The course will give students an introduction to the way leading groups in sport do holistic, integrated, and functional talent- and performance development. This will give a foundation to reflect on and discuss principles that are the root of effective performance development, and how this can be transferred into practice.   

The students will:

• Get to know how leading people and groups within different approaches to performance development in sport operate, with respect to coaching, applied science, managing performance systems, performance culture, and the athlete perspective.
• Be able to analyze and understand practical approaches to performance development in sport, from theoretical paradigms, models and principles from different sport science perspectives.
• Be able to transfer and integrate principles for performance development to your own practice as leader, coach or consultant. 

Preparation for and participation in lectures.

• Active participation in lectures is required. In addition, students will be split into groups that get tasks to present to the rest of the class (in English).
• 100% attendance in instructor course in Cardio-Pulmoary Resuscitation (CPR).

Students need to get a ‘pass’ grade on the group presentation and the CPR to be able to later take the individual exams.

Due to the situation with coronavirus, 100% attendance in instructor course in Cardio-Pulmoary Resuscitation (CPR) is removed from the mandatory assignment (March 2021).

• Active participation in lectures is required. In addition, students will be split into groups that get tasks to present to the rest of the class (in English).

Students need to get a ‘pass’ grade on the group presentation to be able to later take the individual exams.

Students are assessed in two ways, each counting for 50% of the total grade in the course.

• Individual paper (up to 4000 words), to be worked on “at home”. In working with this, students will use available documentation to describe, understand, and critically assess a person/role or group in performance development in sport. The paper can be written in Norwegian or English. Grades (A-F) will be given.
• Written 2-hour school exam. No helping aids allowed. Grades (A-F) will be given.

Due to the situation with coronavirus, the assessment is adjusted (October 2020). The adjustment is highlighted:

Students are assessed in two ways, each counting for 50% of the total grade in the course.

• Individual paper (up to 4000 words), to be worked on “at home”. In working with this, students will use available documentation to describe, understand, and critically assess a person/role or group in performance development in sport. The paper can be written in Norwegian or English. Grades (A-F) will be given.
• Written 2-hour digital home exam. Grades (A-F) will be given.
  • The answer must be independent.

Tasks submitted via Wiseflow will be run through Urkund for plagiarism control. 

2 BOOKS:
Collins, D., Cruickshank, A. & Jordet, G. (2019). Routledge handbook of elite sport performance. Routledge.
* You will find the book in the Library, here: ORIA
** The book is also available online: Click here to download.
*** NB! To open the electronic book off campus, you need to use the following VPN connection: Click here to download.

Connolly, F. (2017). Game changer: The art of sport science. Victory Belt Publishing.
* You will fin ythe book in the Library, here: ORIA