Class Futsal (Elective I - Physical Education and School Sport branch)

Futsal is a collaborative/adversarial team game in which players are required to adapt to change within a dynamic environment. An environment in which they have a restricted amount of time and space in which to make decisions and perform actions that provide solutions for their team. Futsal implies a high level of motor involvement and intense practice, with tactical aspects (in terms of perception and decision making) being crucial to the effectiveness of each game element.  Being a collective sports game that aims at cooperation between the constituent elements of the team with the objective of achieving victory at the end of the game. For a better cooperation, the leader elaborates a set of procedures that lead to the achievement of the goal. The knowledge, skills and abilities in this area enrich the bases of intervention of the professional Sports Training and School Sports, specifically at the level of understanding the training and leadership of groups.

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Technical and tactical aspects of futsal 1. History of the game of futsal 2. Futsal as a team sport  3. Futsal principles and fundamentals  4. Game actions  5. Teaching the game of futsal  6. Goalkeeper's sporting readiness postures  Futsal training methodology 1. Sports performance  2. Motor skills  3. Training with young people  4. Training organization and planning  5. Microcycle training  6. Training session  7. Training exercise  Psychology applied to futsal 1. motivation and the coach's philosophy 2. Coach-player relationship  3. Coach's personal reflection  Refereeing and the laws of the game 1. Refereeing  2. Refereeing within the FA  3. Laws of the game  Futsal management and organization 1. Social function of a futsal club 2. The roots of futsal  3. Organization of activities and administrative procedures    

Theoretical, theoretical-practical and practical/fieldwork classes will be taught. The b-learning system (moodle) will be used to provide teaching material and a discussion forum. In the continuous assessment, students will have to complete two assignments and two practical assessments. The final grade is obtained by: 0.2*Frequency+0.5*Practical assessment+0.3*Discussions.  Continuous assessment: weighted average equal to or greater than 9.5 points; minimum mark in assessment periods of 9.5 points, possibility of recovery to 9.5 points in periods with a mark of less than 9.5 points and a weighted average of 9.5 points. In the case of in-class assessment moments, with the exception of formal assessment tests, there may be the possibility of an average of 9.5 points for several moments (e.g. class questions; class worksheets; small assessment tasks; etc). In the practical component, a minimum mark of 9.5 or more.

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