Genetics & Environment effects on Attainment of Elite Performance in Sports

Posted: January 6th, 2014

Success in Sports (SIS) is an integration of cross-boundary research documenting the determinants of success in sports. Special emphasis will be placed on elite athletic performance. The course will be organized around theoretical accounts for the attainment of elite performance. In addition, the themes of Who in which profiles characteristics of elite athletes will be presented, Why in which inherited and acquired capacities responsible for elite performance will be presented, and How in which selected techniques to maximize training effects will be examined.