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- KIHU - Research Institute for Olympic Sports
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- 40700 Jyväskylä
- Finland
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- Business ID: 1574321-0
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Sport Pedagogy
The principal aim of research in sport pedagogy is to map effective educational methods and forms of teaching and coaching, as well as achieving expedient and efficient learning through them.
The objective of KIHU's activities in sport pedagogy is to
- investigate effective educational methods and forms of teaching and coaching
- investigate the significance and efficiency of different forms of feedback
- develop the training, analysis, observation and assessment methods of motor performance
- develop the monitoring and evaluation of education, teaching and coaching
- produce different types of coaching, education and learning materials
The main focus of KIHU's sport pedagogy is on the development and impact assessment of teaching, analysis, observation and feedback methods of individual skills and game performances.
Methods
Research in sport pedagogy utilizes the measuring instruments and assessment methods of KIHU's areas of expertise in a variety of ways, both in analysing individual skills performance and game performance. The most common methods have been game analysis software (football, volleyball, badminton, and tennis), different feedback and video editing systems (shooting, skiing, and ball games), motion analysis systems, and both general and sport-specific observation and psychomotor tests.
References
Within sport pedagogy KIHU has cooperated mainly with the representatives of ball games and precision sports. In our joint projects, we have developed training methods as well as feedback, analysis and test systems for the aforementioned sports. Our major partners have been the Football Association of Finland, the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation, the Finnish Volleyball Association, Badminton Finland, the Finnish Defence Forces, and local sports associations.