Training should adapt to athlete´s personality, which enables him/her to achieve its highest individual performance by developing the functional possibilities of the cyclist, ensuring a perfect mastery of rational techniques, developing his/her moral and wilful qualities, enabling him/her to gain practical and theoretical knowledge and influence the versatile development of his/her personality. Cycling training is characterised by extraordinary stress, high volume and intensity, which only exceptionally disposed individuals, can handle. The difficulty of training requires the athletes to adapt their living regime to training and competitions conditions.
Aim
The project’s aim is to stimulate an active and healthy life of the young EU citizens, boosts volunteering, and bring in the added value of cultural heritage.
Objectives
- To elaborate on an e-learning platform containing digital tools for both, trainers and cyclists of all ages and performance levels.
- To design, development and testing performance software for trainers and professional cyclists.
IO1: Focuses on creating a platform and e-guides so that to provide trainers and cyclists of all ages and performance levels with relevant information in different disciplines.
IO2: Creation of an e-manual that focuses on methodological guidelines for cycling trainers and coaches.
IO3: Creation of software development to help professional athletes to maximize their performance.
The SLOVAK CYCLING FEDERATION or SZC (in Slovak: Slovenský zväz cyklistiky) is the national governing body of cycle racing in Slovakia. SCF provides physical activities in forms of sport for amateur and professional cyclists. The federation counts with approximately 199 registered clubs and 2655 members. Their coaches work in the support of cycling and improving the skills and competencies of young cyclists. Cycling clubs cooperate with municipalities and towns associations to reach effective assistance and action at a local and regional level. SCF is member of the Slovak Olympic Committee and is partly financed by the state budget and partly by sponsors. SCF organizes races for young cyclists called “Young Tour of Peter Sagan”, a race at UCI and UEC level. Slovak Cycling Federations is the main organiser of the Tour of Slovakia (UCI 2.1), which is organised on a yearly basis. In the edition of 2019, it gathered 136 racers from 22 international teams, approx. 50.000 direct viewers and 300.000 streaming followers.
CARDET is one of the leading research and training centers in the eastern Mediterranean region with global expertise in project design and implementation, project management, training and e-learning. CARDET has completed numerous projects relating to the development of adult and vocational training initiatives in the areas of social work, innovation and entrepreneurship. Members of its team and board represent European and International Higher education institutions, training centers and international organizations, and have in-depth knowledge of the adult training sector and financial literacy area while CARDET focuses in the promotion of social justice and social progress. CARDET brings together an international team of experts with decades of global expertise in adult training, capacity building, curriculum development, social entrepreneurship, vocational training, design thinking, innovation, education research, evaluation, and human resource development.
Maiêutica is the founding body of University Institute of Maia - ISMAI (founded in 1990) and Polytechnic Institute of Maia – IPMAIA (founded in 2015). It is a private non-profit HEI located in Maia, in the metropolitan area of Porto - the second largest city in Portugal. Maiêutica has experience in several international projects, such as Erasmus+ and other EU funded projects: coordinators of 6 Erasmus+: KA2 and Collaborative Partnerships (Sports) and partners in several Erasmus+, INTERREG, etc. The main topics addressed are sports dual careers, healthy lifestyle, career guidance, gamification, circular economy, capacity building in HE, community-based research, sign language, early childhood education, European identity, psychotherapy training, blockchain, among others.
The aim of the Movement Health Recreational Sports Club (MER SE) is to promote sport, movement, healthy lifestyle and related values through its core activity. The sportclub and its members believe that in today's circumstances young people's interest in technical devices can be linked to physical activity in the open air, in nature, which improves the human cardiovascular and respiratory system, metabolism and the motor system optimally. In recent years, in addition to organising sporting events for amateurs, the association has also organised professional sporting events with the support of Hungary Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. By 2022, the sportclub has been awarded the right to organise the Elit Indoor Cycling European Championships.
EntrenamientoCiclismo is a multidisciplinary company related to cycling. The aim of our company is to improve the health of our cyclists and get the maximal performance. Knowledge and experience are the key to offer the best cycling service. All workers have University Degrees, experience training cyclists for years, and other activities. To offer the best service, we have been working with the Spanish National Team in a new project started two years ago (experience in the high performance) and keep learning with professional development (working at Universities, online formations, webinars). Cycling training is probably our most demanded service due to the fact that we work with all kinds of cyclists and disciplines. TrainingPeaks is the software used for training and we offer 3 different deals with one to one meetings monthly or online communication. Same with nutrition, another important way to improve health and performance (always adapted to the cyclist training calendar). Other services necessary for health are exercise stress test (checking any heart disease and physiology information), biomechanical (injury prevention), psychology, personal training and cycling.
The Faculty of Physical Education and Sports is one of the 13 faculties of the Comenius University in Bratislava. Comenius University is the oldest and largest university in Slovakia. Since 1960, the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport has been providing education for sports professionals (trainers, instructors, teachers) and conducting research in the field of physical education and sports.
Project Overview
Training should adapt to athlete´s personality, which enables him/her to achieve its highest individual performance by developing the functional possibilities of the cyclist, ensuring a perfect mastery of rational techniques, developing his/her moral and wilful qualities, enabling him/her to gain practical and theoretical knowledge and influence the versatile development of his/her personality. Cycling training is characterised by extraordinary stress, high volume and intensity, which only exceptionally disposed individuals, can handle. The difficulty of training requires the athletes to adapt their living regime to training and competitions conditions.
Aim & Objectives
Aim
The project’s aim is to stimulate an active and healthy life of the young EU citizens, boosts volunteering, and bring in the added value of cultural heritage.
Objectives
- To elaborate on an e-learning platform containing digital tools for both, trainers and cyclists of all ages and performance levels.
- To design, development and testing performance software for trainers and professional cyclists.
Outputs
IO1: Focuses on creating a platform and e-guides so that to provide trainers and cyclists of all ages and performance levels with relevant information in different disciplines.
IO2: Creation of an e-manual that focuses on methodological guidelines for cycling trainers and coaches.
IO3: Creation of software development to help professional athletes to maximize their performance.
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