PDHPE Improving Performance
Summary:
This PDHPE Improving Performance note discusses HSC Option 4: Improving Performance in PDHPE, which focuses on how athletes train for improved performance. It covers two types of training: strength training and aerobic training, and it teaches students how to analyze and design training programs using reliable sources of information. The note also emphasizes the importance of monitoring and measuring training adaptations, identifying safe and potentially harmful training procedures, and drawing on current research to examine how specific training methods can best suit the requirements of a given sport.
The note provides a detailed explanation of the different types of strength training, including resistance training, weight training, and isometric training. Overall, this note provides a comprehensive overview of the different types of strength and aerobic training and how to design a training program using reliable sources of information.
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PDHPE Improving Performance
HSC OPTION 4: IMPROVING PERFORMANCE
How do athletes train for improved performance?
| Students learn about: | Students learn to: | Notes and Examples |
| ● strength training
– resistance training, eg elastic, hydraulic – weight training, eg plates, dumbbells – isometric training
● aerobic training – continuous/uniform – fartlek – long interval |
● analyse TWO of the training types by drawing on current and reliable sources of information to:
– examine the types of training methods and how they best suit specific performance requirements – design a training program – describe how training adaptations can be measured and monitored – identify safe and potentially harmful training procedures. |
STRENGTH TRAINING
Strength Training = the ability to exert a force against a resistance. ➔ Reasons for strength training include: ◆ Weight loss ◆ Muscle gain ◆ Rehabilitation from injury ◆ Developing power/strength ➔ Basic principles consist of an overload manipulation of the: ◆ Number of repetitions ◆ Tempo ◆ Sets ◆ Repetition maximum ◆ Force applied ◆ Exercise types ● Important to achieve improvement in endurance, strength and size (hypertrophy) or shape of muscles ➔ Combination depends on the goals of the athlete and specific activity ➔ Classifications of strength: ◆ Maximum (Absolute) Strength – the greatest force that is possible in a single maximum contraction. ◆ Elastic Strength (Power) – the ability to overcome resistance with a fast contraction. |
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