Principles Of Training

Question 1

What is specificity

Answer 1

Matching the training to the requirements of an activity

Question 2

What is progressive overload

Answer 2

When an athlete trains more than they normally do

Only way they can improve

Question 3

What is individual needs

Answer 3

Taking the individual needs of an athlete into account when making a fitness plan

Question 4

What is overtraining

Answer 4

Training beyond your body’s ability to recover

Without adequate rest and recovery, can backfire and make you perform worse or get injured

Question 5

What is reversibility

Answer 5

Gradually losing fitness instead of progressing or remaining at the current level

Question 6

What is FITT?

Answer 6

Frequency 
     How often you train 
Intensity 
     How hard you train 
Time
     How long you train for 
Type 
     What type of training you do

Question 7

If a football centre back is training for strength, what principle of training are they following

Answer 7

Specificity - matching the training to the requirements of an activity

Question 8

If a 200m sprinter is training by running a distance of 250m by reps, what principle of training are they following

Answer 8

Progressive overload - training more than they usually do

Question 9

If an athlete is starting a fitness program with a low level of fitness, they will not follow the program for someone who has been training for a long time
What principle of training are they following?

Answer 9

Individual needs - matching the training to the requirements of an individual

Question 10

If a long distance runner is training at a longer distance or intensity than they usually do, what principle of training are they following?

Answer 10

Over training

Question 11

If an athlete is ill or injured, what till happen to them

Answer 11

Reversibility - gradually losing fitness instead of progressing