C2 Short Answer

Question 1

Why is an adequate intake of vitamins important in an athletes diet?

Answer 1

They act as catalysts to assist energy metabolism

Question 2

An individual is required to perform a discrete, open and externally paved skill. An example of this?

Nature of Skill - clear beginning & end

Answer 2

Returning a tennis serve

Question 3

What type of feedback occurs when an athlete receives a score at the conclusion of a gymnastics routine?

KR or KP

Answer 3

Knowledge of results

Question 4

How could a coach use a circuit training program to develop the aerobic capacity and strength of her athletes?

How would they change the stations.

Answer 4

Increasing the resistance and the time at each station

Question 5

Which of the following would be a suitable weight training plan for enhancing the performance of an endurance Athlete?

Answer 5

High repetition numbers with fast speed and short recovery periods between sets (D)

Question 6

A coach tells the squad that a strong performance in the next match will result in individuals being selected for a representative team. What type of motivation is this.

Answer 6

Positive and extrinsic

Question 7

What is cardiac output?

Answer 7

The volume of blood ejected by the heart per minute

Question 8

In basketball, players can be awarded a free throw, whereby they are allowed to attempt a shot without any defenders. Which set of motor skills is used in a basketball free throw?

Nature of skill - 2 things

Answer 8

Closed and gross

Question 9

Which group of physical skills is best acquired using massed practice?

Flip in gymnastics

Answer 9

Skills that have a distinctive beginning and end

Question 10

Which of the following would be suitable for enhancing the performance of an autonomous athlete?

Feedback & Performance elements

Answer 10

Concurrent feedback and tactical development

Question 11

Which of the following will occur when an endurance athlete competes in an event lasting two and a half hours?

What will decrease?

Answer 11

The metabolism of glycogen will decrease towards the end of the event

Question 12

Which if the following recovery techniques is an effective neural strategy?

Nervous system and relieving Tension

Answer 12

Relaxing muscles that have been fatigued or damaged

Question 13

An athletes competition strength have descrease due to injury. Which principle of training has the athlete displayed in weeks 6-12?

Answer 13

Reversibility

Question 14

The table below shows an athletes adaptations from training that occurred over 14 weeks.
Slow twitch muscle fibres has increased.
Aerobic capacity has increased.
Number of capillaries has increased Anaerobic capacity has not changed, which is the most likely method of training to have been undertaken?

Answer 14

Continuous training

Question 15

Which principle of training refers to aligning training activities with the demands of a particular sport?

P - R S T - V W (NO Q OR U)

Answer 15

Specificity

Question 16

Which type of feedback is relieved by a runner who checks her time after crossing the finish line?

Answer 16

Delayed Feedback and Knowledge of Results (KR)

Question 17

What does the inverted U hypothesis suggest about the arousal-performance relationship?

Answer 17

There is a level of arousal that creates optimal performance

Question 18

In what stage of skill acquisition is Anticipation initially learned?

Answer 18

Associative

Question 19

Features of a resistance program are listed. What is this training program specifically designed to improve?

Answer 19

Power

Question 20

In movement appraisal, which of the following judgment criteria is applied to improve objectivity?

Objectivity - has a object to measure.
Prescribed or Personal

Answer 20

Prescribed

Question 21

Which recovery strategy should an athlete choose immediately after sustaining a soft tissue injury?

Answer 21

Cryotherapy

Question 22

What is a common feature of the alactacid and lactic acid system?

alactacid = ATP-PC

Answer 22

ATP is resynthesised anaerobically

Question 23

Who are Part practice methods most appropriate for?

Practise methods

Answer 23

Beginner athletes learning a new skill

Question 24

A valid and reliable athletic skills assessment is one that?

Valid - test same thing / Reliable - repeat

Answer 24

Accurately reflects the level of skill achievement and can be consistently replicated

Question 25

Which of the following is a feature of the associative stage of skill acquisition?

Answer 25

Experiencing repeated success with a decreasing number of errors

Question 26

During a grand final match, an athlete becomes negatively affected by the pressure and significance in the occasion. What is the athlete experiencing?

S or T anxiety

Answer 26

State anxiety (D)

Question 27

When should athletes consume greater quantities of high GI foods?

Answer 27

Immediately post performance

Question 28

What type of skill is a defensive player performing when executing a tackle during a game?

Answer 28

Open and externally paced

Question 29

Which types of training methods would be most suitable for an elite basketball player?

Answer 29

Anaerobic interval, ballistic flexibility, elastic resistance

Question 30

What is increased by an athletes use of creating supplementation?

Answer 30

Phosphatecreatine stores and the ability to resynthesise ATP

Question 31

Athletes are filmed executing a skill. They rewatch the film and correct their techniques based upon what they observed.
What type of feedback is this?

Video - internal or external. Feedback timing - at the time or after.

Answer 31

External and delayed

Question 32

A timed 100m sprint trial to measure speed and power is conducted using several athletes.
The same test procedure and conditions are followed for each of the athletes three times, repeated straight after each trial.
Is this a reliable and valid test?
Yes or No. What is it?

Answer 32

They are reliable but not valid

Question 33

Which psychological performance strategy are athletes using if they are able to perceive themselves winning the event before the event has taken place?

Answer 33

Visualisation

Question 34

Which physiological adaptations occur in athletes when regularly training a sub maximal levels to improve their aerobic performance?

Answer 34

Decreased resting heart rate, increased stroke volume and increased haemoglobin levels.

Question 35

The physiological adaptation that is likely to occur from progressively overloading a strength training program, is an increase in what?

Answer 35

Muscle hypertrophy