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Course, academic year 2025/2026
   
Aqua-fitness - PPLS135K
Title: Aqua-fitness
Guaranteed by: Department of Swimming, Water and Technical Sports (51-300800)
Faculty: Faculty of Physical Education and Sport
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/6, C [HS]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (0)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: not taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: combined
Level:  
Note: prefer medical statement
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: Mgr. Veronika Kramperová, Ph.D.
Interchangeability : PPLS135
Is incompatible with: PPLS135
Is interchangeable with: PPLS135
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Annotation -
The aim of the course is to introduce students to movement programs in water performed mainly in an upright position in shallow or deep water. An aerobic program of aqua-aerobics, water running, high-intensity interval training, strength training with specialized equipment (e.g. dumbbells, gloves, cuffs, swimming tube) and a stretching and relaxation program (e.g. aqua-yoga, Ai Chi) will be presented. Based on the acquired knowledge and skills, students will be able to create different exercise units of different forms of aqua-aerobics. Students will know the basic and specific forms of aqua-aerobics, the basic nomenclature and breakdown of the training unit, they will master the basic elements of aqua-aerobics and their modifications. Students will acquire a wide range of exercises from which they will create simple exercise sets (choreography) and at the same time develop basic habits for regular physical activity.
Last update: Kramperová Veronika, Mgr., Ph.D. (16.06.2023)
Aim of the course -

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, students will be able to:

  • Apply in practice methodologies and trends in the management and implementation of fitness and relaxation programs in the water for the general population and athletes.
  • Create, manage and implement fitness and relaxation programs in the water without equipment and with the use of equipment.
  • Create and implement individual and group exercise programs in water focused on health-oriented physical fitness for the general population and athletes.

Course objectives:

- introducing the student to the characteristics of group lessons in the water and their division (choreography, conditioning, Body and Mind lessons)

- mastering the lesson structure of individual lesson types

- mastering the basic rules of working with musical accompaniment in group lessons

- familiarization of the student with equipment used in the field of fitness training in water (dumbbells, gloves, cuffs, swimming tube)

- mastering the optimal technique of basic steps used in choreography and conditioning lessons

- acquisition of basic terminology used in lessons in the water (verbal and non-verbal cueing)

- mastering individual learning methods (linear progression, pyramid) and their application to individual types of lessons

- mastering the optimal technique of basic Body and Mind exercises (aqua-yoga, aqua-pilates, watsu)

Last update: Kramperová Veronika, Mgr., Ph.D. (26.09.2023)
Literature -

Čechovská, I., Novotná, V., & Milerová, H. (2003). Aqua-fitness. Grada.

Aquatic Exercise Association. (2018). Aquatic Fitness Professional Manual. Human Kinetics.

Brody, L. T. & Geigle, P. R. (2009). Aquatic Exercise for Rehabilitation and Training. Human Kinetics.

Last update: Kramperová Veronika, Mgr., Ph.D. (16.06.2023)
Requirements to the exam -

Credit:
- active participation in direct teaching from 85%
- seminar work
- leading a part of the class on a given topic
- attendance at an aqua-fitness lesson

Last update: Kramperová Veronika, Mgr., Ph.D. (16.06.2023)
Syllabus -

Seminars and exercises:
1 - 2. Introduction to the subject
3 - 4. Aqua-aerobic alphabet
5 - 6. Aqua-aerobics in shallow and deep water
7 - 8. Choreography
9 - 10. Aqua-jogging in shallow and deep water
11 - 12. Aqua-dance, Aqua-interval training (Tabata)
13 - 14. Aqua-power, Aqua-combat

Last update: Kramperová Veronika, Mgr., Ph.D. (16.06.2023)
Learning resources -

In the event that it is not possible to implement practical teaching in the swimming pool environment, the department will use the Moodle II e-learning tool.
Address to register for the course: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=3609

Last update: Kramperová Veronika, Mgr., Ph.D. (16.06.2023)
 
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