Developing Athletic Abilities Flashcards
What does athletic abilities refer to?
The capacity to carry out the efforts, movements, or tasks that support performance in sport.
What four categories can athletic abilities be grouped into?
- Physical
- Motor
- Tactical
- Mental
What two factors are physical abilities determined by?
- The rate at which the muscles can produce energy and force
- The range in which the movements are performed
What do motor athletic abilities support?
Support the controlled execution of movements.
What is aerobic stamina?
The ability to sustain a dynamic effort over an extended period of time (normally, efforts lasting several minutes or even hours).
What is flexibility?
The ability to perform movements about a joint without sustaining injury.
What is speed?
The ability to rapidly move the body or part of the body, or to execute a series of movements, in an all-out effort of very short duration (8 seconds or less).
What is speed-endurance?
The ability to sustain efforts at near-maximum speed for as long as possible (normally, very intense efforts lasting between 8 and 60 seconds).
What is speed-strength?
The ability to perform a muscle contraction or overcome a resistance as fast as possible (normally, very brief efforts of 1 or 2 seconds).
What is strength-endurance?
The ability to perform repeated muscle contractions at intensities below maximum strength (normally 15 to 30 repetitions or more).
What is maximum strength?
The highest level of tension generated by a muscle or muscle group during a maximum contraction, regardless of the duration of the contraction.
What is agility?
The ability to execute movements or change body position and direction quickly and effectively.
What is balance?
The ability to achieve and maintain stability.
What is coordination?
The ability to perform movements in the correct order, and with the right timing.
What are the main features of the anaerobic alactic energy system?
Oxygen is not involved in the reactions that produce energy at the cellular level and lactic acid is not produced in muscle fibres.
What does the body break down for the anaerobic alactic system?
Energy-rich compounds called phosphagens which includes adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and creatine phosphate (CP).
What are the main features of the anaerobic lactic energy system?
Oxygen is not involved in the reactions that produce energy at the cellular level. Lactic acid is produced in muscle fibres.
What does the body break down for the anaerobic lactic system?
Breaks down glucose (sugar) and glycogen (the form in which glucose is stored inside muscle fibres).
What are the main features of the aerobic energy system?
Oxygen is involved in the reactions that produce energy at the cellular level.
What does the body break down for the aerobic system?
Muscle glycogen, glucose from the bloodstream, fat stored in muscle fibres and under the skin, and small amounts of amino acids (proteins).
What is the peak power, capacity, delay and critical duration of the anaerobic alactic system?
Peak power - Highest
Capacity - Very low
Delay - 0-1 seconds
Critical duration - 6 seconds
What is the peak power, capacity, delay and critical duration of the anaerobic lactic system?
Peak power - Second highest
Capacity - Low
Delay - About 2 seconds
Critical duration - 30-45 seconds
What is the peak power, capacity, delay and critical duration of the aerobic energy system?
Peak power - Lowest
Capacity - Extremely high
Delay - About 60-75 seconds
Critical duration - 6-8 minutes
When does fat and amino acids become progressively more important in the aerobic energy system?
After 90 minutes or so of continuous effort.
What does power refer to?
The rate at which the energy system can produce energy.
What does endurance refer to?
The length of time it can operate at peak power or at a fairly high percentage of its peak power.
What is the primary energy system and component of speed?
Anaerobic alactic (power)
What is the primary energy system and component of speed-endurance(20-30 seconds)?
Anaerobic alactic (endurance) Anaerobic lactic (power)
What is the primary energy system and component of speed-endurance (45-75 seconds)?
Anaerobic lactic (endurance)
What is the primary energy system and component of aerobic stamina - maximum aerobic power (MAP)?
Aerobic (power)
What is the primary energy system and component of aerobic stamina - aerobic endurance?
Aerobic (endurance)
What is the primary energy system and component of maximum strength (neural activation)?
Anaerobic alactic (power)
What is the primary energy system and component of maximum strength (hypertrophy)?
Anaerobic alactic (endurance) Anaerobic lactic (power)
What is the primary energy system and component of speed-strength?
Anaerobic alactic (power)
What is the primary energy system and component of strength-endurance?
Anaerobic alactic (endurance) Anaerobic lactic (power and endurance)
When does the aerobic energy system become dominant in exercise?
After 90 seconds to 2 minutes of continuous effort.
What system provides the most energy at rest?
The aerobic system using fat and glucose.
What factors does the dominance of one energy system over the others depend mainly on?
- Exercise intensity
- The duration of effort
- The number of efforts produced
- Recovery, if any, between efforts, as well as duration and type of recovery.
What is the most important energy source for aerobic efforts lasting up to an hour?
Muscle glycogen.
What relationship is present between intensity and duration of effort.
Inverse relationship. The higher the intensity, the shorter the time for which the effort can be sustained without a decrease in power output.
How long can athletes on average sustain intensities of 75 to 80% of their MAP?
For about 90 to 120 minutes.
What system provides the energy needed quickly for high-intensity efforts above aerobic system’s peak power when the aerobic system is supplying most of the energy?
Anaerobic lactic system.
What form of recovery is better in replenishing CP stores?
An active recovery over passive recovery, not at high intensity.
When does the alactic system NOT dominate in exercise lasting only a few seconds?
- If several repetitions take place2. Recovery between each rep is short.
What are the three different types of tests?
- Lab tests
- Lab-like tests
- Field tests
What are lab tests?
They are done in a controlled lab environment and often measure variables that are difficult to evaluate in a real sport situation.
What are lab-like tests?
They measure performance variables in standardized, controlled conditions. Results can be used to predict the value of variables, but lab tests are used to determine.
What are field tests?
They are conducted where the athlete trains. They measure actual sport performance.
What are the advantages of lab tests?
- Measurements are precise, reliable and objective.
- Norms for athletes are often available.
- Results are valid.
- Indicate athlete’s training status and show the effects of training programs over time.
What are the disadvantages of lab tests?
- Lack specificity (away from field).
- Require expensive equipment and trained personnel.
- Lab fee
- Invasive techniques lead to apprehension which can affect results.
- May need parental permission.
What are the advantages of lab-like tests?
- Inexpensive and easy
- Some tests are very specific
- Some tests provide info that can be used to prescribe training intensities.
- Test results can be used to predict or estimate the value of key physical variables.
What are the disadvantages of lab-like tests?
- Test results are not exact measures
2. Few sport specific tests exist, and normative data are limited.
What are the advantages of field tests?
- Simple and easy to administer for large groups.
- Inexpensive
- Measure actual sport performance.
- Sport specific.
- You can use one of many tests or design your own.
- Athletes can be tested on an as-needed basis.
- You can develop team or age-group norms from them.
What are the disadvantages of field tests?
- Athlete’s motivation affects results.
- Tests do not measure actual physical capacities.
- Tests may be less precise than lab tests.
- Norms seldom exist.
What are the 6 components of choosing effective tests?
- Must be relevant to the athlete’s sport
- Should be as sport specific as possible
- Must be standardized so that tests are repeatable and their results are reliable
- Must be valid (measure what they are intending to measure)
- There should be appropriate data to compare results with
- Must be conducted at regular intervals, and tests must be properly interpreted and used.
What is the first step for designing your own field test?
Select the athlete ability and the energy systems you want to test.
What is the second step for designing your own field test?
Identify a type of activity and precise exercise conditions that are highly sport-specific.
What is the third step for designing your own field test?
Develop a standardized testing procedure that provides objective, reliable measures of the target performance.
What is the forth step for designing your own field test?
Decide how the results will be expressed (absolute vs. relative).
What is the fifth step for designing your own field test?
Decide whether to supplement your testing procedure with one or more measures of a physiological factor (Ex. heart rate).