Seminars: Athlete Feedback Flashcards
Explain the difference between evidence based practice and practice based evidence
EBP = findings from trials, usually RCTs, showing benefits of a certain type of intervention.
these are then implemented in training regiemes
PBE = knowledge of what types of training/combination of types of training work best, gained from years of experience of coaches
why is it important of the coach to have good communication skills
to ensure athlete and coach buy in
what things needs to be considered in the initial meeting with the athlete
reasons why the service is required
aims/goals and how appropriate these are to performance and how achievable they are
(will they be beneficial to performance)
to try understand what is currently limiting their performance
what sport related factors need to be considered in the needs analysis
relative contributions of the energy domains
causes of fatigue
competition schedule
speed of movement
what athlete related factors need to be considered in the needs analysis
specific needs of the athlete
athlete strengths and weaknesses
success of previous intervention
targets of the athletes
age/disability/injury
why is body composition assessment usually carried out as part of physiological testing
to ensure the general health is okay
otherwise gains will be pointless if athlete is becoming unwell because they won’t be able to compete
explain the concept of the co-efficient of variation in relation to physiological testing
with each test there will be some degree of intra-subject variation
this means that if the test is repeated, the subject could perform slightly better.
a change seen must be greater than the co-efficient of variation for the result to be valid for use of evidence of improvement
explain the concept of the co-efficient of variation in relation to performance in elite events
there will be some degree of variation in each athletes performance
therefore if the race is re-run, each athlete has a good chance of winning it, because of the variation
to improve medal chances you need enhancement which is big enough to overcome this variation
elite athletes who a further back the field need to achieve enhancement which is 0.3 the co-efficient of variation to increase their medal chances
From what sources of information can the needs analysis be made and give some considerations for their appropriatness
research in that sport:
may not work in that athlete
coaching journals
coach and athlete:
have best knowledge of that athlete
but may be bias
watching of training and competition:
objective insight into that athlete
give some factors which should be considered when deciding on assessment methods
time cost benefit
level of convenience/invasiveness
ecological validity vs reliability of the test
own experience and skills set
coach and athlete buy in
how often to repeat the testing
which types of physiological tests produce lower random error
incremental tests have lower random error than measures of physiological variables e.g VO2max tests
what factors need to be taken into consideration when interpreting results of testing
is the magnitude of change large enough?
reliability of that measure
reliability of the equipment used
time of year and how well trained the athlete is / recent training load
recent injury or illness
