If you choose to study at ITK, you are choosing a comprehensive further education program, which will be of great benefit to you and your work – both in training and in physical education.
Introduction
The ITK study course at Leipzig University is a complex sports-scientific further education program in a type of sport or a specialisation emphasizing on sports for children and juveniles. Therefore, the personality development in children and juveniles with and through sports plays a central role in our course program. When applying you will choose a specialisation subject in which we provide you with in-depth knowledge of the specific theory and methodology. In addition, we will complete the program with relevant topics in General Exercise and Training Science, Sports medicine, Sports pedagogy and Sports psychology. You will also take part in an introduction to Strength training and Sports management.
COURSE SUBJECTS
Specialisation subjects
Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Handball, Track and Field, Swimming and Table Tennis as well as Disability Sports, Kids in motion (Kids' sports U12) and Conditioning Coach
General Exercise and Training Science, fundamentals of Sports medicine, Personality development (didactical and psychological fundamentals), Project management
During your ITK study course, we will provide you with scientifically sound knowledge and training-methodical expertise. Both are designed to enable you to
- train and guide athletes and teams appropriately to their age in the selected type of sport or specialization.
- apply learning objectives during development phases in a differentiated manner, even in heterogeneous groups (inclusive work).
- apply the acquired and expanded scientific knowledge as well as the methodological repertoire in training constructively and according to the existing conditions.
- identify developmental tendencies in your sport and consider them accordingly when implementing your training process.
- in disability sports
- apply disability specific knowledge, exercises and training methods.
- make use of specific forms of organisation when interacting with handicapped athletes during their regular sporting activities.
- in kids' sports
- transfer knowledge from didactics into your practice as a coach and sports teacher.
- coordinate networking activities between schools, clubs and relevant institutions.
- develop concepts to build and expand structures with educational institutions, clubs and associations.
- as a conditioning coach
- prepare children and young people physically and mentally for sports activities
- act as multipliers in your sport, e.g., in the area of education and advanced training in your home country.
In our study course we put a strong emphasis on linking the sports-scientific knowledge provided in the comprehensive subjects with the knowledge you acquire in your sport or specialisation subject.
INTRODUCTION OF OUR COURSES (SPECIALISATION SUBJECT)
You choose a type of sport, which matches your previous knowledge and your current occupation. You can get from our course program, at which time we offer which type of sport or specialisation and in which language.
In our study programme we focus on the holistic education and training of children appropriate to their age and development.
When working with children in sports, you have many tasks: You train, teach and organise, impart expert knowledge, lend a sympathetic ear and give advice. In short, you adopt many roles and you serve as a valuable role model, especially for young, sports-enthusiastic children during their most formative phase of life. Therefore, it is our primary goal to train you for this important task.
After graduating from our course, you will be enabled to plan and guide training sessions as well as different training stages, so that the kids you work with obtain the best possible sporting development according to their individual level of performance and thereby achieve their age-appropriate training goals. You will be able to share your acquired knowledge and to plan and implement measures of (advanced) training for instructors, coaches and physical education teachers. Moreover, you will learn how to apply the acquired knowledge, abilities and skills considering the peculiar conditions of your home country at different ages and performance levels. In addition, we will familiarize you with scientific working methods so that in the future you will be able to put scientific findings into practice yourself.
Aims of the specialisation “Kids in motion”
After graduating from the coaching course, you will be able to:
- transfer knowledge of didactical topics to the fields of activity of a kids’ coach
- independently and purposefully plan, implement and reflect on training sessions, taking heterogeneity into account
- demonstrate the basic techniques of various exercises and to apply forms of assistance and safeguarding
- apply knowledge in order to plan and to control training and competition operations in accordance with age ranges in the framework of a long-term performance development and/or to develop an age- and development-appropriate competition system for clubs and schools
- learn to critically scrutinize and reflect on the role of a coach working with kids
Exercising and sports as a tool for education, health or violence prevention are rarely supported by governmental sports policy. The integration of sports into communities promotes social and political participation and can also convey an understanding of the basics of democracy and an inclusive society without exclusion, racism and discrimination. This particularly becomes possible if clubs and school sports are promoted and financially supported at a local level.
In our key countries, we therefore encourage interministerial cooperation, for example between sports-, education- and health ministries, we promote cooperations between sports associations and school ministries and advise the latter on to establish and expand sports-related development programmes and organisational structures, so they can become active parts of civil society.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned goals, after graduating from the course you will know
- how to scout talents and how to transfer them to club sports
- how to initiate inclusive projects with children and juveniles and how to promote sports for girls and women
Moreover, you will be able to
- independently elaborate concepts on sporting development/framework training plans
- conceptualise and implement educational measures in order to provide further education to coaches and instructors in clubs as well as physical education teachers in a school context.
- independently elaborate concepts for establishing sustainable regional structures in sports for all, concepts for sports offers at schools and/or cooperations between schools and clubs, events and (school-) club festivals
- independently establish and implement cooperation agreements among clubs, associations and institutions
CONTENTS of the specialisation “Kids in motion”
“No top level without a fundament” – our coaching course focuses primarily on sports for all as a prerequisite for junior performance sports, hence we put a particular emphasis on the holistic sporting development of children in the sense of promoting to exercise as a fundament for education. Children's motor skills are trained via a wide range of movement activities. In this way, children are given initial assistance in coping with their environment. Exercising allows them to discover their spatial, physical and social environment and to gain experience concerning their own bodies. By linking schools and clubs, children are intended to get introduced to regular sports offers.
Theory of the specialisation “Kids in motion”
- Didactics on personality development of children
- Familiarisation with sensitive phases of the motor development
- Competencies as learning goals during the phases of motor development
- Dealing with psychomotor/moto-pedagogical approaches
- Transfer to country-specific prerequisites:
- Elaboration of concepts for linking schools and clubs as well as respective institutions
- Elaboration of concepts on establishing sustainable structures, together with educational institutions, clubs and associations
- Approaches on working with heterogenous groups
- Development of a concept for junior athletes/framework training concept
Practice of the specialisation “Kids in motion”
- Proofing mastery of demonstrating basic techniques of various exercises, application of forms of assistance and safeguarding
- Motor games and forms of play/minor games relevant to primary school plus their variations
- Elementary motor skills: running, jumping, throwing, basic gymnastic elements, specific dances for elementary school and a general ball handling school as well as aspects of swimming for beginners and swimming techniques
- Observation and assessment of movements to optimize motor learning
- Teaching strategies and forms of action of a kids’ coach
- A sports teacher’s professional ethical understanding
- Integrative teaching strategies for working with heterogenous groups
In addition to the comprehensive study course, we will try to integrate you into club life and to thereby provide you with a deeper insight into our work with young athletes. Moreover, you will get to know our education system, as we are also going to deal with teaching physical education at elementary schools. This will not only be a joyful and eventful alternation of everyday university life, but also a very enriching and invaluable experience.
In our study course we focus on a comprehensive education and training of children and juveniles, appropriate to their age and development level.
TARGETS of ITK Handball
When working with children in sports, you’ve got many tasks: you train, teach and organise, impart expertise knowledge, you have a sympathetic ear and give advice. In brief, you take over many roles and you are a valuable role model, especially to young and sports-enthusiastic children during their most marking phase in life. Therefore, it is our primary objective to educate you for these important tasks.
After graduating from our course, you will know how to share your knowledge and how to plan and implement measures of education and advanced training for instructors, coaches and physical education teachers. So, you learn how to apply the acquired knowledge, abilities and skills under the peculiar conditions of your home country in the area of different age ranges and performance levels. You will know how to plan and lead the training process and competition process in order for your athletes to achieve best sporting results according to their level of performance. Moreover, we will familiarise you with scientific working methods so that you will be able to put scientific findings into practice in the future.
CONTENTS of ITK Handball
In our study course we focus primarily on performance sports for juniors (6 to 19 years of age), thereby we put a special emphasis on the development of player personalities.
ITK Handball: Theory
- Peculiarities of training with children and juveniles, consideration of age-specific features
- Complexity and accentuations during the development of performance-determining factors
- Methods for developing sports-specific coordinative-technical performance prerequisites, individual- and collective-tactical performance prerequisites as well as conditional performance prerequisites
- Promotion of sports talents
- Error correction
- Tests and feasible control procedures in training and competition
- Planning of the training process and the competition process
- Preparation, implementation and evaluation of work shadowing during training and competition
- Inclusive approaches in Handball training, introduction to Wheelchair Handball as a type of sport for people with a motor handicap, introduction to Handball in the context of Special Olympics (Goalcha)
ITK Handball: Practice
- Practical exercises to acquire and impart technical and tactical skills (technical-tactical demonstration competence)
- Practical exercises to develop personal conditional and coordinative abilities
- Familiarisation with and consolidation of training-methodical principles for the application of sports-specific means of training for different age ranges and performance levels
- Teaching exercises implemented by the participants to perfect their methodical competence for developing performance prerequisites as well as leading athletes and teams (coaching).
- Personal experience in Wheelchair Handball
Next to our comprehensive study course we try to integrate you into the local club life and thereby to grant you a deeper insight into our work with junior athletes. Moreover, you will get to know our educational system as we will also deal with physical education classes at primary schools. This will not only be a joyful and eventful variation of your daily life at university, but also a very enriching and priceless experience.
The Handball department of SC DHfK Leipzig e.V. (registered association), HC Leipzig e.V. (registered association) and the Federal Handball Association of Saxony have for many years been valuable promoters and partners to ITK:
- Youth coaches of SC DHfK and HC Leipzig lecture as external experts at ITK Handball.
- SC DHfK Handball and HC Leipzig will offer you the opportunity to weekly visit and observe the training sessions and league matches of their junior teams.
- You will – together with SC DHfK Handball – organise a primary school tournament in Mini-Handball.
- You will be allowed to join talent scouting events hosted by the Federal Handball Association of Saxony.
- We will organise training matches versus local clubs.
In our study course we focus on a comprehensive education and training of children and juveniles, appropriate to their age and development level.
TARGETS of ITK Volleyball
When working with children in sports, you’ve got many tasks: you train, teach and organise, impart expertise knowledge, you have a sympathetic ear and give advice. In brief, you take over many roles and you are a valuable role model, especially to young and sports-enthusiastic children during their most marking phase in life. Therefore, it is our primary objective to educate you for these important tasks.
After graduating from our course, you will know how to share your knowledge and how to plan and implement measures of education and advanced training for instructors, coaches and physical education teachers. So, you learn how to apply the acquired knowledge, abilities and skills under the peculiar conditions of your home country in the area of different age ranges and performance levels. You will know how to plan and lead the training process and competition process in order for your athletes to achieve best sporting results according to their level of performance. Moreover, we will familiarise you with scientific working methods so that you will be able to put scientific findings into practice in the future.
CONTENTS of ITK Volleyball
In our study course we focus primarily on performance sports for juniors (6 to 19 years of age), thereby we put a special emphasis on the development of player personalities.
ITK Volleyball: Theory
- Training structure and performance structure
- Identification of development tendencies; Volleyball rules
- Peculiarities of training with children and juveniles, consideration of age-specific features
- Complexity and accentuation during the development of performance-determining factors
- Methods for developing sports-specific coordinative-technical performance prerequisites, individual- and collective- tactical performance prerequisites as well as conditional performance prerequisites
- Promotion of sports talents, Mini-Volleyball
- Role of the coach, Coaching
- Error analysis and error correction
- Tests and feasible control procedures in training and competition
- Planning of the training process and competition process
- Preparation, implementation and evaluation of work shadowing during training and competition, application of video technology
- Inclusive approaches in Volleyball training, introduction to Sitting Volleyball as a type of sport for people with a motor handicap
ITK Volleyball: Practice
- Practical exercises to acquire and impart technical and tactical skills (technical-tactical demonstration competence)
- Practical exercises to develop personal conditional and coordinative abilities
- Imparting of technical variations as well as principles of training of game situations
- Imparting of individual tactics and group tactics as well as their importance during the game
- Familiarisation with and consolidation of training-methodical principles for the application of sports-specific means of training for different age ranges and performance levels
- Imparting of Beach Volleyball
- Teaching exercises implemented by the participants to perfect their methodical competence for developing performance prerequisites as well as leading athletes and teams (coaching).
- Personal experience in Sitting Volleyball
Next to our comprehensive study course we try to integrate you into the local club life and thereby to grant you a deeper insight into our work with junior athletes.
LE Volleys e.V. (registered association) and the Federal Volleyball Association of Saxony have for many years been valuable promoters and partners to ITK:
- The Federal State coach of the Volleyball Association will lecture as expert at ITK Volleyball.
- LE Volleys e.V. will offer you the opportunity to weekly visit and observe the training sessions and league matches of their junior teams.
- You will be allowed to join talent scouting events hosted by the Federal Volleyball Association of Saxony.
- We will organise training matches versus local clubs.
- You will be given the opportunity to gain experience as referee.
- You will be granted participation in a Beach Volleyball tournament.
A solid grassroot group of kids, who are enthusiastic about playing football, is conducive to us as a fundament of successful performance development. But what does the pathway from an enthusiastic beginner to a successful top player look like? In ITK Football we try to find an answer to this question. Thereby, we put the contentual focus in theory and practice on the holistic promotion of young athletes.
TARGETS of ITK Football
When working with children in sports, you’ve got many tasks: you train, teach and organise, impart expertise knowledge, you have a sympathetic ear and give advice. In brief, you take over many roles and you are a valuable role model, especially to young and sports-enthusiastic children during their most marking phase in life. Therefore, it is our primary objective to educate you for these important tasks.
After graduating from our course, you will know how to share your knowledge and how to plan and implement measures of education and advanced training for instructors, coaches and physical education teachers. So, you learn how to apply the acquired knowledge, abilities and skills under the peculiar conditions of your home country in the area of different age ranges and performance levels. You will know how to plan and lead the training process and competition process in order for your athletes to achieve best sporting results according to their level of performance. Moreover, we will familiarise you with scientific working methods so that you will be able to put scientific findings into practice in the future.
CONTENTS of ITK Football
In our study course we focus primarily on performance sports for juniors (6 to 19 years of age), thereby we put a special emphasis on the development of player personalities.
ITK Football: Theory
- Peculiarities of training with children and juveniles, consideration of age-specific features
- Complexity and accentuation during the development of performance-determining factors
- Methods for developing sports-specific coordinative-technical performance prerequisites, individual- and collective- tactical performance prerequisites as well as conditional performance prerequisites
- Promotion of sports talents
- Error analysis and error correction
- Tests and feasible control procedures in training and competition
- Planning of the training process and competition process
- Preparation, implementation and evaluation of work shadowing during training and competition
- Inclusive approaches in Football training, introduction to Football as a competitive sport for people with a sensory, motor and/or cognitive handicap
ITK Football: Practice
- Practical exercises to acquire and impart technical and tactical skills (technical-tactical demonstration competence)
- Practical exercises to develop personal conditional and coordinative abilities
- Familiarisation with and consolidation of training-methodical principles for the application of sports-specific means of training for different age ranges and performance levels
- Teaching exercises implemented by the participants to perfect their methodical competence for developing performance prerequisites as well as leading athletes and teams (coaching).
- Personal experience in Football 5-a-side (blind football), Wheel-Soccer and Amputee Football
Next to our comprehensive study course we try to integrate you into the local club life and thereby to grant you a deeper insight into our work with young athletes. Moreover, you will get to know our educational system as we will also deal with physical education classes at primary schools. This will not only be a joyful and eventful variation of your daily life at university, but also a very enriching and priceless experience.
RB Leipzig e.V. (registered association), FC International Leipzig e.V. (registered association) as well as SG Olympia e.V. (registered association) and the Federal Football Association of Saxony have for many years been valuable promoters and partners to ITK:
- Youth coaches of RB Leipzig e.V. and the Federal Football Association of Saxony lecture as external experts at ITK Football.
- FC International Leipzig e.V. and SG Olympia e.V. will offer you the opportunity to weekly visit and observe the training sessions and league matches of their junior teams.
- You will organise a primary school tournament in Mini-Football.
- You will be allowed to join talent scouting events hosted by the Federal Football Association of Saxony.
- We will organise training matches versus local clubs.
In our study course we focus on the holistic development of children and juveniles, appropriate to their age and development level.
TARGETS of ITK Basketball
When working with children in sports, you’ve got many tasks: you train, teach and organise, impart expertise knowledge, you have a sympathetic ear and give advice. In brief, you take over many roles and you are a valuable role model, especially to young and sports-enthusiastic children during their most marking phase in life. Therefore, it is our primary objective to educate you for these important tasks.
After graduating from our course, you will know how to share your knowledge and how to plan and implement measures of education and advanced training for instructors, coaches and physical education teachers. So, you learn how to apply the acquired knowledge, abilities and skills under the peculiar conditions of your home country in the area of different age ranges and performance levels. You will know how to plan and lead the training process and competition process in order for your athletes to achieve best sporting results according to their level of performance. Moreover, we will familiarise you with scientific working methods so that you will be able to put scientific findings into practice in the future.
CONTENTS of ITK Basketball
In our study course we focus primarily on performance sports for juniors (6 to 19 years of age), thereby we put a special emphasis on the development of player personalities.
ITK Basketball: Theory
- Peculiarities of training with children and juveniles, consideration of age-specific features
- Complexity and accentuation during the development of performance-determining factors
- Methods for developing sports-specific coordinative-technical performance prerequisites, individual- and collective- tactical performance prerequisites as well as conditional performance prerequisites
- Promotion of sports talents
- Error correction
- Tests and feasible control procedures in training and competition
- Planning of the training process and competition process
- Preparation, implementation and evaluation of work shadowing during training and competition
- Inclusive approaches in Basketball, introduction to Wheelchair Basketball and Basketball in the context of Special Olympics
ITK Basketball: Practice
- Practical exercises to acquire and impart technical and tactical skills (technical-tactical demonstration competence)
- Practical exercises to develop personal conditional and coordinative abilities
- Familiarisation with and consolidation of training-methodical principles for the application of sports-specific means of training for different age ranges and performance levels
- Teaching exercises implemented by the participants to perfect their methodical competence for developing performance prerequisites as well as leading athletes and teams (coaching).
- Personal experience in Wheelchair Basketball and in Inclusive Zone Basketball
Next to our comprehensive study course we try to integrate you into the local club life and thereby to grant you a deeper insight into our work with young athletes. Moreover, you will get to know our educational system as we will also deal with physical education classes at primary schools. This will not only be a joyful and eventful variation of your daily life at university, but also a very enriching and priceless experience.
Leipzig Lakers e.V. (registered association), Uni-Riesen e.V. (registered association) and the German Basketball Association have for many years been valuable promoters and partners to ITK:
- Youth coaches of the Basketball Association lecture as external experts at ITK Basketball
- Leipzig Lakers e.V. and Uni-Riesen e.V. will offer you the opportunity to weekly visit and observe the training sessions and league matches of their junior teams.
- You will act as referee at school competitions.
- You will be allowed to join talent scouting events hosted by the Federal Basketball Association of Saxony.
- We will organise training matches versus local clubs.
In our study course we focus on the holistic development of children and juveniles, appropriate to their age and development level.
Running, jumping, throwing: Track and Field is versatile! We pursue the idea of theory-driven practice and will teach you how to implement an age-appropriate and development-appropriate training for children and juveniles in the events of Track and Field.
TARGETS of ITK Track and Field
When working with children in sports, you’ve got many tasks: you train, teach and organise, impart expertise knowledge, you have a sympathetic ear and give advice. In brief, you take over many roles and you are a valuable role model, especially to young and sports-enthusiastic children during their most marking phase in life. Therefore, it is our primary objective to educate you for these important tasks.
After graduating from our course, you will know how to share your knowledge and how to plan and implement measures of education and advanced training for instructors, coaches and physical education teachers. So, you learn how to apply the acquired knowledge, abilities and skills under the peculiar conditions of your home country in the area of different age ranges and performance levels. You will know how to plan and lead the training process and competition process in order for your athletes to achieve best sporting results according to their level of performance. Moreover, we will familiarise you with scientific working methods so that you will be able to put scientific findings into practice in the future.
CONTENTS of ITK Track and Field
In our study course we focus primarily on performance sports for juniors (6 to 19 years of age), thereby we put a special emphasis on the development of player personalities.
ITK Track and Field: Theory
- Training structure and performance structure
- Identification of developmental tendencies
- Peculiarities of training with children and juveniles, consideration of age-specific features
- Complexity and accentuation during the development of performance-determining factors
- Methods to develop sports-specific
- coordinative-technical and
- conditional performance prerequisites
- Error correction, tests and feasible control procedures in training and competition
- Planning of the training process and competition process
- Preparation, implementation and evaluation of work shadowing during training and competition
- Talent promotion
ITK Track and Field: Practice
- Practical exercises to improve
- your personal technical skills (technical demonstration competence)
- your personal conditional and coordinative abilities
- Familiarisation with and consolidation of training-methodical principles for the application of sports-specific means of training for different age ranges and performance levels
- Teaching exercises implemented by the participants to perfect their methodical competence for developing performance prerequisites as well as leading athletes and teams (coaching).
Next to our comprehensive study course we try to integrate you into the local club life and thereby to grant you a deeper insight into our work with young athletes. This will not only be a joyful and eventful variation of your daily life at university, but also a very enriching experience.
The Track and Field department (LAZ) of SC DHfK Leipzig e.V. (registered association), the Olympic Centre Leipzig and the Institute of Applied Training Science (IAT) have for many years been valuable promoters and partners to ITK:
- Coaches of SC DHfK e.V. and of LV 90 Erzgebirge e.V. lecture as external experts at ITK Track and Field
- The Track and Field department (LAZ) of SC DHfK Leipzig e.V. and the Track and Field department of MoGoNo e.V. will open their doors for regular work shadowing during training and competitions of junior athletes.
In our study course we focus on the holistic development of children and juveniles, appropriate to their age and development level.
TARGETS of ITK Swimming
When working with children in sports, you’ve got many tasks: you train, teach and organise, impart expertise knowledge, you have a sympathetic ear and give advice. In brief, you take over many roles and you are a valuable role model, especially to young and sports-enthusiastic children during their most marking phase in life. Therefore, it is our primary objective to educate you for these important tasks.
After graduating from our course, you will know how to share your knowledge and how to plan and implement measures of education and advanced training for instructors, coaches and physical education teachers. So, you learn how to apply the acquired knowledge, abilities and skills under the peculiar conditions of your home country in the area of different age ranges and performance levels. You will know how to plan and lead the training process and competition process in order for your athletes to achieve best sporting results according to their level of performance. Moreover, we will familiarise you with scientific working methods so that you will be able to put scientific findings into practice in the future.
CONTENTS of ITK Swimming
ITK Swimming: Theory
- Training structure and performance structure
- Identification of developmental tendencies
- Peculiarities of training with children and juveniles, consideration of age-specific features
- Complexity and accentuation during the development of performance-determining factors
- Methods to develop sports-specific
- coordinative-technical and
- conditional performance prerequisites
- Error correction, tests and feasible control procedures in training and competition
- Planning of the training process and competition process
- Preparation, implementation and evaluation of work shadowing during training and competition
- Talent promotion
- Knowledge on competitive Swimming, High Diving, Water Polo and Synchronised Swimming
ITK Swimming: Practice
- Practical exercises to improve
- your personal technical skills (demonstration competence)
- your personal conditional and coordinative abilities
- Familiarisation with and consolidation of training-methodical principles for the application of sports-specific means of training for different age ranges and performance levels
- Teaching exercises implemented by the participants to perfect their methodical competence for developing various performance prerequisites as well as leading athletes and teams (coaching).
Next to our comprehensive study course we try to integrate you into the local club life and thereby to grant you a deeper insight into our work with young athletes. This will not only be a joyful and eventful variation of your daily life at university, but also a very enriching experience.
The Olympic Centre, National Centre and Federal State centres of competitive Swimming and the Federal Swimming Association of Saxony have for many years been valuable promoters and partners to ITK:
- Coaches of clubs in Leipzig lecture as experts at ITK Swimming.
- Swimming clubs in Leipzig will offer you the opportunity to weekly visit and observe the training sessions of their junior teams.
In our study course we focus on the holistic development of children and juveniles, appropriate to their age and development level.
TARGETS of ITK Table Tennis
When working with children in sports, you’ve got many tasks: you train, teach and organise, impart expertise knowledge, you have a sympathetic ear and give advice. In brief, you take over many roles and you are a valuable role model, especially to young and sports-enthusiastic children during their most marking phase in life. Therefore, it is our primary objective to educate you for these important tasks.
After graduating from our course, you will know how to share your knowledge and how to plan and implement measures of education and advanced training for instructors, coaches and physical education teachers. So, you learn how to apply the acquired knowledge, abilities and skills under the peculiar conditions of your home country in the area of different age ranges and performance levels. You will know how to plan and lead the training process and competition process in order for your athletes to achieve best sporting results according to their level of performance. Moreover, we will familiarise you with scientific working methods so that you will be able to put scientific findings into practice in the future.
CONTENTS of ITK Table Tennis
In our study course we focus primarily on performance sports for juniors (6 to 19 years of age), thereby we put a special emphasis on the development of player personalities.
ITK Table Tennis: Theory
- Training structure and performance structure
- Identification of developmental tendencies
ITK Table Tennis: Practice
- Practical exercises
- to acquire and impart technical and tactical skills (technical-tactical demonstration competence)
- to develop personal conditional and coordinative abilities
- Familiarisation with and consolidation of training-methodical principles for the application of sports-specific means of training for different age ranges and performance levels
- Teaching exercises implemented by the participants to perfect their methodical competence for developing performance prerequisites as well as leading athletes and teams (coaching).
Next to our comprehensive study course we try to integrate you into the local club life and thereby to grant you a deeper insight into our work with young athletes. Moreover, you will get to know our educational system as we will also deal with physical education classes at primary schools. This will not only be a joyful and eventful variation of your daily life at university, but also a very enriching experience.
Leutzscher Füchse 1990 e.V. (registered association), the Federal Table Tennis Association of Saxony as well as ITTF have for many years been valuable promoters and partners to ITK:
- Coaches of Leutzscher Füchse e.V. and the Federal Table Tennis Association of Saxony as well as representatives of ITTF lecture as external experts at ITK Table Tennis.
- Leutzscher Füchse 1990 e.V. will open their doors for regular work shadowing during training and competitions of junior athletes.
To all athletes, a targeted improvement of their physical performance plays a significant role. The demand for respectively qualified conditioning coaches is continuously increasing, as many clubs and associations have recognised the numerous challenges the path of long-term performance development involves. Performance enhancement, injury prevention and injury rehabilitation are therefore the focal points of ITK Conditioning Coach.
CONTENTS of ITK Conditioning Coach
ITK Conditioning Coach: Theory
- Importance and Peculiarities of conditioning in performance sports
- Developmental tendencies in performance-related conditioning
- Theoretical and practical fundamentals of specific forms of exercises and training in conditioning
- Strength training
- Endurance training
- Flexibility training
- Coordination training and speed training
- Accelerated regeneration after training loads
- Recreational sports
- Proprioceptive training
- Rehabilitative training after sports injuries
- Regulation of the training process
- Structure of a session/training unit
- Warm-up and Cool-down
- Fundamentals of performance diagnostics
- Complexity and accentuations during the development of performance prerequisites
- Sports-motor tests and control procedures
- Ergonomics during the training process
ITK Conditioning Coach: Practice
- Methodology and forms of organisation in strength training
- Handling of free weights and strength training machines
- Methodology and forms of training in endurance training
- Handling of cardio trainers
- Methodology and forms of training in coordination and speed training
- Body perception / Proprioceptive training
- Functional gymnastics / gymnastic forms of exercises
- Minor games
- Recreational sports
- Sports-motor tests and control procedures
People with a disability need specifically qualified coaches to support them on their pathway to rehabilitation or lead them to competitive practice – a field of activity of growing importance that opens up a wide range of job opportunities for experts in physical education and sports. Back home, ITK graduates fill positions that enable a further development of disability sports in schools, clubs and in cooperation with rehabilitation.
TARGETS of ITK Disability Sports
During the course, among other things, psychological peculiarities as well as didactic concepts of disability sports as recreational, competitive and elite sports; methods of designing sessions in disability and rehabilitation sports and fundamentals of specific types of sports for disabled persons are addressed.
In addition, in the practical part of the course motor tasks for disabled persons in water, in the gym, on track and in the field as well as in sports games are trained. In order to put yourself in the position of athletes with a disability, you will acquire and practice how to use a wheelchair, run blindfolded and do gait training including aids.
CONTENTS of ITK Disability Sports
ITK Disability Sports: Theory
- Disability sports as a particular sport for impaired, chronically sick and disabled persons
- Didactic concepts of disability sports as recreational, competitive and elite sports and measure of rehabilitation
- Psychological and sociological peculiarities of disability sports
- The principle of “performance” in disability sports
- Peculiarities during the development of sporting performances for disabled children and juveniles
- Theoretical fundamentals of specific types of disability sports:
- Wheelchair sports
- Swimming/Aqua therapy
- Track and Field
- Sports games
- Methodical principles of designing sessions in disability and rehabilitation sports
- Current issues on classification in competitive disability sports
- Competition analysis / Techniques of data acquisition
- Disabled athletes in elite sports and Paralympics (problems, solutions, examples, work shadowing)
- Theory of impairments (physical impairments, sensory impairments, cognitive impairments)
- Fundamentals of excitation physiology
- The system of medical rehabilitation
- Terminology
- Principles of leading disabled persons and sports groups with handicapped persons pedagogically
- Communication and instructor’s behaviour
- Principles of teaching in disability sports
ITK Disability Sports: Practice
- Practical exercises on motor tasks for disabled persons in water, in the gym, on the track and in the field as well as in sports games
- Acquisition of using a wheelchair, running blindfold, gait training including aids and selected (handicap) sports games
- Regular participation (work shadowing) in a sports group with disabled persons, respectively integration as assistants or instructors in a sports group with disabled persons
Next to our comprehensive study course we try to integrate you into the local club life and thereby to grant you a deeper insight into our work with young athletes. This will not only be a joyful and eventful variation of your daily life at university, but also a very enriching experience.
The rehabilitation- and disability sports groups of LBRS e.V. (Disability and Rehabilitation sports Leipzig, registered association), the Goalball athletes of LE Sports e.V. (registered association), the Table Tennis players of Leutzscher Füchse1990 e.V. (registered association) as well as the Federal Association of Disability and Rehabilitation sports of Saxony have for many years been very valuable promoters and partners to our institution.
- Coaches of LBRS e.V. lecture as external experts at ITK Handicap Sports.
- LBRS e.V., Leutzscher Füchse 1990 e.V. and LE Sports e.V. will offer you the opportunity for weekly work shadowing during training sessions and league matches.
- We will organise training matches in Sitting Volleyball and in Wheelchair Basketball versus local clubs.
