Topic 3- PHYSICAL TRAINING Flashcards

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What is health?

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A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely in the absence of disease or infirmity

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What is fitness?

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The ability to meet or cope with the demands of the environment

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What are the 10 components of fitness?

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Speed 
Agility
Balance 
Coordination
Strength 
Power 
Reaction time 
Flexibility 
Cardiovascular endurance 
Muscular endurance
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What is agility and what sports definitely need agility?

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The ability to move and change direction quickly at speed whilst maintaining control

Most game sports such as basketball, football, rugby etc

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What is balance and what sports need balance?

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It is the ability to keep the body stable by maintaining the centre of mass over the base of support

Gymnastics needs both dynamic and static balance

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What are the 2 types of balance?

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Static balance- performed with little or no movement… like a handstand

Dynamic balance- performed when movement takes place during a balance… like a cartwheel

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What is cardiovascular endurance?

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Aerobic power
It is the ability of the heart and lungs to supply working muscles with enough oxygen to work aerobically

Sports like: long distance running, squash, cycling

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What is coordination?

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The ability to use 2 or more different parts of the body efficiently

Sports like table tennis, running- to be able to use a your arms and legs efficiently

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What is flexibility?

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The range of movement possible at a joint

Sports or activities like dancing as they need to be able to twist their bodies with ease

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What is muscular endurance?

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The ability of a muscle or muscle group to undergo repeated contraction whilst avoiding fatigue

Sports like: tennis- repeatedly swinging the arm, cyclists, long distance running etc

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What is speed?

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The maximum rate at which a performer is able to perform a movement or cover a distance in a period of time

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What is reaction time?

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The time taken for someone to respond to a stimulus

Sports like: goalkeeping in hockey or football, tabletennis

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What is power?

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The product of strength and speed (speed x strength)
Also referred to as anaerobic power

Sports like: tennis serve, hammer throw, cricket batting or throwing, golf drive etc

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What is strength?

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The ability to overcome a resistance

Sports like: weightlifting

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What are the 4 types of strength?

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Maximal strength- the greatest force possible in a single muscle contraction (essential for most sports)

Static strength- the amount of force exerted on an object you cannot move ( essential for moving static balances)

Explosive strength- the amount of force exerted in one quick muscle contraction (essential for sports like javelin)

Dynamic strength- the amount of force that can be exerted repeatedly by a muscle (similar to muscle endurance and so important for long distance sports like cycling and running)

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What are the advantages of carrying fitness tests? Why are they important?

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Identifying strengths and weaknesses: by measuring you pr results and comparing them to national averages, you can identify a persons strengths and weaknesses and this info can then be used in a training programme to optimise strength and improve weaknesses

Motivation- fitness tests will allow you to see your current level of fitness and then u can set goals which will therefore increase motivation in order to achieve those goals

Providing variety- carrying out fitness tests can help u put a varied training programme that develops 1 or more components of fitness and prevents the performer feeling boredom from training

Establishing a starting level and monitoring improvement- this will allow you and a coach to see if the performer is improving and if this method of training is benefitting them

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What are the limitations of fitness testing?

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The tests are often general and not sport specific

The tests dont replicate the movements used in most sports so may not be benefitting you when in competition

The tests are usually conducted in isolation and therefore do not replicate competitive conditions and so when in competition, you may not be able to perform as you do in training as you may be distracted by the different atmospehere

Some of these tests require quite high levels of motivation and so can produce unreliable results as the athlete may be tired or bored and so might not be bothered as much on particular days, making the results inaccurate after the training programme ends

A fitness test must be carried out using the correct procedure to ensure it is valid and if not, then the performer will not benefit from them

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What does the illinois agility test measure?

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Agility

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What does the wall toss test measure?

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Coordination

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What does the ruler drop test measure?

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Reaction time

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What does the multi stage fitness test measure?

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Cardiovascular endurance

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What does the sit and reach test measure?

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Flexibility

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What does the 30 m sprint test?

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Speed

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What does the one rep max test measure?

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Maximal strength

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What does the vertical jump test measure?

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Power

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What does the sit up bleep test measure?

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Muscular endurance

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What does the handgrip dynamometer test?

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Strength

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What does the stork balance test measure?

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Balance

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What is the definition of the principles of training?

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Guidelines, that if applied, ensure that training is effective and results in positive adaptations

The mneumonic is SPORT:
Specificity
Progressive-Overload
Reversibility 
Tedium
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What is specificity and what is its importance?

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Specificity means making training relevant to the sport being played, to the movements, muscles and energy systems used in that activity

Essentials to keep your training relevant as otherwise u may be benefitting components of fitness that arent important in your activity and therefore you dont gain anything from them

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What is progressive overload and what is its importance?

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Means gradually increasing the amount of overload so that fitness gains occur without the potential for injury

Overload is essential as by putting more gradual stress on the body, makes the body work harder than normal so that adaptations take place

If your body has not been progressively overloaded, no further improvements will take place and your level kf fitness will stay the same

However, by overloading but not doing it gradually can lead to injury

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How do u increase overload?

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Increase the frequency of the sessions
Increase the intensity of the sessions
Increase the time spent taken

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What does reversibility mean?

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Means that fitness levels are lost when u stop exercising or training

Usually caused by an injury which causes your adaptations made to be lost as it takes longer to gain fitness than to lose fitness

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What does Tedium mean?

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The boredom that can occur from training the same way every time

To prevent this, variety is needed in a training programme to stop it becoming too repetitive and therefore boring. This will keep motivation levels high

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What is the FITT principle?

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Used to increase the amount of work the body does in order to achieve overload

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What does FITT stand for?

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Frequency- how often you exercise
Intensity- how hard you exercise
Time- how long you exercise for
Type- what exercises and methods of training you should use

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How can u achieve overload by Frequency?

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By gradually increasing the number of training sessions per week, but ensuring that there is enough time between sessions to recover- to prevent injury

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How do u achieve overload by intensity?

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Gradually increasing how hard you train such as increasing the size of the weights u lift

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How do u achieve overload by time?

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By increasing the time you spend exercising in each training session or the length of time u spend on each type of exercise. Such as increasing the number of reps and sets in an exercise or decreasing the rest time between sets- this will put more strain on the body and therefore ensure overload occurs

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How do u achieve overload by type?

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By varying the type of activity or training method it allows overload to also be made but u have to be careful as if the new method is not specific to ur sport, then it doesnt benefit a performer
However, by changing the training method and varying it, it reduces the chance of tedium occuring, and will consequently increase the chances of the performer working harder- allowing overload to occur

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What is overtraining?

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Occurs when your training programme doesnt allow you to recover and rest enough between each session- resulting in injury and therefore having to experience the effects of reversibility

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What can happen if you allow too much rest between training sessions?

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You will lose the benefits of having done the training in the first place

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What is your heart rate?

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The number of times your heart beats per minute

Increases when u exercise to increase the blood and oxygen supply to the working muscles

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How do u work out your max heart rate?

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220- your age

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What is the aerobic training zone.

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60% to 80% of your maximum heart rate

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What is your anaerobic training zone?

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80-90% of your max heart rate

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What is the target zone for aerobic training for a 20 year old?

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220- 20 = 200
200 x 0.6 = 120bpm
200 x 0.8 = 160
Therefore it is between 120-160bpm

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What are the various types of training?

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Continuous training 
Fartlek training
Interval training 
High interval training
Circuit training 
Weight training
Plyometric training
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What is circuit training and what components of fitness is trained?

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Circuit training involves a series of exercises, called stations which are completed one after another with brief periods of rest in between

Trains all components of fitness and depends on the exercises used in the circuit

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What are the factors that need to be taken into consideration when setting up a circuit?

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The space available
Tye equipment available
The number of stations, usually there is 6-10
It should contain a variety of exercises and the exercise that use the same muscle groups should not be placed next to each other as that can cause muscle fatigue
The work rest ratio- should be enough rest so the performers can perform effectively, but not too long that no overload occurs

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What are the 3 types of circuit?

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Timed circuits
Fixed load circuits
Varied circuits

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What are timed circuits?

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Where the performer performs as many reps of an exercise as possible in a set time
Improves muscular endurance

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What are fixed load circuits?

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Where the performer has to complete a set number of reps before moving on- improves muscular endurance and strength

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What are varied circuits?

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Where the speed of a timed circuit and the work recovery ratio changes from station to station- improves cardiovascular endurance

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What are the advantages of circuit training?

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It is very flexible and can train a range of components of fitness

You can choose what exercises that are relevant for your chosen activity and so easily make it specific

Large groups can train at the same time

The variety of exercises keep the training interesting and reduces the chances of tedium occuring

Would benefit games players like footballers

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What are the disadvantages of circuit training?

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Not really suitable for individual training

Quite a large space is required

Technique can be affected by fatigue when performing as many reps as possible in a set amount of time, increasing the chances of injury

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What is continuous training?

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Working for a sustained amount of time for atleast 20 minutes without rest where the performer must remain at a steady pace

Includes running, jogging, cycling and going on a treadmill

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What component of fitness is trained through continuous training?

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Cardiovascular endurance and therefore would suit long distance athletes that require aerobic training such as long distance running and cycling

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What are the advantages of continuous training?

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Specialist equipment is not strictly necessary
Ideal for a beginner
Ideal for someone training on their own as they can easily make it specific for themselves
Not resting helps prepare for sports where you have to work for long periods of time without a break

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What are the disadvantages of continuous training?

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It doesnt improve anaerobic fitness
It can be boring doing one exercise at a constant rate and so tedium is likely
It can lead to injury due to repeated use of the same joints
Not suitable for groups or teams

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What is interval training?

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Involves alternating between periods of work and periods of rest

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What is high interval training?

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Involves alternating between short periods of intense work in the anaerobic training zone and periods of active recovery in the aerobic training zone

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What are the 2 forms of high intensity interval training?

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Long interval training- with work periods of 15 seconds to 3 mins at 80-85% of ur max heart rate and recovery periods of the same length

Short interval training- with short periods of work no more than 15 seconds at a close to max heart rate and longer periods of rest, up to 2 mins

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What are the advantages of interval training?

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Good for inexperiences performers and beginners
Good for overall fitness
Trains aerobic and anaerobic fitness
Easily adapted for a performers needs

Long interval high intensity interval training benefits Game players And middle distance runners

Short interval high intensity interval training benefits racket sports players such as tennis and sprinters

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What are the disadvantages of interval training?

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Can put a lot of pressure on the bodys systems, which can lead to injury if they have not been conditioned correctly

As High intensity interval training is a very exhausting workout, your recovery period between sessions should be 48 hours

Risk of injury due to high intensity

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What is fartlek training?

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A type of continuous training but involves changes in the intensity of exercise over different distances

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What components of fitness is achieved through fartlek training?

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Cardiovascular endurance
Muscular endurance
Speed

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How is overload achieved through fartlek training?

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By increasing the times or speeds of each bit or the terrain difficulty (running uphill instead of a flat surface)

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What are the advantages of fartlek training?

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It is very adaptable so you can easily tailor training to suit different sports and different levels of fitness
Therefore you can include a mix of aerobic and anaerobic activity so it is useful for sports that require different paces such as football and rugby

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What are the disadvantages of fartlek training?

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Frequent changes of intensity can mean that the training lacks structure- making it easy to skip the harder bits and tough to monitor progress
Requires the performer to be extremely focused to ensure that the training is effective

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What is plyometric training?

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A training method to train a performers muscular power

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What types of exercises come under plyometric training?

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Depth jumps- improve power in quadriceps and increase how high you can jump
First stage lengthens your quadriceps as you land and squat,but the 2nd stage shortens them as you jump

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What are the advantages of plyometric training?

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Its the only form of training that directly improves your power and so is very specific to different skills in sports such as when jumping in basketball when shooting

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What are the disadvantages of plyometric training?

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Very demanding on the muscles used- must be very fit or you will get injured
Cannot perform plyometric training too often as you will get injured and therefore reversibility will kick in and you will lose any gains you have made

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What is high altitude training?

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Training at a higher altitude where the pressure is lower and so whilst training, you take in less oxygen per breath

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What is the main point of athletes training at a higher altitude?

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As your body adapts to the less pressure by creating more red blood cells, so enough oxygen can be supplied to the muscles and organs
Athletes therefore use this form of training to increase their red blood count giving them an advantage when competing at a lower altitude

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Why is having a greater amount of red blood cells an advantage?

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It means that a performer has a better oxygen supply to the muscles, increasing a persons cardiovascular endurance and muscular endurance. Helps and suits endurance athletes

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What are the advantages of altitude training?

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It improves cardiovascular and muscular endurance which helps endurance athletes perform better as they are able to work for a longer period of time without feeling fatigue.

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What are the disadvantages of high altitude training?

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Training at high altitude makes it harder to reach the same intensity levels as you could be, when training at a low altitude. Therefore it is not as suitable for anaerobic training and therefore anaerobic sports such as 100m sprinters

The effects of altitude training only last for a few weeks and so once the performer is back to their normal altitude level, the body doesnt need to create extra red blood cells any more

It can be very expensive to transport athletes to mountainous areas where high altitude normally takes place in