ATHL 4C: FUNCTIONAL FITNESS FOR FOOTBALL
Foothill College Course Outline of Record
Heading | Value |
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Effective Term: | Summer 2023 |
Units: | 1 |
Hours: | 3 laboratory per week (36 total per quarter) |
Degree & Credit Status: | Degree-Applicable Credit Course |
Foothill GE: | Area VII: 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 the benefits of regular exercise in the sport of football.
- Upon completion students should be able to perform exercises on and off the football field to achieve improved cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility.
Description
Course Objectives
The student will be able to:
- Participate in a structured and comprehensive program of advanced weight training for the sport of football
- Develop and apply personal and performance goals
- Employ correct lifting techniques in a variety of advanced resistance exercise techniques for the sport of football
- Demonstrate the differences between a variety of advanced resistance exercise techniques for performance in the sport of football
Course Content
- Establish performance goals which students are encouraged to work towards
- Develop knowledge and understanding of various advanced strength training techniques
- Super sets
- Periodizations
- Negatives
- Isometric and Super Slow training
- Olympic style lifts
- Develop strength through participation in various advanced strength training techniques
- Develop individualized performance goals which encourage specialization in the sport of football
- Explain physiological and anatomical relationships of weight training effects on the body consistent with the performance goals for the sport of football
Lab Content
Use of pin-set machines, free weights and functional fitness strengthening exercises, such as lifting, stretching, balancing, squatting (e.g., medicine balls, BOSU, and TRX).
Special Facilities and/or Equipment
2. Squat racks.
3. Olympic lifting platforms.
4. When taught as an online distance learning or hybrid section, students and faculty need ongoing and continuous internet and email access. Students may need to secure their own access to equipment specific to the sport.
Method(s) of Evaluation
Strength development will be assessed and measured by certain lifts, such as the bench press, squats, and military press
Demonstrating the correct form in the Olympic lifts used for performance in the sport of football
Method(s) of Instruction
Active participation by students and instructor to facilitate an effective learning environment
Lecture and/or demonstration
Representative Text(s) and Other Materials
. NCAA Football Rules and Interpretations 2022. .
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.