Energy Systems
The molecule that provides the immediate energy required for muscular contraction.
What is ATP?
This component of fitness refers to the ability to produce force.
What is strength?
This principle involves gradually increasing training load so that fitness continues to improve.
What is progressive overload?
This training method involves exercising continuously without planned rest intervals and is commonly used to develop aerobic capacity.
What is continuous training?
This is the planned period of a training session that raises body temperature, heart rate and respiration rate and prepares the body for exercise.
What is a warm-up?
The energy system that resynthesises ATP using phosphocreatine.
What is the ATP-PC system?
This component describes the ability to move quickly.
What is speed?
This principle refers to how often training occurs during a given period.
What is frequency?
A coach alternates 30 seconds of high-intensity running with 30 seconds of recovery. This training method allows the coach to manipulate work and recovery periods.
What is interval training?
This is the organised description of activities completed within an identified period of time as part of a training program.
What is a training session?
The energy system that uses muscle glycogen to resynthesise ATP.
What is the lactic acid system?
A netball goal shooter repeatedly performs movements over an entire game without a large decline in performance. This is the component of fitness.
What is muscular endurance?
This principle states that training should reflect the energy systems, movements and fitness requirements of the physical activity.
What is specificity?
A coach sets up six stations involving exercises targeting different fitness components. This training method would be the best one to use.
What is circuit training?
This phase of an annual training plan generally focuses on preparing the athlete for upcoming competition.
What is the pre-competition phase?
As exercise duration increases and intensity remains below maximal levels, this energy system becomes the primary source of ATP resynthesis.
What is the aerobic system?
When a rugby league player plants their foot, accelerates in a new direction, and remains under control while avoiding a tackle, this fitness component is being demonstrated.
What is agility?
A player who stops training for six weeks finds they can no longer perform at the same level despite previously reaching peak fitness. This principle explains the decline.
What is reversibility?
An athlete is completing box jumps and lateral bounds. This is the training method is being used.
Plyometric Training
A coach reduces training load before an important competition. This strategy is known as this.
What is tapering?
A guard completes a maximal 3-second fast break, immediately decelerates and cuts to defend a drive, remains engaged during a 10-second offensive sequence, and then spends approximately 40 seconds recovering through low-intensity movement before the next high-intensity effort. The changing ATP demands across this sequence are most accurately explained by this concept.
What is interplay?
Despite possessing above-average peak force and sprint speed, a 400 m athlete is unable to sustain race pace beyond approximately 300 m. The performance decrement is attributed to a reduced ability to tolerate and continue producing energy during high rates of glycolytic ATP resynthesis. This physiological quality is the limiting factor.
What is aerobic capacity?
A coach designs separate workloads for two athletes with identical competitive roles after observing differences in physiological capacity, skill level, motivation, and response to previous training stimuli. The decision reflects this fundamental principle of training.
What is individuality?
Originating in Scandinavia, this training method blends continuous exercise with self-paced changes.
What is fartlek training?
A Year 12 athlete's performance data shows that their sport requires repeated high-intensity efforts, but their current training program consists almost entirely of continuous aerobic running. To redesign the program, the coach should prioritise this combination of concepts to better align training with the athlete's actual performance demands.
What are specificity, energy systems and fitness components.