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ATHL 42B: SPORT TECHNIQUES & CONDITIONING FOR WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Foothill College Course Outline of Record

Foothill College Course Outline of Record
Heading Value
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

  • Compare the effectiveness of different flexibility training methods in improving volleyball performance.
  • Demonstrate proper techniques for exercises that enhance muscular strength and endurance specific to volleyball.
  • Explain how principles of weight management support overall athletic performance in volleyball.
  • List the key physiological benefits of regular exercise for volleyball performance.

Description

This course teaches and provides practice in specific techniques and conditioning for the sport of volleyball. This includes drills, weight and flexibility training, and cardio-respiratory development.

Course Objectives

The student will be able to:

  1. Assess and improve muscle strength and muscle endurance used for the sport of volleyball
  2. Design and practice a program of effective muscle-training exercises
  3. Define and assess flexibility and describe the benefits of increased flexibility for the sport of volleyball
  4. Demonstrate volleyball specific strength exercises and routines
  5. Practice specific aerobic and anaerobic training
  6. Demonstrate and assess sport techniques for volleyball

Course Content

  1. Assess and improve muscle strength and endurance
    1. Practice a program of progressive overloading with an understanding of repetitions and sets
    2. Physical testing to determine the measure for repetition maximums
    3. Demonstrate the ability to select the weight and exercise for targeting each major muscle group
    4. Perform and understand the importance of multiple joint exercise
  2. Design a program of effect muscle training exercise for the sport of volleyball
    1. Design a program for circuit training exercises that are sport specific
    2. Perform proper free weight lifting techniques
    3. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of free weights vs. weight machines
  3. Define and assess flexibility and describe the benefits of increased flexibility for volleyball specific training
    1. Explain the following factors and their influence on flexibility: muscle temperature, physical activity, age, and disease
    2. Assess flexibility at four joint sites
  4. Demonstrate volleyball specific flexibility exercises and routines
    1. Practice volleyball specific stretching routines
    2. Demonstrate PNF stretching exercises
  5. Practice volleyball specific aerobic and anaerobic training
    1. Measure and assess individual cardio-respiratory endurance
    2. Practice proper warm-up for aerobic and anaerobic exercise
  6. Demonstrate and assess sport technique for competitive volleyball training
    1. Analyze volleyball tapes for successful techniques
    2. Practice sport techniques that develop skills for competitive volleyball

Lab Content

  1. Lifting
  2. Running
  3. Stretching
  4. Hitting
  5. Digging
  6. Blocking
  7. Serving

Special Facilities and/or Equipment

1. Volleyball specific 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

Methods of Evaluation may include but are not limited to the following:

Volleyball specific pre- and post-test for individual strength, flexibility, and endurance

Method(s) of Instruction

Methods of Instruction may include but are not limited to the following:

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.

Discipline(s)

Physical Education or Coaching