speed and agility cscs

Question 1

change of direction with reactive component

Answer 1

agility

Question 2

exercise involving repeated rapid stretching and contracting of muscles to increase muscle power

Answer 2

plyometrics

Question 3

skill and abilities needed to achieve high velocity

Answer 3

speed

Question 4

skill and abilities needed to explosively change movement direction, velocities, or modes

Answer 4

change of direction

Question 5

skills and abilities needed to change direction, velocity, or mode in response to a stimulus

Answer 5

agility

Question 6

requires a use of perceptual cognitive abilities

Answer 6

agility

Question 7

what does agility require?

Answer 7

strength capacity
(its too fast to express max force)
motor pattern efficiency
skill to use strength within constraints of the activity

Question 8

change in force / change of time

Answer 8

rate of force development

Question 9

ground contact time x force

Answer 9

impulse

Question 10

0 speed towards max velocity

longer ground contact times

Answer 10

acceleration phase

Question 11

quick steps
alot of force quickly on the ground
upright trunk by 20m

Answer 11

max velocity phase

Question 12

how long is sprinting?

Answer 12

15 seconds or less

Question 13

phases of sprint

Answer 13

stance

flight

Question 14

gait phases:

initial contact

Answer 14

1st
body upright
contact with heel

Question 15

loading response phase

Answer 15

push weight into leg after the initial touch/ contact

Question 16

midstance phase

Answer 16

foot is flat, pushing down and back into ground
hip extension (glutes med) and quads

Question 17

toe off

Answer 17

toe comes off ground finish stance phase - achilles

Question 18

preswing

Answer 18

lift foot

Question 19

mid swing

Answer 19

middle of swing

Question 20

ground contact time:

agility:

Answer 20

.23-.25 seconds

Question 21

ground contact time:

change of direction

Answer 21

.44-.722

Question 22

ground contact time:

acceleration sprinting

Answer 22

.17-.2

Question 23

ground contact time:

max velocity sprinting

Answer 23

.09-.11

Question 24

senses stretch within muscle

Answer 24

muscle spindle

Question 25

senses contraction or tension within tendon

Answer 25

gto

Question 26

what does the SSC acutely tend to do?

________ mechanical efficiency and impulse via _______ ______recovery

Answer 26

1. increase

2. elastic energy

Question 27

chronically the ssc tends to ______ muscle stiffness and enhance _____ _______

Answer 27

1. upregulate

3. neuromuscular activation