Principles of Teaching
An athlete-centered approach to coaching is
What is the games approach?
A plan of action for a season or a series of games or contests refers to
What is a strategy?
The ability to move the body or parts of the body quickly is
What is muscular speed?
The chemical process that converts food to fuel is called
What is metabolism?
The number of repetitions done continuously without stopping followed by rest is
What is a set?
A strategy that involves presenting challenges to the athletes during practices and employing handicapping techniques to keep competition close is
These skills can be enhanced by observing both peer and more advanced athletes' decision making.
What are decision makin skills?
The maximum amount of force a muscle can generate in a single effort is...
What is muscular strength?
The nutrients that are stored in body cells and converted into the major fuel source for muscles is called
What is adenosine triphosphate (ATP)?
Tension in the muscle with no movement is called
What is an isometric (static) action?
Which of the following focuses on the physical aspect of performance?
What are technical skills?
The ability to make good tactical decisions within a sport is
Speed is a combination of
What is reaction time and movement time
The heart rate that should be reached during exercise is
What is the target training heart rate?
Any muscle movement that lengthens the muscles and results in an increased angle of the joint is
What is an eccentric action?
When breaking a technical skill into parts when should the break occur?
When there is less interdependent movement
When is the games approach more appropriate or useful?
when there is limited time to learn and prepare for a game
The ability to maintain equilibrium when moving the body is
What is dynamic balance?
The type of training that focuses on developing an aerobic foundation is
What is long, slow, distance training?
Muscular endurance can be measured using?
What is a partial curl up or bench press test?
The progressive-part method for teaching a technical skill with three parts (A, B, and C) would be
practice A by itself, then A and B together, and then A, B, and C combined
Coaches should always teach THESE skills from the beginning as if the athletes don't know them.
What are technical skills?
The training principle that says the body will adapt to increased demand, requiring increasingly more training, is called
What is the overload principle?
Which fitness tests is used to measure muscle fiber type?
What is the vertical jump?
The key principle for choosing the order of exercises is
What is adequate recovery?