CORE 2 - FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE

CORE 2 - FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE

1. HOW DOES TRAINING AFFECT PERFORMANCE

   • Energy Systems
     • Alactacid System (ATP/PC)
     • Lactic Acid System
     • Aerobic System
     • Source of fuel
     • Efficiency of ATP Production
     • Duration
     • Cause of fatigue
     • By-products
     • Process and rate of recovery
   • Types of training and training methods
     • Aerobic
       • Continuous
       • Fartlek
       • Aerobic interval
       • Circuit
     • Anaerobic
       • Anaerobic Interval
     • Flexibility
       • Static
       • Ballistic
       • PNF
       • Dynamic
     • Strength Training
       • Free / fixed weights
       • Elastic
       • Hydraulic
   • Principles of training
     • Progressive Overload
     • Specificity
     • Reversilbility
     • Variety
     • Training thresholds
     • Warm up and Cool down
   • Physiological adaptations in response to training
     • Resting heart rate
     • Stroke volume and cardiac output
     • Oxygen uptake and lung capacity
     • Haemoglobin level
     • Muscle Hypertrophy
     • Effect on fast / slow twitch muscle fibres

2. HOW CAN PSYCHOLOGY AFFECT PERFORMANCE

   • Motivation
     • Positive and Negative
     • Intrinsic and Extrinsic
   • Anxiety and Arousal
     • Trait and State Anxiety
     • Sources of Stress
     • Optimum Arousal
   • Psychological strategies to enhance motivation and manage anxiety
     • Concentration / attention skills (focusing)
     • Mental rehearsal / visualisation / imagery
     • Relaxation techniques
     • Goal-setting

3. HOW CAN NUTRITION AND RECOVERY STRATEGIES AFFECT PERFORMANCE

   • Nutritional Considerations
     • Pre-performance, including carbohydrate loading
     • During Performance
     • Post-performance
   • Supplementation
     • Vitamins / minerals
     • Protein
     • Caffeine
     • Creatine products
   • Recovery strategies
     • Physiological strategies e.g.cool down, hydration
     • Neural strategies e.g. hydrotherapy, massage
     • Tissue damage strategies e.g. cyrotherapy
     • Psychological strategies e.g. relaxation

4. HOW DOES THE ACQUISITION OF SKILL AFFECT PERFORMANCE

   • Stages of skill acquisition
     • Cognitive
     • Associative
     • Autonomous
   • Characteristics of the learner
     • Personaility
     • Heredity
     • Confidence
     • Prior experience
     • Ability
   • The learning environment
     • Nature of skill (open, closed, gross, fine, discrete, serial, continuous, self -paced, externally paced)
     • The performance elements (decision-making, strategic and tactical development)
     • Practice method (massed, distributed, whole, part)
     • Feedback (internal, external, concurrent, delayed, knowledge of results, knowledge of performance)
   • Assessment of skill and performance
     • Characteristics of skilled performers (kinaesthetic sense, anticipation, consistency, technique)
     • Objective and subjective performance measures
     • Validity and reliability of tests
     • Personal versus prescribed judging criteria