principles of training

Question 1

what are the 5 principles of training?

Answer 1

Specifity
Progression
Overload
Reversibility
Variance

Question 2

what is specifity and give an example?

Answer 2

specifity is training that is relevant to the needs of the athlete

focuses on skill component , fitness and muscle groups

Question 3

what is progression and give an example?

Answer 3

progression is when training becomes gradually more difficult

e.g. gradually increasing the weight of what your lifting at the gym

Question 4

what is overload and give an example ?

Answer 4

this involves working the body harder than normal
e.g. at the gym you decide to go more often for a longer time and you work at a higher intensity for a week

Question 5

what is reversibility and give an example?

Answer 5

when training stops and the athletes performance drops

e.g. a netball shooter stops practising over the summer holidays and when they come back they keep missing their shots

Question 6

what is variance and give an example?

Answer 6

variance is the idea that if training is repetitive the athlete can become bored and lose motivation meaning they are unlikely to improve.

a striker in football dosent just take shots from the same point instead they do multiple different drills and excercises such as taking shots from a variety of places, practising passing ,shooting under pressure and defending

Question 7

how do you overload training?

Answer 7

by increasing FITT
Frequency
Intensity
Time
Type