PEDIATRIC EXERCISE SCIENCE: UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE, SPAIN
FROM JUNE 12 TO JUNE 19, 2020

VENUE: University of Alicante campus
Faculty of Education
 

Certificate of Attendance (minimum of 80% attendance) will be handed in the last day of class

Requirements: Intermediate English Level

E-mail: summercourses@ua.es

                                      

Director: Juan Manuel Cortell
Department
: Didáctica General y Didácticas Específicas
Universidad de Alicante

Faculty:

Dr. AveryFaigenbaum. TCNJ-The College of New Jersey
Dr. Ivan Chulvi Medrano. Universidad de Alicante
 


CONTACT HOURS: 30

 

*TYPE OF CLASS:  ACADEMIC THEORY (AT)          
  EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICE (EP)

                               

FRIDAY JUNE 12 - Pediatric Inactivity Triad: Play Now or Pay Later

9:00 – 14:00    Exercise deficit disorder, pediatric dynapenia, and physical illiteracy; economic
                        consequences ofphysical inactivity and public health concerns
(AT)*

                        Dr. Avery D. Faigenbaum

SATURDAY JUNE 13

9:00 - 19:00     NSCA REGIONAL CONFERENCE
                       

MONDAY JUNE 15 - Climbing the Mountain of Motor Skill Development  

9:00 – 12:00    Identyfing a muscular strength and motor proficiency barrier for meeting
                        Physical activity guidelines in children; pediatric dynapenia in modern day
                       youth;
(AT)*
                       Dr. Avery D. Faigenbaum

12:00 - 14:00   Animals in Motion activity program for young children (EP)*
                        Dr. Avery D. Faigenbaum

TUESDAY JUNE 16 -  Integrative Neuromuscular training: A Developing Brain
                                     Perspecive

9:00 – 14:00    Fundamental concept of Integrative neuromuscular training (INT) in
                        children and adolescents. Potential cardiometabolic and neuromuscular
                        benefits of INT; Relationship between aerobic fitness, muscular fitness
                        and health in youth
(AT)*
                       Dr. Avery D. Faigenbaum

WEDNESDAY JUNE 17 - Youth Resistance Training: Right from the Start 

9:00 – 12:00    Epidemiology of pediatric dynapenia; training-induced  adaptations to 
                        resistance exercise in children and adolescents; determinants of muscle
                       strength and power development during childhood and adolescence; potential
                       health, fitness and sport performance benefits of youth resistance training;
(AT)*
                        Dr. Avery D. Faigenbaum                  

12:00 – 14:00  Medicine Ball for All kids. (EP)*
                        Dr. Avery D. Faigenbaum
                      

THURSDAY JUNE 18 - Early Sports Specialization & Long-Term Athletic Development

9:00 – 12:00    Trends in early sport participation; risks and concerns of overuse injuries;
                         alternatives to early sports specialization; building healthy, strong and resilient
                        young athletes; The youth physical development model; A coaches dozen
(AT)*
                        Dr. Avery D. Faigenbaum             

12:00 – 14:00  FIFA 11+ warm-up program (EP)*
                        Dr. Avery D. Faigenbaum
                      

FRIDAY JUNE 19 - Clinical Perspectives of Pediatric Exercise Science

9:00 – 14:00    Pediatric exercise science in a clinical context; hypoactivity and disease risk;
                       effects of exercise training on youth with asthma, diabetes mellitus, or obesity
                       and mellitus physical or intellectual disabilities (AT)*
                        Dr. Iván Chulvi Medrano

 

 

 

 

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