Sports and Exercise Science (Theory)

Paper Code: 
SSN 252
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable students to:

  1. Understand the scientific background of exercise and sporting activities
  2. Prescribe and monitor the athletic and fitness programmes
  3. Assess effectiveness of the training
8.00
Unit I: 

Sports, Games and Exercise, Types and description. Principles, importance, advantage and disadvantages of types of exercises including Aerobics, yoga, Resistance exercise, isometric and isotonic exercise etc.

13.00
Unit II: 

Sport-specific strategies to enhance performance: endurance and endurance trained sports    

                             
a) Nutrition for road cycling
c) Nutrition for Middle Distance and Distance running
d) Nutrition for swimming
e) Sports Nutrition for Ultra Endurance and Extreme Events

13.00
Unit III: 

Sport-specific strategies to enhance performance: intermittent sports     

a) Nutrition for Football
c) Nutrition for racquet sports

13.00
Unit IV: 

Sport-specific strategies to enhance performance: strength and power sports  

a) Nutrition for sprints
b) Nutrition for throwers, , jumpers and combined even athletes
c) Nutrition for lifting sports

13.00
Unit V: 
  1. Menstrual problems of female athletes. Female athletic triad.
  2. Chronic dieting and eating disorder.
  3. Doping and its control.
Essential Readings: 
  1. Edward L. Fox, Sports Physiology, 1983. Holt -Saunders International Editions,
  2. McArdle, W.D.; Katch, F.I and Katch ,Exercise Physiology, Energy, Nutrition and Human performance, 1996V.I.(eds).
  3. McArdle, W.D.; Katch,F.I and Katch , Essentials of Exercise Physiology ,V.I.(eds).1991
  4. Satyanarayan, K; Nageshwar Rao. C; Narsinga Rao,B.S.; Malhotra, M.S. Recommended Dietary Intakes for Indian Sportsman and Women, (1985), National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad.
  5. John Bloomfield, Timothy, R. Ackland and Bruce C. Elliot; Applied Anatomy and Biomechanics in Sport;1994.  Blackwell Scientific Publications.
  6. Don Kirkendall, Joseph J Gruber and Robert E. Johnson. ,Measurement and evaluation for Physical Educators, 1987. Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
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