Human Growth and Development

LTAD

100

The main focus of the Long Term Athlete Development Plan is:

Focus on Fun

200

The Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD)model considers a child’s

Chronological age

300

Focusing on activities that are fun, finding activities where the athlete sees success, and allowing physical recovery time are ways for athletes to prevent what?

Burnout

400

To make a complex skill easier to understand for a different learner, what can be done:

Break down the skill into parts, understand the learner level, adjust the learning method etc.

500

This type of learner will often "talk themselves through the stages."

Beginner learner

Growth/Development

100

According to Piaget, this is the age during the Preoperational

2-7

200

This period of growth is classified by the most rapid growth

0 - 1 year old

300

This period of growth is classified by noticeable changes in both sexes

Puberty/Adolescence

400

The ratio of a person’s weight to the square of his or her height is known as:

BMI

500

The process through which a person develops the ability to perform and refine a skill is called:

Motor Learning

FITT

100

The 'F' stands for

Frequency

200

This type of exercise should be done twice a week, 8-12 reps of each exercise.

Resistance Training

300

This type of exercise should be done at least 3-5 times a week, and exercise to around 60-85% of your maximum heart rate.

Cardiorespiratory (Cardio)

400

An example of activity that helps improve flexibility

Yoga, Pilates, callisthenics  

500

The two T's stand for

Time and Type

PED and Nutrition

100

This drug mimics Testosterone

Steroids 

200

This type of food provides better energy for weight-trainers

Carbohydrates

300

This type of food source does not store well in the body

Proteins

400

This form of performance-enhancer that is illegal and doesn't involve injection of foreign substances 

Blood doping

500

This drug is found in 90% of athletes and is considered legal 

Caffeine 

Skill Development

100

Beginners learn using visual feedback instead of this.

Muscle feeling (or awareness)

200

This learner is slow and deliberate

Beginner learner

300

In this stage, individual elements of a skill come together in sub-units

Associative (Practice) stage

400

The ability to apply skills learned in the context of improving performance in one activity to a different activity is called:

Skill Transferrability

500

Autonomous stage (or application stage) is characterised by:

The ability to preform the skill without thinking it through.