Factors Affecting Perfomance

Factors Affecting Perfomance

1. How does training affect performance?

   • Energy systems
     • ATP/PC
     • Lactic Acid
     • Aerobic
   • Types of training and training methods
     • Strength
       • Free/Fixed weights
       • Elastics
       • Hydraulic
     • Anaerobic
       • Anaerobic Interval
       • Ploymetrics
     • Aerobic
       • Continuous
       • Fartlek
       • Aerobic Interval
       • Circuit
     • Flexibility
       • Static
       • Dynamic
       • PNF
       • Ballistic
   • Principles of Training
     • Reversibilty
     • Specificity
     • Progressive Overload
     • Variety
     • Training Threshold
     • Warm up/Cool down
   • Physiological Adaptations
     • Lung capacity
     • Slow/fast twitch fibres
     • Stroke Volume
     • Haemoglobin levels
     • Cardiac output
     • Resting heat rate
     • Muscle hypertrophy
     • Oxygen uptake

2. How can recovery and nutrition affect performance?

   • Nutritional consideration
     • Post performance
     • During performance
     • Pre-performace
   • Suplementation
     • Vitamins/Minerals
     • Protien
     • Caffeine
     • creatine
   • Recovery strategies
     • Pysiological
       • Hydration
       • Cool down
     • Neural
       • Massage
       • Hydrotherepy
     • Psycological
       • Relaxation
     • Tissue damage
       • Cryotherepy

3. How can psychology affect performance?

   • Motivation
     • Positive/Negative
     • Intrinsic/Extrinsic
   • Anxiety and Arousal
     • Strait and state anxiety
     • Sources of stress
     • Optimal arousal
   • Psychological strategies to enhance motivation and control arousal
     • Relaxation Techniques
     • Concentration/attention skills (focus)
     • Mental rehearsal/visualisation/imagery
     • Goal-setting

4. How can the acquisition of skill affect performance?

   • Stages of skill aquisition
     • Autonomous
     • Associative
     • Cognative
   • Characteristics of the learner
     • Confidence
     • Personality
     • Prior experience
     • Heredity
     • Ability
   • The learning environment
     • Performance elements
       • Strategic/tactical development
       • Decision making
     • Nature of the skill
       • Open/closed
       • Gross/fine
       • Discrete/continuous
       • Self/externally paced
     • Practise method
       • Whole/part
       • Massed/disributed
     • Feedback
       • Internal/external
       • Concurrent
       • Delayed
       • Knowledge of performance or results
   • Assessment of skill and performance
     • Characteristics of skilled performer
       • Conistancy
       • Anticipation
       • Technique
       • Kinaesthetic
     • Objective and subjective performance methods
     • Validity and reliabilty
     • Personal/prescribed judgement