Touch Football is a high intensity sport that requires specific energy system and muscular group training. It uses several energy systems that require targeted training. In order to train specific fitness components a training program needs to be developed by increasing intensity, frequency, varying type and time of training. To achieve results, the training program needs to focus on the fitness components you are aiming to train. The components that will be trained and tested throughout this program are acceleration and muscular strength and endurance.…
HSC Assessment Task 1: Recovery Strategies - Thea Djukic (PDHPE 01) Recovery Strategies The aim is to certify that athletes are suitable to recommence back to previous or normal training and competitions. Many athletes tend to limit the use of recovery strategies at times when they are ill or injured. Recovery strategies have many advantages and benefits towards an athlete’s performance which aid with rehabilitation or recuperation.…
Within this lab we studied and compared the quantity of effort throughout intermittent and continuous exercise on a cycle ergometer. The time to fatigue, and recovery time was also considered during each type of exercise. To look at muscular fatigue in this lab we used a sub maximal test, this was used because maximal tests can be harmful to participants. Muscular endurance can be described as the ability of a muscle or muscle groups to do continual muscular contractions with resistance, when the muscle can no longer work at a given rate that is fatigue. Muscles that fatigue quickly have low endurance, muscles that take time to fatigue can be categorised as muscles with high endurance.…
Baseball has long been known as America’s Pastime. From the days of Babe Ruth to Nolan Ryan and other veterans succeeding, to rookies taking the game by storm recently, baseball is the true definition of a children’s game. Anybody, regardless of age, height, or weight, can play this beautiful game. Baseball is a sport that involves many instances of injury, especially the infamous Tommy John surgery that a large population of pitchers are getting done, as well as players wanting to better themselves and get an edge on their competition. Baseball recently has looked into the many areas of Exercise Science with new measurements and technology to reduce the amount and risk of injuries in today’s game, and increase the potential of the athletes.…
Large effect sizes were observed for lower-body muscle strength and power reductions with power more susceptible to attenuation than strength.” (The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research/Acute Resistance Exercise Performance Is Negatively Impacted by Prior…
Weightlifting Beginner By Laura Butler | Submitted On January 13, 2013 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Laura Butler Going to the local gym can be a pretty intimidating scene for the average weightlifting beginner. After all, differences in strength between experienced weightlifters and beginning weightlifting students is considerable. It isn't out of the ordinary to see musclebound guys lifting 300 or more pounds, Doing 20 reps or more the time.…
As almost every person finds a role-model during their life, I found mine in the odd place of an overcrowded weight-training room. Cindy Henry has worked at St. Francis as a personal trainer for teenagers involved in a variety of sports. Her physique is very broad due to her frequent participation in national weightlifting competitions. A blonde bob cut long enough to be slicked into a short mohawk is her preferred look, along with loose fitness pants with an Athletic Republic shirt, gum in her mouth, and an enthusiastic smirk on her face. Whether she is working with ten athletes at a time or one in particular, Cindy is always exercising various strengthening techniques for each sport with her athletes.…
While playing sports there is always a high risk of injuries, but that still doesn’t stop athletes from playing in games and getting paid. About thirty million teenagers and children play in sports, this increases the statistics about injuries in young athletes. When professional athletes train, practice or even when they play they are risking an injury. Getting hurt has always been part of playing sports but injuries are now more important than at any time in sports history.…
Can preseason fitness help prevent injury? In effort to decrease knee join injury, Hewett and colleagues (1999) recommended all young female athletes participate in a training program that includes progressive resistance weight training. This is one of the few studies that collected data on athletes that completed a preseason training program. A trained athlete completed a 6-week muscular training program that incorporated flexibility, plyometric, and weight training.…
Sports injuries are common in all sports for all ages. “All sports have a risk of injury. In general, the more contact in a sport, the greater the risk of a traumatic injury, However, most injuries in young athletes are due to overuse”. (“2016 Sports Injury Prevention Tip Sheet”). This serious problem is happening around the world, but it can be fixed.…
The interest over interscholastic activities have been increasing the last few years. “During the 2009-2010 academic year, more than 7.5 million high school athletes participated in interscholastic athletic activities is US” (DeWit, Unruh, & Srivatsa, 2012). However, by participating in these extracurricular activities the student will increase drastically the risk of developing acute or chronic musculoskeletal injuries. According to data collected by “National Athletic Trainer Association (NATA), an estimated of 1.5 million high-school athletes were injured each year” (DeWit, Unruh, & Srivatsa, 2012).…
Faigenbaum et al. , in “Youth Resistance Training,” provide data that dispels this notion: “The overall injury rate per 100 participant hours was 0.0120 and 0.0013 for resistance training and weightlifting, respectively” (62). These injury rates are markedly lower than team sports such as football, baseball, and softball, which are all sports most adolescents participate in regularly. One can attribute the low injury rates found in weightlifting to a general culture of knowledgeable coaches, strict adherence to proper technique, and a gradual increase of weight load. The Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness also states, “Injury rates in settings with strict supervision and proper technique are lower than those that occur in other sports or general recess play at school” (836).…
Lifting has been around since prehistoric times. “For many prehistoric tribes, the traditional test of manhood was the lifting of a special rock” (Encyclopædia Britannica, 2016, para. 1). Due to the fact that these prehistoric human beings did not have the science behind lifting, there is large possibility that there were many injuries from this ancient form of lifting. The rate of injuries in weight training may be higher than that of injuries in mundane sports like table tennis, but there are many solutions that can prevent most if not all injuries in weight…
Mediocre effort results and mediocre results. Before you start on your way to your ideal body, you have to understand the basics of working out. A strength training program is great for anyone looking for all around fitness, or even better for athletes looking to step up their game. Working out is only half the battle, the other half is nutrition. Along with strength training, there are other forms a fitness such as hypertrophy and cardio.…
The ultimate goal for any athlete or coach is improvement in performance. Beginning with the ancient Greeks, coaches and athletes have sought methods and techniques for improving speed and strength. Over the last decades, the application of scientific principles to improve athletic performance has received greater attention and has brought about some remarkable results. Increased knowledge of muscle type, muscle biochemistry, neuromuscular response, and the effects of various form of training on muscle have enable coaches to better prepare the modern athlete (Calicdan, 1991, Delecluse et.al, 1995, Giron, 2007, Le Beof, 2012 & Jeffreys 2013). Sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, soccer, track and field for example, have become more…