09 Training Principals Flashcards
Identify the aims of fitness testing before a training program
To determine strengths and weakness’s and set bench marks
Identify the aims of fitness testing during a training program
Increase motivation and evalutate the effectiveness
Identify the aims of fitness testing after a training program
Evualuate the effectiveness and set new benchmarks.
Describe lab testing
completed in a laboratory, most accurate, expensive, elite athletes
Describe field testing
inexpensive, readily available, estimations or predictions.
Describe direct testing
gives a direct indication or value
Describe indirect testing
based on predictive measures and equations linked to norms
Describe the fitness testing protocol of reliability
Can the test be replicated to produce consistent results.
Describe the fitness testing protocol of accuracy
Rules and guidelines need to be strictly followed.
Describe the fitness testing protocol of validity
Is the test a recognised way to measure the fitness component
Describe how fitness tests should be ordered
Tests should be done in an order that minimises the impact on future tests.
List the 5 training principles
Frequency, intensity, duration, specificity and progression
Describe training frequency
Number of sessions per week and must include rest.
Describe training intensity
How hard a session will be determined by % MHR
Describe training duration
Duration of training program or Duration of session
Describe training specificity
The training needs to replicate the requirements of the sport.
Describe training progression (overload)
Gradually making training harder than your existing capacity in order to stress the body to make changes.