Chapter 19- Program Design And Technique For Speed And Agility Training

Question 1

What does the term impulse refer to?
A. Relationship between power and velocity
B. Relationship between acceleration and velocity
C. Relationship between force and time

Answer 1

C. Relationship between force and time

Question 2

Elite sprinters produce ___ forces in a ____ ground contact time as compared to their novice counterparts.
A. Larger, longer
B. Larger, shorter

Answer 2

B. Larger, shorter

Question 3

In upright sprinting, an athlete’s stride length is largely dependent on ___
A. Athletes flexibility
B. The amount of vertical force produced during the stance phase
C. Athletes stride rate

Answer 3

B.

Question 4

Drills or tests that require the athlete to move rapidly in response to a stimulus such as a whistle, arrow, or opponent are best for measuring which of the following?

A. Change in direction
B. Agility
C. Acceleration

Answer 4

B. Agility

Question 5

Select the aspect of training that requires additional emphasis when the aim is to improve change of direction ability
A. Strength
B. Eccentric strength
X. Reactive strength

Answer 5

B. Eccentric strength

Question 6

The skills. And abilities needed to achieve high movement velocities

Answer 6

Speed

Question 7

The skills and abilities needed to explosively change movement direction, velocities, or modes

Answer 7

Change of direction

Question 8

The skills and abilities needed to change direction, velocity, or mode in response to a stimulus

Answer 8

Agility

Question 9

___ requires the ability to accelerate and reach maximal velocity

Answer 9

Speed

Question 10

___ is often associated with an athlete’s capacity to produce force, but it is important to understand that while high levels of max strength are desirable attributes in sport, sprint, change of direction, and agility events occur in periods that prevent athletes from producing and expressing their max strength

Answer 10

Strength

Question 11

In order to execute movement techniques, athletes must apply ____-product of mass and acceleration

Answer 11

FORCE

Question 12

There are two variables that describe force relative to the time available to produce force:

Answer 12

rate of force development

Impulse

Question 13

The development of max force in minimal time, typically used as an index of explosive strength.

Answer 13

Rate of force development (RFD)

Question 14

The product of the generated force and the time required for its production, which is measured as the area under the force-time curve

Answer 14

Impulse

Question 15

____ represents the interaction of two physical objects

Answer 15

FORCE

Question 16

Force is a vector quantity meaning that it has both ___ and ___

Answer 16

Magnitude (size) and direction

Question 17

Velocity and ___ are often used interchangeably

Answer 17

SPeed

Question 18

Speed is a scalar quantity, which means that it describes only how fast and object is moving

Answer 18

True

Question 19

___ is the rate at which an object covers a distance

Answer 19

Speed

Question 20

Like force, ____ is a vector quantity

Answer 20

Velocity

Question 21

___ refers to the rate at which an object’s velocity changes over time

Answer 21

Acceleration

Question 22

The length of time athletes are in this stance or plant phase is termed ____ ___ ____

Answer 22

Ground contact time

Question 23

____ is defined as the relationship between the mass of an object and the velocity of movement

Answer 23

Momentum

Question 24

Strength training enhances _____ drive, the rate and amplitude of impulses being sent from the nervous system to the target muscles.

Answer 24

Neural drive

Question 25

Research has shown that the combination of strength, plyo, and sprint training produces several adaptations within the neuromuscular system that may contribute to improved sprint performance.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Many functional tasks begin with prep counter movements involving spring like actions referred to as the ____ shortening cycle which is an eccentric concentric coupling phenomenon in which muscle tendon complexes are rapidly and forcibly lengthened

Answer 26

Stretch shortening cycle

Question 27

STretch shortening cycle actions exploit two phenomena:

Answer 27

1. Intrinsic muscle tendon behavior

2. Force and length reflex feedback to the nervous system

Question 28

___ training, in which alternating SSC task with heavy resistance training within the same session enhances their working effect

Answer 28

Complex training

Question 29

___ is a series of coupled flight and support phases known as strides orchestrated in an attempt to displace the athletes body down the track at maximal acceleration or velocity usually over brief distances and durations

Answer 29

Sprinting

Question 30

Sprint speed can be increased by an increase in stride ___ and stride ____

Answer 30

Stride length

Stride frequency

Question 31

Speed drills:

Answer 31

A- skip
Fast feet
Sprint resistance: incline for acceleration

Question 32

Agility drills:

Answer 32

Deceleration drill
Z-drill
Agility drill Y shaped

Question 33

Which of the following is NOT a phase of the stretch-shortening cycle?
A. Amortization
B. Concentric
C. Eccentric
D. Isometric

Answer 33

D. Isometric

Question 34

Which of the following structures detects rapid movement and initiates the stretch reflex?
A. GTO
B. Muscle spindle
C. Muscle fiber

Answer 34

B. Muscle spindle

Question 35

Which of the following should be assessed before beginning a lower body plyo training program?
Balance
Strength
Lean body mass
Training history

Answer 35

Balance
Strength
Training history

Question 36

WHich of the following types of plyo drills. Is generally considered. To be the MOST intense?
A. Jumps in place
B.  Bounds
C.  Depth jumps
D. Box jumps

Answer 36

C.. Depth jumps

Question 37

Which of the following work to rest ratio is the MOST appropriate. To assign to a plyo training workout??
A. 1:3
B. 1:5
C. 1:2

Answer 37

B. 1:5