PEDIATRIC EXERCISE SCIENCE: UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE, SPAIN
FROM JUNE 12 TO JUNE 19, 2020
VENUE: University of Alicante campus 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