Methodology of Sports and Exercise Training

Head Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Rėklaitienė

LSU strategicresearch area Methodology of Sports and Exercise Training encompasses various aspects of training management of athletes of different age groups,physical fitness and sports. The research will focus on the following issues:control of athlete training process and monitoring of functional state; indices of physical fitness and technology of the improvement of technical tricks; optimization of special and technical training;modelling of training technology; diagnosis and prevention of injury risk factors; effectiveness of health promotion programmes;effect of nutrition and food supplementation on sports performance. With the possibility to use the latest technology in sports science,not only a deeper and more precise study on individual parameters of athlete functional state has become possible, but also a more complex integrated research, determining sport performance, such asperception, memory, learning scope, decision-making mechanisms and their effect on motor control of the nervous system,which predetermine coordinate complex movements and form skills. Moreover, new areas of research will be related to the prediction of athlete performance (perception, insights and decision-making) (Vickers, 2010).  Using different research methods, the scientists of the strategic research group will examine training models of athletes of varied age groups, physical fitness andvarious sports (team (basketball, handball, volleyball, football), endurance cyclical (cycling, orienteering, rowing, swimming), double events (judo, boxing), individual (track and field athletics)) in various aspects.

GROUPS OF SCIENTISTS:

1. CONTROL OF ATHLETE TRAINING PROCESS AND COMBINED ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL STATE

Head Prof. Habil. Dr. Jonas Liudas Poderys
1. Albinas Grūnovas Dr., Prof.
2. Viktoras Šilinskas Dr., Assoc. Prof.
3. Alfonsas Buliuolis Dr., Acting Assoc. Prof.
4. Birutė Zacharienė Dr.
5. Kristina Poderienė Dr.
6. Eugenijus Trinkūnas Dr.
2. ATHLETE TRAINING MODELLING

Head Prof. Habil. Dr. Antanas Skarbalius
1. Gracijus Girdauskas Dr., Assoc. Prof.
2. Roma Aleksandravičienė Dr., Assoc. Prof.
3. Aistė Barbora Ušpurienė Dr.
4. Gabija Vidūnaitė PhD student
5. Lolita Dudėnienė PhD student
6. Andrius Lazauskas PhD student
3. DIAGNOSIS AND PREVENTION OF FACTORS LIMITING FOOTBALL PLAYERS’ WORKING CAPACITY

Head Dr. Audrius Sniečkus
1. Sigitas Kamandulis Dr., Prof.
2. Mantas Mickevičius PhD student
3. Marius Bezikornovas Master degree student
4. Paulius Ragauskas Master degree student
4. RESEARCH ON BASKETBALL AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON: MANAGEMENT OF BASKETBALL PLAYERS’ SPORTS TRAINING AND ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT

Head Acting Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mindaugas Balčiūnas
1. Edgaras Abramavičius Master degree student
2. Rasa Kreivytė Dr., Acting Assoc. Prof.
3. Kęstutis Matulaitis Dr.
4. Petras Aleksonis –
5. RESEARCH ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMMES

Head Acting Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Mindaugas Balčiūnas
1. Kristina Zaičenkovienė Dr., Acting Assoc. Prof.
2. Artūras Sujeta PhD student

6. MODELLING OF ATHLETE TRAINING TECHNOLOGY IN CYCLICAL AND DUEL SPORTS

Head Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pranas Mockus
1. Valentina Skyrienė Dr., Assoc. Prof.
2. Ilona Judita Zuozienė Dr., Assoc. Prof.
3. Vidas Bružas Dr.
4. Gintautas Volungevičius Dr.
5. Daiva Bulotienė Dr.
7. RESEARCH ON ERGOGENIC AIDS FOR ATHLETES

Head Acting Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramutis Kairaitis
1. Daiva Vizbaraitė Dr., Assoc. Prof.
2. Aleksandras Alekrinskis Dr., Assoc. Prof.
3. Simona Pajaujienė Dr.