What is specificity?
Specificity means training must replicate sport demands.
Which energy system is dominant during a 100 m sprint?
Aerobic
Assessment of an injury
TOTAPS
FITT Principle
Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type
What should an endurance athlete consume post event?
CHO (glycogen) and PRO
Classifications
Direct, Indirect, Soft, Hard, Overuse
Provide 5 topics the health screening questionnaire covers.
Age, gender, health status, medical conditions, family history of heart disease, medication use, past.current injuries, current PA levels.
Aspects to considered when designing a training session
health and safety considerations, overview/aim, warm up/cool down, skill instruction, conditioning, strategies and tactics, reflection and evaluation.
Rehabilitation Procedures
Progressive mobilisation, graduated exercise, training and use of hot and cold.
How can the overload principle be used for an aerobic athlete?
Increasing intensity by time or distance.
For athletes, what does sleep do for the body?
Allows time for muscle repair and growth, aiding recovery from training
3 x PEDs and what they do?
HGH: Responsible for muscle growth
Steroids: Muscle Growth
EPO: Stimulates RB production
Diuretics: Increase the amount of urine passing
Physiological Adaptations
HR, stroke volume, cardiac output, oxygen uptake, lung capacity, haemoglobin level, muscle hypertrophy, fast/slow twitch muscle fibres.
Define the optimal U hypothesis
a theory that suggests that performance improves with increasing arousal to a point beyond which performance will deteriorate.
4 training innovations using technology
Mobile apps, wearable technology, lactate testing, biomechanics analysis tool, virtual and augmented reality, data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and smart equipment.