Tonnie KASUJJATIAS 4th Batch
March 10th 31 Heisei(2019.03.10) – A Report

AT THE

National Institute of Fitness
and Sport Academy, Kanoya

About Kanoya City• Located at the extreme south of Japan• At the Kagoshima Prefecture• Welcoming Japanese people• It is a Peninsula surrounded by mountains• Places visited
 Army Barracks Museum
 Hot springs Volcanic mountain• It is the only national physical education
university in Japan also known as National
Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya• In 1994 - Establishment of sports training
education research centre• April 1, Heisei 28 Co-Major with University ofTsukuba· Graduate School Physical Education· Master's Program · P.E and (3-year Doctoralprogram)

•The 9th International Sports Academy Seminar began on the 28thschedule starting February 28, 2019 as a part of the International
Contribution Project "Sports for Tomorrow" program for the Tokyo
2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Coaches and Youngresearchers came from all over the world to be enlighten with new sports
research resources to develop the Olympic education program with aview to the future and nurturing global human resources who can play anactive role in the global sports.

• On February 28th of the first day, our facility tours, opening ceremonies,welcome party etc. were held. Approximately 40 people including hostfamilies and in-campus participants took part in the welcome party.
Where also, a festival experience was prepared and participants
experienced Japanese cultural, games while wearing a festival law coatsuch as shooting and yo-yo fishing, Kendama, laughing lucky, theparticipants were showing a satisfying smile.
• At Kanoya, I felt the Japanese Omotenashi.

Programs• High-tech machinery/equipments• Bio-mechanics research• Nutritional research• Sport training analysis• Performance coach technicaladvise• Specific sport motion analysis

• Just as this quote points out,
“performance training focuses on
evidence-basedstrengthandconditioning
strategies.
While
conventional conditioning emphasizes
body transformation and muscle
building, sports performance training
focuses on the following four mainelements”.

Benefits of Sports Performance Training
You can expect to take advantage of the following
benefits with sports performance training:• Customization: Sports Performance Training forIndividuals and Teams, Youth to Adult.
• Capitalizing on Potential:• Speed and Strength:• Injury Prevention:• Nutrition and Physical Performance:

What I found at Kanoya
NIFISA sports performance center is fully equipped to accommodate
all training needs. One can find numerous and diverse range ofequipment, a 100-mtr sprint test track and 50-mtr GRF track. Other
training amenities utilized for athletic training include our 50 M
swimming pool, indoor gyms, truck and field and the outdoor
sandpit.

• 1. Enhancing Explosive Movements,Reaction Times, Speed and Agility• 2. Using Training Designed With aSport-Specific Goal in Mind
• 3. Stretching
NIFS has the latest equipment and experienced trainers that are• 4. Preventing Injuriescommitted to helping athletes reach and surpass their fitness goals
Believe in numbers and science research for performance results• The role of performance coaches duringcompetition• Inspiration muscles swimming training,• Recovery during competition,• Physiological profiles Of disabled swimming
athletes,• High intensity training and hypoxic training,• Hydrodynamics in swimming,• How to analyse swimming performance,• Nutrition and swimming exercise,• Swim athletes support using high speed cameras,• Psychology-perceptual skills in swimming,• Bringing high performance training to a localisedway.

websites https://www.nifs-k.ac.jp/information/2178-9.html
 https://www.nifs-k.ac.jp/property/researchers.html

Domo Arigato Gozaimasu

Thank you TIAS (http://tias.tsukuba.ac.jp/) – Tri-University Cooperation