bp4351 Olympic Weightlifting

Faculty of Sports Studies
autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Králová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zdeněk Morávek (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Tereza Králová, Ph.D.
Department of Sport Performance and Exercise Testing – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Sport Performance and Exercise Testing – Faculty of Sports Studies
Timetable of Seminar Groups
bp4351/01: Wed 10:00–10:50 E34/147 - posilovna, except Wed 18. 9., T. Králová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud) && BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud_fsps)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of subject is educate students about weight-lifting knowledge and skills. (basic of nomenclature, technique of weight lifting, excersise with olympic bar, diagnostic of mistakes and their elimination).
Learning outcomes
After succesfull completion student will be able:
to demonstrate technique of snatch and jerk
to identify mistakes in technique of weightlifting excersises, to propose and suggest procedure of their elimination
to demonstrate training methodology of snatch and jerk, including with specific, preparatory excersises with olympic bar
to apply the structure of training weight lifting excersises, including their modifications
Syllabus
  • - Introduction to excersise with olympic bar, manipulation with dumbells and loading dumbells on bar, rules.
  • - Safety and individual help.
  • - squat with olympic bar (front, back, overhead,..).
  • - Basic position at individual weightlifting excersises.
  • - Methods of snatch training.
  • - methods of clean and jerk training.
  • - Nomenclature of weight lifting excersises.
  • - Theoretical basic of weightlifting excersises.
  • - Identification of incorrect execution of weightlifting exercises and its correction
Literature
    not specified
  • Essentials of strength training and conditioning. Edited by Greg Haff - N. Travis Triplett. Fourth edition. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2016, xvi, 735. ISBN 9781492501626. info
  • DELAVIER, Frédéric and Michael GUNDILL. Delavier's women's strength training anatomy workouts. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2015, viii, 351. ISBN 9781450466035. info
  • RIPPETOE, Mark and Andy BAKER. Practical programming for strength training. 3rd ed. Wichita Falls: Aasgaard Company, 2014, ix, 256. ISBN 9780982522752. info
  • KORVAS, Pavel. Struktura sportovního výkonu ve vzpírání (The structure of weight lifting performance). In doc. PaedDr. Pavel Korvas, CSc., doc. PhDr. Ladislav Bedřich, CSc. Struktura sportovního výkonu. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, p. 35-36. 1. ISBN 978-80-210-6695-3. info
  • CONTRERAS, Bret. Bodyweight strength training anatomy. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2013, x, 212. ISBN 9781450429290. info
  • RATAMESS, Nicholas A. ACSM's foundations of strength training and conditioning. Philadelphia, Pa.: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012, xii, 500. ISBN 9780781782678. info
  • DELAVIER, Frédéric. Strength training anatomy. 3rd ed. Paris: Human Kinetics, 2010, 192 s. ISBN 9780736092265. info
  • RIPPETOE, Mark, Lon KILGORE and Stephani Elizabeth BRADFORD. Practical programming for strength training. 2nd ed. Wichita Falls, Tx.: Aasgaard Company, 2009, vi, 204. ISBN 9780982522707. info
  • Essentials of strength training and conditioning. Edited by Thomas R. Baechle - Roger W. Earle. 3rd ed. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2008, xiv, 641. ISBN 9780736058032. info
  • ZATSIORSKY, Vladimir M. and William J. KRAEMER. Science and practice of strength training. 2nd ed. Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2006, 251 s. ISBN 0736056289. info
Teaching methods
Practical excersises with theory.
Assessment methods
The credit consists of two parts.
The first part is a written test (10 questions, 75% correct answers are required to pass, the assessment is pass/fail; the test can be repeated 3 times). The test focuses on weightlifting rules, weightlifting methodology and exercise terminology.
The second part of the credit consists of a practical demonstration of a competitive execution of a snatch and clean and jerk in a real competition according to the rules of weightlifting. The selected competition will be announced during the first class of the semester. The assessment for the practical credit is pass/fail, where pass means successful completion of the selected competition (in the Olympic weightlifting). The weight of the lowest base for start weight in the competition is limited by the weightlifting rules (women = 21 kg; men 26 kg).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023.
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