ATHL 42B: SPORT TECHNIQUES & CONDITIONING FOR WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Foothill College Course Outline of Record
Heading | Value |
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Effective Term: | Summer 2025 |
Units: | 2 |
Hours: | 6 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter) |
Degree & Credit Status: | Degree-Applicable Credit Course |
Foothill GE: | Area 7: Lifelong Learning |
Transferable: | CSU/UC |
Grade Type: | Letter Grade (Request for Pass/No Pass) |
Repeatability: | May be taken six times for credit |
Student Learning Outcomes
- Upon completion students should be able to identify weight management principles, basic physiology of exercise and benefits of regular exercise for the sport of volleyball.
- Upon completion students should be able to utilize a variety of exercise modes and techniques to improve muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility for the sport of volleyball.
Description
Course Objectives
The student will be able to:
- Assess and improve muscle strength and muscle endurance used for the sport of volleyball
- Design and practice a program of effective muscle-training exercises
- Define and assess flexibility and describe the benefits of increased flexibility for the sport of volleyball
- Demonstrate volleyball specific strength exercises and routines
- Practice specific aerobic and anaerobic training
- Demonstrate and assess sport techniques for volleyball
Course Content
- Assess and improve muscle strength and endurance
- Practice a program of progressive overloading with an understanding of repetitions and sets
- Physical testing to determine the measure for repetition maximums
- Demonstrate the ability to select the weight and exercise for targeting each major muscle group
- Perform and understand the importance of multiple joint exercise
- Design a program of effect muscle training exercise for the sport of volleyball
- Design a program for circuit training exercises that are sport specific
- Perform proper free weight lifting techniques
- Explain the advantages and disadvantages of free weights vs. weight machines
- Define and assess flexibility and describe the benefits of increased flexibility for volleyball specific training
- Explain the following factors and their influence on flexibility: muscle temperature, physical activity, age, and disease
- Assess flexibility at four joint sites
- Demonstrate volleyball specific flexibility exercises and routines
- Practice volleyball specific stretching routines
- Demonstrate PNF stretching exercises
- Practice volleyball specific aerobic and anaerobic training
- Measure and assess individual cardio-respiratory endurance
- Practice proper warm-up for aerobic and anaerobic exercise
- Demonstrate and assess sport technique for competitive volleyball training
- Analyze volleyball tapes for successful techniques
- Practice sport techniques that develop skills for competitive volleyball
Lab Content
- Lifting
- Running
- Stretching
- Hitting
- Digging
- Blocking
- Serving
Special Facilities and/or Equipment
2. When taught as an online distance learning or hybrid section, students and faculty need ongoing and continuous internet and email access.
Method(s) of Evaluation
Volleyball specific pre- and post-test for individual strength, flexibility, and endurance
Method(s) of Instruction
Discussion
Cooperative learning exercises
Demonstrations
Representative Text(s) and Other Materials
. NCAA Women's Volleyball Rules and Interpretations 2020-2021. .
The most recent edition of the rules and interpretations will be used; annual updates are available online at https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2021/2/9/playingrules.aspx
Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing, and Outside of Class Assignments
Optional reading and writing assignments as recommended by instructor.