze critically and evaluate the own skills and the means available with regard to the own elite sport;
b. analyze critically and evaluate the methods of training/coaching (at technical, conditional, medical and mental level) used by the own trainer(s)/coach(es);
c. describe the learning lines at technical level, conditional level, tactics, social level, mental level, and study … for a pupil-athlete in your own sport discipline (or a talented athlete of an equal athletic level in another sport if no topsportschool is organised by the own sports federation).
C. With regard to sport career development and planning:
a. analyze the development of the sport career of a (former) elite coach in the own sport and of a (former) elite coach from another sport (will be announced);
b. analyze the profile of competences of an elite trainer/elite coach in the own sport.
D. With regard to the aims at the level of study and elite sport:
a. analyze a situation in which (a) a strong negative emotion and (b) a strong positive emotion have been of influence on the own elite sport and/or the own combination of study and elite sport;
b. analyze and evaluate the talent detection and development in the own sport federation;
c. analyze and evaluate the support (with special attention for career support) provided to elite athletes in Flanders and abroad (a case study will be announced).
The student has the attitude to:
- promote a healthy and critical lifestyle
- learn lifelong
- take initiative
- follow up on appointments
- be liable for criticism
- function social (e.g. giving lecture in public)
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Presentation determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the SELF Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Scientifically correct referencing throughout the seminar work is a requirement. The APA 6th reference style should be used. The student is required to make a link in all parts of the seminar work to (i) the study material of other courses, (ii) self-searched scientific literature, and (iii) the online tools / exercises that are available via Canvas. All Canvas tools need to be integrated into the seminar work. The student is free to choose in which parts of the seminar work they will be integrated.
Your written repport will be presented orally (15 minutes presentation and 10 minutes answering questions) on a date which will be determined in the second period of the first exam period or in the second period. The written and oral presentation will be scored together. Attention will be given to the completeness and chronological order of the work, critical evaluation about your own development but also on the content of your training and your coaches, the insight in making training programs for beginners, the scientific referencing, the clarity of the presentation…
The written report (2 ex.) will be submitted on paper and by email to topsport.studie@vub.bebefore the starting date of the second part of the first exam period or at the starting date of the second exam period (see academic calendar).
Calculation of final result: 50% on the written part, 30% oral presentation and 20% answers to questions on the oral presentation.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Physical Education and Movement Sciences: Abridged Traject after Training Professional Bachelor Education: Secundary Education with Option LO (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Physical Education and Movement Sciences: Verkort traject na vooropleiding (Revalidatiewetenschappen en) Kinesitherapie (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Physical Education and Movement Sciences: topsport (only offered in Dutch)