KIN 409 Sport Skills Instruction and Training for Performance

This course will help the student identify health, fitness and motor skills needed for acquiring sports skills and the principles of teaching those skills effectively in order to enhance sports performance. The course will help the student to understand the assessment, analysis, and instructing the sports skills; nutrition concerns to enhance performance, along with the sport specific training methods for enhancing sports performance. Taking this course will help the student prepare for the National Academy of Sports Medicine - Performance Enhancement Specialist Certification (PES). A minimum of 14 hours of field experience is required. A minimum of seven hours must be in a Health Setting and a minimum of seven hours must be in a Physical Education Setting. Credit, three hours.