Core 2

Question 1

Crit question 2?

Answer 1

How can psychology effect performance?

Question 2

Crit question 3?

Answer 2

How can nutrition and recovery strategies affect performance?

Question 3

Crit question 4?

Answer 3

How does acquisition of skill affect performance?

Question 4

Dot points for crit question 1?

Answer 4

Energy systems
Types of training and training methods
Principals of training
Physiological adaptions in response to training

Question 5

Dot points for crit question 2?

Answer 5

Motivation
Anxiety and arousal
Psychological strategies to enhance motivation and manage anxiety

Question 6

Dot points for crit question 3?

Answer 6

Nutritional considerations
Supplementation
Recovery strategies

Question 7

Dot points for crit question 4?

Answer 7

Stages of skill acquisition
Characteristics of the learner
The learning environment
Assessment of skill and performance

Question 8

Energy systems?

Answer 8

• alactacid system
• lactic acid system
• aerobic system

Question 9

Types of training and training methods?

Answer 9

• aerobic eg continuous, fartlek, aerobic interval, circuit
• anaerobic eg anaerobic interval
• flexibility eg static, pnf, dynamic, ballistic
• strength training eg free fixed weights, elastic, hydraulic

Question 10

Principles of training?

Answer 10

• progressive overload
• specificity
• reversibility
• variety
• training thresholds
• warm up and cool down

Question 11

Physiological adaptions in response to training?

Answer 11

• resting heart rate
• stroke volume/cardiac output
• oxygen uptake and lung capacity
• haemoglobin level
• muscle hypertrophy
• effect on fast/slow twitch muscle fibres

Question 12

Motivation?

Answer 12

• positive and negative

- intrinsic and extrinsic

Question 13

Anxiety and arousal?

Answer 13

• trait and state anxiety
• sources of stress
• optimum arousal

Question 14

Psychological strategies to enhance motivation and manage anxiety?

Answer 14

• concentration/attention skills (focusing)
• mental rehearsal/visualising/ imagery
• relaxation techniques
• goal setting

Question 15

Nutritional considerations?

Answer 15

• pre performance, including carbohydrate loading
• during performance
• post performance

Question 16

Supplementation?

Answer 16

• vitamins/minerals
• protein
• caffeine
• creatine products

Question 17

Recovery strategies?

Answer 17

• physiological strategies eg cool down, hydration
• neural strategies eg hydrotherapy, massage
• tissue damage strategies, cryotherapy
• psychological strategies eg relaxation

Question 18

Stages of skill acquisition?

Answer 18

• cognitive
• associative
• autonomous

Question 19

Characteristics of the learner?

Answer 19

-hereditary, confidence, prior experience, ability

Question 20

The learning environment?

Answer 20

• nature of skill (opened, closed, discrete, continuous, externally paced, self paced, gross, fine, serial)
• the performance elements (decision making, strategic and tactical development)
• practice method (whole part, massed distributed)
• feedback (internal external, concurrent, delayed, knowledge of results, knowledge of performance)

Question 21

Assessment of skill and performance?

Answer 21

• characteristics of skilled performers eg kinaesthetic sense, anticipation, consistency, technique
• objective and subjective performance measures
• validity and reliability of tests
• personal vs prescribed judging criteria

Question 22

Crit question 1?

Answer 22

How does training effect performance?