Principles Of Training

Question 1

What are individual needs?

Answer 1

When planning training sessions, the needs of the individual athlete come first.

Question 2

What is specificity?

Answer 2

Matching the training to the requirements of an activity/sport
In some team sports it may change due to different positions

Question 3

what is Progressive overload?

Answer 3

Gradually increase the amount of overload to improve fitness

Question 4

What is FITT?

Answer 4

Frequency - how often you train?
Intensity - how hard do you train? 60-80%
Time - how long do you train for?
Type - what method of training will you use?

Question 5

What is overtraining?

Answer 5

Overtraining occurs when you train beyond your body’s ability to recover

Question 6

What is reversibility?

Answer 6

Gradually means losing fitness instead of progressing or remaining at the current level.

Question 7

When can reversibility occur?

Answer 7

This can occur when you are ill and injured

Some people keep their fitness longer than others