2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
SPSC2304 Mechanics of Sport and Exercise 2
20 creditsClass Size: 90
Module manager: Dr Neil Messenger
Email: n.messenger@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
Pre-requisites
| BMSC1107 | Functional Anatomy of the Musculoskeletal System |
| SPSC1213 | Fundamentals of Mathematics |
| SPSC1218 | Introduction to Biomechanics |
Module replaces
SPSC 2216 and SPSC 2217This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
This module builds on the fundamental concepts identified in the level 1 introduction to biomechanics.Learning outcomes
On completion of the module students will be able to:
- describe and quantify human motion clearly and unambiguously using both scalar and vector measures;
- demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between linear and angular motion;
- demonstrate an understanding of Newton's laws of motion and their angular equivalents and their implications for the quantitative analysis of human motion;
- demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of force, and moments of force and their implications for affecting human motion;
- demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of inertia, momentum, impulse and conservation of momentum and their influence on human motion;
- demonstrate an understanding of stability and equilibrium and their importance in human performance;
- demonstrate an understanding of mechanical work, power and energy and their implications for sport or exercise;
- describe the mechanical variables affecting the behaviour of bodies moving through fluids and demonstrate an understanding of their implications for sport and exercise;
- demonstrate lab specific skills relating to kinematic and kinetic data collection and analysis;
- demonstrate data manipulation and presentation;
- demonstarte the use of IT and in particular Microsoft Excel.
Skills outcomes
- Attain lab specific skills relating to kinematic and kinetic data collection and analysis;
- Data manipulation and presentation;
- Use of IT and in particular Microsoft Excel.
Syllabus
Semester 1
- Basic descriptors of human motion; distance, speed, displacement, velocity, acceleration
- Linear and angular kinematics
- Newton's three laws of motion and their angular equivalents
- Factors affecting human motion; force concepts, moments, inertia, momentum and conservation of momentum, impulse.
Semester 2
- Gravity, mass and weight
> Projectile motion
> Implications for balance and stability in Sport and Exercise
> Implications for Sport and Exercise.
- Impacts and materials
> Impulse, momentum transfer and the elastic behaviour of materials.
- Mechanical work, power and energy and energy conservation in Sport and Exercise.
- Introduction to fluid motion; buoyancy, pressure, drag and lift.
- Lab skills: force platform and video analysis techniques.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 22 | 1.00 | 22.00 |
| Practical | 4 | 3.00 | 12.00 |
| Tutorial | 4 | 2.00 | 8.00 |
| Private study hours | 158.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 42.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
- Directed learning (worksheets and computer based assignments): 44 hours- Preparation for assessment: 40 hours
- Reading for lectures: 22 hours
- Preparation for examination: 52 hours.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- Completion of example worksheets throughout the module- 4 in-course short MCQ tests
- 4 short lab assignments
- End of Semester 1 MCQ examination
- End of Semester 2 MCQ examination.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| In-course MCQ | 2 in-course short open book MCQ tests | 20.00 |
| Assignment | Formative assessment - Lab report | 0.00 |
| Assignment | Summative assessment - 2 short lab reports (500 words, lab 2 & 4) | 20.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 40.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr | 30.00 |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr | 30.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 60.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 23/01/2018
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