Lecture 9 - Physiology of Team Sport Athletes

Question 1

During of after a strength training program is there an immediate change in performance ?

Answer 1

• No there is a delay of three months before a benefit is seen on the pitch as the body not used to having the extra strength available.

Question 2

How can training be altered to improve sports perfeomcne?

Answer 2

• Training can be altered to have a emphasis on specific adaptations that are wanted
• For example to improve speed design a session tat works around the game but has higher numbers of sprints in it. e.g. passing at high speed.

Question 3

What is an important for strength training?

Answer 3

• Making demands of training as similar and specific as sports performance.

Question 4

What does the Charlie Francis model state about training intensities?

Answer 4

• Suggests that the medium intensity range (76-94%) should be avoided as all it creates is fatigue and does not result in any cardiovascular/ skeletal or CNS adaptation but sill requires a 24 hour rest period.

Question 5

In team sports, what % of time is spent walking of jogging ?

Answer 5

• 90%

Question 6

Advantages and disadvantages of tactical periodization.

Answer 6

Advantages

• Prioritise tactical training
• Highly specific, excellent transfer to game situations.

Disadvantages
- Difficult to quantify and monitor physical load that players are exposed to.

Question 7

What are the training considerations for endurance performance?

Answer 7

• Ling steady distance
• RPE 3 - 6
• HR - 65 - 80% max

Question 8

With training what happens to the RFD?

Answer 8

• Capacity to produce force quickly depends on type of training done.
• e.g exploside traing improve RFD greater than standard strength training.

Question 9

What does strength govern in sports performance ?

Answer 9

• Jump ability
• Sprint ability
• Change in direction ability

Question 10

What happens with concurrent training for either endurance of strength?

Answer 10

• Training both reduce capacity for performance in both types.

Question 11

What are the strength bench marks for squat, bench press and pull up?

Answer 11

• Squat - 1.5BW
• Bench Press - 1.3BW
• Pull up - 1.3BW

Question 12

What are the most common movements in team sports games?

Answer 12

• Multiple sprints, jumps and tackles

Question 13

By how much can engagement in strength training reduce you chances of injury occurring?

Answer 13

• 1/3 In active sports

- 50% reduction from overuse injuries.

Question 14

What factors effect exercise endurance performance ?

Answer 14

Central factors

• Qmax
• Hormone sensitivity
• Fuel transport

Peripheral

• Mitochondrial density and content
• Capillary density
• Enzyme capacity
• Glycogen storage

Question 15

What are the three energy systems and there times of use?

Answer 15

• ATP/PC - 6 Seconds
• Glycolic (Lactate) - 6 seconds to 1 min.
• Oxidative phosphorylation (Aerobic) - above 1 min.

Question 16

Why is it difficult to gauge Vmax from team sports games

Answer 16

• Because of the constraints of the game.

Question 17

What was found by Kempton and Coutts (2015) about the activity of winning teams.

Answer 17

• The teams that win games run less Distance

Question 18

If concurrent training is done when should resistance training be done after low intensity endurance and high intensity endurance ?

Answer 18

• Low inteisty does not effect signalling pathways and actually allows a greater adaptation capacity for strength following the run.
• High intensity training should be followed by a three hour rest before strength training with a complete refuel between.