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Lab Sessions
There are four Lab Sessions available:
1. Exercise Physiology
The most popular lab session as it provides maximal
aerobic and anaerobic performance testing with
opportunities for pupils to collect data, analyse and
enhance their understand of exercise physiology.
Exercise tests include sub-maximal predictive VO2max,
VO2max (bike/treadmill) and Wingate 30 second cycle
tests.
2. Body Composition
A session to enhance pupil’s
understanding of why body composition is important in
particular sports and its methods of assessment. Pupils
have the opportunity to experience hydrostatic weighing, skinfold caliper measurements, bioelectrical impedance
and somatotyping.
3. Sports Nutrition
Includes a discussion of sports
nutrition, healthy eating, hydration and special athlete
requirements within a sporting context. Pupils have the
opportunity to analyse their diet after recording a 2
day diet diary prior to their visit. An opportunity to
self evaluate nutritional and calorie intake, with the
inclusion of bioelectrical impedance body fat measures.
4. Biomechanics
an opportunity for pupils to view the
extensive range of equipment used to analyse an athletes
performance. Pupils are allocated groups and given an
unfamiliar skill to perform and video. Using specialist
software they overlay their performance with that of an
elite performer and identify coaching points for
improvement of performance. Finally, they repeat their
original skill to identify improvements.
All lab sessions include data collection sheets for
pupils to collect information on their visit.
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