Many people are still either unaware or confused what sports science is or about the role of sports science can play within the sport that you are in especially in our university. Many say, sports science is just a fun course, they thought, in sports science, you will just play and play different kinds of sports. People wonder why we took sports science, what we do in sports science. They don’t know that sports science is not just a course. It has a big role in our life especially to high level athletes like varsity players, professional athletes and also to those people who are health conscious. It helps them to analyze human performance. It is not just about playing sports or just having fun in our course but we also study about understanding the theory of exercise physiology, skill acquisition and even psychology about sports interrelate to influence sporting performance.
Sports science has a lot of effects in our everyday life. With sports science you can improve yourself even a simple exercise like jogging, running, etc. Now, what is sports science? Sports science is a multi-disciplinary field in which applies the sub-disciplines of general science like physiology , biomechanics, psychology and sociology to sporting situations, to aid athletes and performers improve their ability during training and competition. This theoretical course has been designed to allow students to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding of issues related to high level athletes training and performance. Also, sports science includes other topics such as nutrition and diet and sports technology. Sports science focuses on how our body works and move. Human movement is a related scientific discipline that studies human movement in all contexts including that of sport.
Now, what is a sports scientist? A sport scientist is an individual who has studied the subject. They may have understand a course covering each discipline so that they gain