Working with Athletes Flashcards
(15 cards)
What is the impact of nutrition on health?
- Provides energy to support all essential body functions
- Growth and development
- Reduce tiredness
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Improve school/uni work
- Reduces illness
What is the impact of nutrition on performance?
- Preventing injury
- Increasing skill execution
- Increasing performance
- Recovery
- Increasing muscle mass
- Increasing mental performance
- Body comp goals
- Reduces fatigue
What are nutrition influencers?
- Gender
- Age
- Money
- Family
- Social media
- Adverts
- Body comp
- Knowledge
What are the different categories athletes fit into when you are considering their nutritional needs?
- Older vs younger athletes
- Body comp needs
- Cultural needs
- Training levels
What does pre-season look like in terms of nutritional needs/goals?
- Athlete considerations: high training load, muscular adaptation
- Body comp tracking
- Supplements
- Cooking classes
- Shake making
- Sweat/hydration testing
- Increase knowledge
What does competition look like in terms of nutritional needs/goals?
- Athlete considerations: lower training load, prep/supplements
- Game day supps
- Travel logistics
- Increasing cooking skills
- Body comp maintenance
- Anxiety/pressure
- Hotels/accommodation
What are the team logistics a nutritionist has to consider?
- All food/drinks consumed
- Stadium/game day
- Immunity support
- Transport
- Hotels/accommodation supplements
What does nutrition look like when travelling domestically (ie. 2 hour bus ride to game)?
- Breakfast: team breakfast at club rooms
- Bus ride: water and electrolytes
- Pre match: wraps and sandwiches provided
- Stadium: standard game day prep
- Post match: burgers on way home on the bus
What does nutrition look like when travelling internationally (ie. 13 hour flight)?
- Normal day: eat normally up until airport
- Lounge: snack/meal from lounge
- Flight: meal 1 - dinner option
- Flight: meal 2 - breakfast option
- Snack: on arrival to hotel
- Dinner: At hotel - normal eating
What do you need to consider when planning meals away?
- Where? Hotel or self-accommodation
- Who is cooking - chef or staff
- Food safety - is the food safe to eat?
- Have they cooked for athletes before?
What do you need to consider for game day?
- What food do you need to supply (breakfast, lunch, pre-match, changing sheds, or post-match)?
- What is the competition schedule?
- What supplements do you need?
- Hydration - Powerade, water, electrolytes
- Packing - space/time away
When does game day prep start?
- Starts 48 hours before kick off
- Add onto diet 10-20% extra going into a competition
What should your last meal before game day look like?
- Easy to digest options
- Normal food to the individual
- Top up of fluids
What should your energy top-up during game day look like?
- Easy to digest options
- Stick small e.g. 2 lollies
- Use fluids as energy
- Start supplement routine
What does game day - post match look like?
- 1 hour: starting recovery - fluids/protein
- 3 hours: full meal + fluids
- Checking hydration - hydrated before sleep and check on wake up
- Able to have a cheat meal after they have had proper nutrition for recovery
