Factors Affecting Performance

Factors Affecting Performance

1. Training

   • Energy Systems
     • Lactic Acid
     • Alactacid (ATP/PC)
     • Anaerobic
   • Types of training/training methods
     • Aerobic
     • Anaerobic
     • Flexibility
     • Strength
   • Principles of training
     • Progressive Overload
     • Specificity
     • Reversibility
     • Variety
     • Training thresholds
     • Warm up/Cool Down
   • Physiological Adapttations
     • RHR
     • SV and CO
     • O2 uptake and lung capacity
     • Haemoglobin level
     • Muscle Hypertrophy
     • Effect on fast/slow twitch muscle fibres

2. Nutrition and Recovery Strategies

   • Nutritional considerations
     • Pre-performance (inc. carb loading)
     • During
     • Post
   • Supplementation
     • Vitamins/Minerals
     • Creatine Phosphate
     • Caffiene
     • Protein
   • Recovery Strategies
     • Physiological
     • Neural
     • Tissue Damage
     • Psychological

3. Psychology

   • Motivation
     • Pos/Neg
     • Intrinsic/Extrinsic
   • Anxiety/Arousal
     • Sources of stress
     • Optimal Arousal
     • Trait/State anxiety
   • Psychological strategies to enhance motivation and manage anxiety
     • Concentration/attention skills (focusing)
     • Mental Rehearsal/Visualisation
     • Relaxation Techniques
     • Goal Setting

4. Acquisition of Skill

   • Stages of skill Acquisition
     • Cognitive
     • Associative
     • Autonomous
   • Characteristics of a Learner
     • Confidence
     • Hereditary
     • Personality
     • Prior Experience
     • Ability
   • The Learning environment
     • Nature of Skill (open/closed, gross/fine, disc/serial/cont., self-paced/ext.-paced
     • Feedback (int/ext, concurrent/delayed, KoR, KoP
     • Practice Methods (massed/distributed, whole/part)
     • Performance Elements (D-M, S&T development)
   • Assessment of skill and performance
     • Characteristics of skilled performers (KS, A, C, T)
     • Objective/Subjective Measures
     • Validity/Reliability
     • Personal vs. Prescribed criteria