Benfits And Limitations Flashcards
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Limitations of profiling wheel
You might answer dishonestly, not giving a true reflection of your abilities and making the results invalid.
If you do not understand the meaning of a subfactor you may guess making your results invalid
You may feel different going into each sporting context, depending on the severity of the pressure placed on you
You may have a clouded view of how good you are. Do you score yourself better than you are or do you score yourself harshly.
Benefits of profiling wheel
Easy to complete, with limited instructions so results gained will be reliable when answered honestly.
It is a cost effective method of gathering data.
Not time consuming which allows you to spend time developing weaknesses
Easy to interpret the results to identify strengths and development areas
It provides a permenant record of your results to allow you to make comparisons later
Benefits of coach feedback
Knowledge and experience of the coach makes it likely that the feedback will be accurate.
By providing positive as well as negative feedback, you will feel motivated to listen.
The coach can provide detailed information on why a factor was weak, which can help you set specific goals.
Limitations of coach feedback
If you and the coach do not get on, they could be overly harsh on you and make you seem worse than you actually are.
The coach will be watching a lot of other players at the same time so may miss things you do and not give you the full picture.
Poms and scat benefits
The written format provides a permanent record that allows comparisons to be made at a later date
Strengths and development needs can be identified easily. This can be used to create a PDP and goals can be set thereafter.
These tests are cost effective.
Not time consuming, so more time can be spent working on development needs
Easy to follow, with limited instructions so results gained will be reliable when answered honestly.
Poms and scat limitations
You might answer dishonestly, not giving a true reflection of your abilities and making the results invalid.
You may feel different going into each sporting context, depending on the severity of the pressure placed on you
You may have a clouded view of how good you are. Do you score yourself better than you are or do you score yourself harshly.
Bleep tests and fitness tests benefits
Strengths and development needs are easily identified by comparing to NORMS
The tests are widely recognised and produces quantitative data which increase the likelihood of accurate and reliable results (so long as highly motivated).
The tests are cost effective.
It is easy to set up requiring little equipment which will allow test to be repeated easily.
Each test is specific to a separate physical factor
Initial results can be saved so you have a permanent record of results to make comparisons
Bleep tests and fitness tests limitations
Tests are only accurate if the performer gives their best effort.
If the test is not set up or carried out correctly then the results will not be reliable.
While each test is specific to a fitness factor it is not specific to an activity or sport. Several other factors impact on quality of performance.
