Exercise Delivery & Prescription Flashcards
What is the role of a physical preparation coach?
To increase the physical capacities to allow for enhanced domain-specific performance
Define who a coach is
Someone who’s job it is to teach people to improve at a sport, skill, or subject
List four essentials of communication
- Simple, direct language
- Relevant to the population
- Honest
- Constructive
List the key coaching behaviours
- Eye contact
- Positive body language and tone
- 360 degree PT
- Ask/collaborate
What are the five steps ASCA recommends to use for teaching an exercise?
- Name the exercise to be learnt
- Demonstrate the exercise two or three times
- Identify two or three points for the athlete to focus on
- Demonstrate the exercise numerous more times, until the athlete acknowledges understanding
- Athlete performs the exercise
When is it appropriate to cue a cognitive learner?
Between sets
When is it appropriate to cue an associative learner?
Between reps
When is it appropriate to cue an autonomous learner?
During reps
How long should each component of the communication loop take?
Describe: 2 mins
Demonstrate: 1 min
Cue: 30 sec
Debrief: 30 sec
‘Sniper’ coaching is described as what?
- Quality over quantity
- Accurate
- Patient
List the types of cues
- Internal (narrow)
- Internal (broad)
- External (near)
- External (far)
- Analogy
List beneficial feedback components
- Positive
- User-friendly (can be understood)
- Honest
- Specific
- Constructive (actionable)
- Goal-oriented
What are the three steps to the ASCA feedback model?
1) Brief positive praise
2) Positive reinforcer
3) Corrective reinforcer (add in a simple cue at the end)
What are the three learning stages?
- Cognitive
- Associative
- Autonomous
List the FITT principles
- Frequency
- Intensity
- Time
- Type
What is a typical training frequency for someone with a low training age?
2-3 days per week