Year 10 - Physical education
Principles of training and their application
Physical training: principles of training
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Unit Summary
This unit will explore the guidelines or principles that we should follow when training to improve health, fitness and sporting performance.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to recall and apply the principles of training to bring about improvement in fitness.
Key Notes
- Key principles of training in sport include specificity, progressive overload, reversibility, and tedium.
- Principles of traning are used to optimise training and fitness and to prevent injury.
Vocabulary To Learn
- specificity: making training specific to the sport being played/movements/muscles/energy used
- progressive overload: gradual increase so that fitness gains occur, but without potential injury. Overload is the gradual increase of stress placed upon the body
- reversibility: losing fitness levels when you stop exercising
- tedium: boredom that can occur from training the same way every time. Variety is needed
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Overload is negative and should not be encouraged during training.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Key principles of training in sport include specificity, progressive overload, reversibility, and tedium. Principles of traning are used to optimise training and fitness and to prevent injury.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'specificity'
making training specific to the sport being played/movements/muscles/energy used.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Overload is negative and should not be encouraged during training. Correction: Overload is encouraged as a positive aspect of training as progression is being managed correctly to bring about adaptations to fitness. It is not to be confused with 'overuse' which can cause injuries.
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