Soc 5 Flashcards
Specificity
The principle of specificity states that sports training should be relevant and appropriate to the sport for which the individual is training in order to produce the desired effect. Essentially, specificity training means that you must perform the skill in order to get better at it.
Progressive overload
Slowly increasing the intensity of your workout will help the athletes be able to reach their goals this is done by starting at 60% intensity and working your way up to 80%
Individual needs
Training to suit the athletes age, gender, injury status and fitness levels this is useful for individual athletes and doesn’t have to coordinate with the sport that the athlete plays
FITT
The FITT Principle is a great way of monitoring your exercise program. The acronym FITT outlines the key components, or training guidelines, for an effective exercise program, and the initials F, I, T, T, stand for: Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type.
Frequency
increased by training a greater number of times each week.
Intensity
Intensity is how hard you train, for example faster, heavier, less recovery.
Time
Time is how long you train for, for example a 30 minute session. Time can be manipulated by training for longer or by completing a greater number of sets or reps.
Type
Type of training is what kind of training you do, for example interval, fartlek, continuous or weight training. Type of training is manipulated by offering a variety of training types and experiences to the athlete by combining training methods.
Rest and recovery
Rest is the period of time allotted to recovery and recovery is repairing the damage caused by training or competition.
Adaptation
Your bodies response to training and how it changes to cope with the new environment or activity being trained in.
Overtraining
Training beyond your bodies capability to recover, you must train hard enough but not too hard which is a delicate balance for athletes, but it is important to get right.
Reversibility
Reversibility means that an athlete can lose the effects of training when they stop either from an injury or illness. Some people will keep their fitness longer than others; this may be related to how long you have taken to get to your peak fitness level.
What will happen if you overtrain
Your training may be ineffective and make your performance worse. This can also lead to you being drowsy or suffer from an injury or illness. This means you have to stop training all together.
