Learning and evaluation of human anatomy content in Sports Sciences through Surf videos

The current pandemic due to Covid-19 and its consequent social distancing has accelerated the transformation of traditional education towards online education. However, this transformation has been adapted at a technological level, but not pedagogically. This study has aimed to analyze the acquisition of anatomical knowledge of CAFD students using videos and static images of surfing managed through a blog. A total of 106 students from the CAFD degree at the University of Murcia completed this work. In addition, an exam containing five questions on the anatomy applied to surfing was carried out to analyze the effect on learning after viewing the videos/images. After the statistical analysis, a percentage of correct answers of 66.0%, 51.9%, 62.3%, and 63.2% was observed for questions 1, 2, 4 and 5. This methodology, based essentially on an analysis of movement, allows a functional understanding of the anatomy of the locomotor system in the adventure sport of surfing. These results show a practical and novel methodology for the development of online teaching. Furthermore, they reveal the broad scope for improving the teaching of anatomy in CAFD through the combined use of new technologies.