2 - Athlete monitoring

Question 1

What is athlete monitoring?

Answer 1

Monitoring of the athletes response to training

Question 2

Volume, intensity, stress index (training log) all refers to what?

Answer 2

External load

Question 3

Athlete monitoring tries to quantify…?

Answer 3

Internal load - subjective experience and perception

Question 4

People have tried to quantify internal load via what methods and why is this current discouraged by RTS?

Answer 4

Via external tests (hr tests, grip tests etc)

Discouraged because they are external tests that don’t seem to correlate well with internal load/fatigue

Question 5

Using these methods we are not trying to predict injury we are trying to BLANK BLANK?

Answer 5

Assess risk

• when are we stacking the deck against ourselves, how can we mitigate the risk?

Question 6

All models are BLANK some models are BLANK

• George Box

Answer 6

All models are WRONG some models are USEFUL

• George Box

Question 7

What key things should you look for in a client/athlete to give you important information as to their state?

Answer 7

• Excited/motivated to train?
• General sense of tiredness
• General sense of energy
• General sense of soreness/stiffness/ things feeling ‘off’

Assess what is normal for the client and then note deviations from the norm for them.

Question 8

When asking if someone is motivated to train, what is one big consideration with this?

Answer 8

Are they actually looking forward to training or in some cases, simply making themselves because they’re committed despite not feeling up to it

Question 9

What are the 3 key things athlete monitoring is used for?

Answer 9

1) emergency break
2) feedback data for future adjustments/programs
3) Catalyst for conversations