1st Sport Training Pan-American Universities Forum

The Pan-American organization for university sport is calling for the Ist sport training Pan-American Universities forum that will be held in CARTAGO; COSTA RICA from April 1st to April 4, 2009.

The main objective will be “to create a meeting space for professionals on areas as Physical Education, Sports and related, from the ODUPA members’ countries, to analyze, discuss and study university sports.

This forum is organized by:
• Organización Deportiva Universitaria Panamericana -ODUPA.
• Federación Costarricense Universitaria de Deportes – FECUNDE
• Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica – ITCR

Participants:

– University Sport National Federations (maximum 3 per country)
– Trainers and professionals of Physical Education and sports.

Duration: 30 hrs.

WORK AREAS:
I. UNIVERSITY SPORT MANAGEMENT
– Global University Sport movement (FISU,ODUPA, ODUCC, COSUD)
– University Sport

II. SPORT TRAINING PROCESSES
– Planning and structuring sports training.
– Sport training teaching
– Sport training psychology
– Sport Career vs. Academic Career

III. CONTROL AND EVALUATION OF THE SPORT TRAINING PROCESS
– Control, evaluation of the physical, technical and tactical preparation.
– Physical-medical evaluations
– Physical preparation as a long term process

PARTICIPATION COSTS:
Foreign Participants:
Foreign $40 (Forty US Dollars) Includes: Inscription, Participation Diploma, Forum’s Memory, Work material.
Foreign $30 (Thirty US Dollars, DAILY) Includes: Local transportation (Airport- Hotel-Airport/ Hotel- Cartago), food and accommodation (double room).

Local Participants:
¢15,000 Includes: Inscription, Participation Diploma, Forum’s Memory, Work material.