Class Talent Scouting and Guidance

Talent is one of the fundamental conditions for achieving excellence in competition sport and its identification represents the first step in a long process of specialization that allows selecting the right athletes. The CU provides a set of scientific instruments that promote critical reflection and autonomy of the student in the construction and application of a model of identification, identification, selection, and development for youth sports.

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1. Theoretical basis: 1.1. Sports talent and motor talent. 1.2. Sports' talent detection, identification, development, and selection. 1.3. Talent identification and development programs in sport. 1.4. Systems of recruitment and promotion of sports talent. 2. Operating and basic model: 2.1. Basic determinants of the sport. 2.2. Profile characteristics of the athlete. 3. Methodology and control of variables that affect success in sports: 3.1. Test battery commonly used in talent identification programs. 3.2. The effect of body size and composition and biological maturation on athletes' functional and motor performance. 3.3. What is the training influence over the growth and maturity of athletes? 4. Talent development in sport: 4.1. Critical periods/opportunity windows and trainability of functional capacities and general and motor skills. 4.2. The long-term athletes' development stages.

The curricular unit prioritises active learning approaches, providing students with the opportunity to actively engage with the materials provided by the teachers through discussions, problem-solving, case studies, role-plays, and other methods. Active learning approaches place a greater degree of responsibility on the learner than passive approaches such as lectures, but teachers? Guidance is still crucial in the active learning classroom. Active learning activities will range in length from a few minutes to whole-class sessions or even span multiple class sessions.

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