FSpS:c952 Juggling - Course Information

c952 Juggling

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

René Strmeň (seminar tutor)
Andrea Nedbalová, DiS. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Dagmar Heiland Trávníková, Ph.D.
University Sport Centre – Department of Physical Education and Social Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Contact Person: René Strmeň
Supplier department: Lifelong Learning Centre – Specialized Units – Faculty of Sports Studies

Prerequisites

The course is geared for the long-term education only.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

The main goals of the educational process involve: - the improvement of the locomotive abilities and fitness - the impact on the positive approach towards sports activities - the support of students healthy lifestyle
This course focuses on the development of juggling-movement skills. Juggling is a creative motor activity which is not based only on the drill of a technique but it also enables us to develop new motor experiences and skills. Besides the positive impacts on psychical stage we also develop sense of rhythm, correct body posture, nerve-muscle coordination, balance and spatial orientation. Furthermore, juggling is an activity improving coordination, concentration and relations between the brain hemispheres. Last but not least, juggling develops the need of presenting our own artistic tricks and skills in front of an audience and thus an independent and self-confident performing. Although juggling is not that popular in the Czech Republic (as in Germany for instance, where juggling-movement activities take place within school education), it is used in work with children or risky youth (leisure time activities, school physical education) or as a leisure time sports at all age groups.

Syllabus

• - introduction to basic juggling props (balls, clubs, scarves, plates, diabolo, rings, devil sticks)
• - drill of the juggling technique with three balls (depending on individual level of each participant even with more) including basic tricks
• - juggling in pairs, in a group
• - connection of juggling and movement
• - juggling and rhythm
• - presentation of juggling-movement skills

Literature

• TRÁVNÍKOVÁ, Dagmar. Žonglování (Juggling). 2008th ed. FSpS MU Brno: Fakulta sportovních studií, 2008. ISBN 978-80-210-4587-3. info
• TRÁVNÍKOVÁ, Dagmar. Výzkum vlivu žonglování a dalších psychomotorických aktivit na rozvoj osobnosti adolescentů s poruchami pozornosti, chování a hyperaktivitou (Investigation of the Impact of Juggling and Other Psychomotor Activities on Personality Components in Adolescents with Attention Deficit Disorders, Behaviour Disorders and Hyperactivity). In 2. mezinárodní studentská vědecká konference, FSpS Brno. 2007th ed. Brno, FSpS: Fakulta sportovních studií, 2007, p. 121-124. info
• TRÁVNÍKOVÁ, Dagmar and Lucie BRŮŽKOVÁ. Žonglování a jiné psychomotorické aktivity a jejich pozitivní vliv na rozvoj schopností člověka. (Positive Impact of Juggling and Other Psychomotor Activities on the Development of Skills of Men). In Mezinárodní konference „Výchova ke zdraví a kvalita života“. České Budějovice: Jihočeská Univerzita České Budějovice, 2007, 4 pp. ISBN 978-80-7040-993-0. info
• TRÁVNÍKOVÁ, Dagmar. Celouniverzitní dílna žonglování (Juggling Workshop at the Masaryk University). 2007. URL info

Teaching methods

practical exercises

Assessment methods

Requirements for the course completion: 1) Active participation in lessons (MAX 3 lessons absence tolerated) 2)Short performance containing at least 3 juggling tricks with 3 balls. Pairs or small groups can perform together, other juggling props may be also used.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.

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