Sports training course begins

MUSCAT: Basics of sports training course organised by Oman Olympic Academy kicked off on Tuesday morning and will continue until Thursday in the framework of its approved programmes for this year.

This course sheds light on the development of the scientific and practical aspects of the sports coaches to enable them to design physical loads to enhance the skill of players, as well as to identify the scientific foundations in building training programmes in accordance with the principles of sports training science.

The course aims to introduce the elements of physical fitness and design training programmes for each element using scientific principles, and to develop the levels of participants scientifically and practically using the latest methods in the field of sports training and physical fitness, in addition to identify the scientific bases of warming-up and sports lengths. It also discusses the proper planning method to build the training programme for the sports season based on the desired technical objectives. The course also aims to introduce scientific methods in designing training programme for the daily training unit as well as the weekly training programme.

Dr. Majid Al-Bousafi, Assistant Dean of the College of Education for University High Education at Sultan Qaboos University, and Dr. Nabil Qamada, Lecturer at the College of Education at Sultan Qaboos University, gave lecturer at the course.