C952 Juggling

Faculty of Sports Studies
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dagmar Heiland Trávníková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Jarmila Titzová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Dagmar Heiland Trávníková, Ph.D.
University Sport Centre – Faculty of Sports Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Dagmar Heiland Trávníková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Lifelong Learning Centre – Specialized Units – Faculty of Sports Studies
Timetable of Seminar Groups
C952/01: Wed 20. 9. 13:00–14:00 E34/118 - pohybová tělocvična, Wed 27. 9. 13:00–14:00 E34/118 - pohybová tělocvična, Wed 4. 10. 13:00–14:00 E34/118 - pohybová tělocvična, Wed 11. 10. 13:00–14:00 E34/118 - pohybová tělocvična, Wed 18. 10. 13:00–14:00 E34/118 - pohybová tělocvična, Wed 25. 10. 13:00–14:00 E34/118 - pohybová tělocvična, Wed 1. 11. 13:00–14:00 E34/118 - pohybová tělocvična, Wed 8. 11. 13:00–14:00 E34/118 - pohybová tělocvična, Wed 15. 11. 13:00–14:00 E34/118 - pohybová tělocvična, Wed 22. 11. 13:00–14:00 E34/118 - pohybová tělocvična, Wed 29. 11. 13:00–14:00 E34/118 - pohybová tělocvična, Wed 6. 12. 13:00–14:00 E34/118 - pohybová tělocvična, D. Heiland Trávníková
Prerequisites
The course is geared for obligatory PE only.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The main goals of the educational process involve:
- the improvement of the locomotive abilities and fitness
- the impact on the positive approach towards sports activities
- the support of students healthy lifestyle

This course focuses on the development of juggling-movement skills.
Juggling is a creative motor activity which is not based only on the drill of a technique but it also enables us to develop new motor experiences and skills. Besides the positive impacts on psychical stage we also develop sense of rhythm, correct body posture, nerve-muscle coordination, balance and spatial orientation. Furthermore, juggling is an activity improving coordination, concentration and relations between the brain hemispheres.
Last but not least, juggling develops the need of presenting our own artistic tricks and skills in front of an audience and thus an independent and self-confident performing.
Syllabus
  • - introduction to basic juggling props (balls, clubs, scarves, plates, diabolo, rings, devil sticks)
  • - drill of the juggling technique with three balls (depending on individual level of each participant even with more) including basic tricks
  • - juggling in pairs, in a group
  • - connection of juggling and movement
  • - juggling and rhythm
  • - work with a juggling prop, non-traditional use of juggling props
  • - presentation of juggling-movement skills
Literature
  • TRÁVNÍKOVÁ, Dagmar. Žonglování (Juggling). 2008th ed. FSpS MU Brno: Fakulta sportovních studií, 2008. ISBN 978-80-210-4587-3. info
  • TRÁVNÍKOVÁ, Dagmar. Výzkum vlivu žonglování a dalších psychomotorických aktivit na rozvoj osobnosti adolescentů s poruchami pozornosti, chování a hyperaktivitou (Investigation of the Impact of Juggling and Other Psychomotor Activities on Personality Components in Adolescents with Attention Deficit Disorders, Behaviour Disorders and Hyperactivity). In 2. mezinárodní studentská vědecká konference, FSpS Brno. 2007th ed. Brno, FSpS: Fakulta sportovních studií, 2007, p. 121-124. info
  • TRÁVNÍKOVÁ, Dagmar and Lucie BRŮŽKOVÁ. Žonglování a jiné psychomotorické aktivity a jejich pozitivní vliv na rozvoj schopností člověka. (Positive Impact of Juggling and Other Psychomotor Activities on the Development of Skills of Men). In Mezinárodní konference „Výchova ke zdraví a kvalita života“. České Budějovice: Jihočeská Univerzita České Budějovice, 2007, 4 pp. ISBN 978-80-7040-993-0. info
  • TRÁVNÍKOVÁ, Dagmar. Celouniverzitní dílna žonglování (Juggling Workshop at the Masaryk University). 2007. URL info
Teaching methods
practical exercises
Assessment methods
Requirements for the course completion:
1) Active participation in lessons (MAX 3 lessons absence tolerated)
2)Short performance containing at least 3 juggling tricks with 3 balls. Pairs or small groups can perform together, other juggling props may be also used.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2017, autumn 2022, spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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