KINS124 Badminton and Volleyball
Department of Health Sciences: Kinesiology
- I. Course Number and Title
- KINS124 Badminton and Volleyball
- II. Number of Credits
- 2 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250
- IV. Prerequisites
- None
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- This course fulfills the General Education requirement for Critical Thinking.
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- This course provides students with the opportunity to participate in badminton and volleyball as leisure time pursuits. Instructions will emphasize skill fundamentals, strategy, and rules. It will also include basic principles of exercise physiology and nutrition as they pertain to an individual engaged in this lifetime sport.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Students will be able to:
- understand, demonstrate, and apply concepts of exercise physiology, including warm-up and conditioning, lifelong wellness and nutrition to a successful and safe learning and teaching experience in badminton and volleyball [Critical Thinking];
- articulate history, rules, and proper choice and use of equipment for a successful experience in badminton and volleyball;
- with proper teaching techniques used in presenting badminton and volleyball skills to others, teach students without basic badminton and volleyball skills and improve techniques of students with some basic background in the skills area;
- understand rational of and identify how to correct some of the common physical and mental errors in badminton and volleyball that players make during the learning process and at the next levels.
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
- Basic physiology of exercise
- Principles of warm-up, stretching and cool down
- Basic anatomy of muscles and joints
- Fiber type
- Ligament
- Tendon
- Muscular contractions: isotonic, isometric, and isokinetic
- Muscular metabolism
- Anaerobic
- Aerobic
- Applied physiology of exercise
- Principles of an exercise prescription:
- Frequency, intensity, time
- Overload, progressive resistance, specificity, recovery
- Physiological effects of regular anaerobic exercise
- Physiological effect of regular aerobic exercise
- Cross-training and how a variety of activities contribute to cardiovascular and total fitness
- The role of diet and nutrition - What is a quality diet?
- Weight management and body composition
- Cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis
- Heat balance, fluid and electrolyte consumption
- Role of the nutrients in energy metabolism
- Relationship among stress, diet and exercise
- Concepts of recuperation, positive adaptation and deconditioning
- Immediate and correct care of athletic injuries
- Evaluation of fitness progress and self-testing
- How to critically review the current literature in the areas of nutrition and physiology of exercise
- The fundamental skills included in learning badminton and volleyball
- Badminton:
- Forehand and backhand grips
- High deep serve
- Short serve
- Drive serve
- Overhead clear
- Underhand clear
- Drive shots
- Drop shots
- Hair pin shots
- Smash shots
- Strategy of singles and doubles play
- Volleyball:
- Overhead chest pass
- Underhand serves
- Overhand serves
- Bump passes
- Spikes
- Digs
- Blocking
- Rules and etiquette
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
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Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
Required textbook selected by full-time faculty.
Policies governing student evaluation, grades, and attendance will be specified in the course syllabus prepared by the faculty member.
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Review/Approval Date - 12/03; Core Goals/Objectives added 6/04; New Core 8/2015; Revision 6/1/22