Activity Analysis

A student wants to start a training program for a sport that they have chosen. What step should the student take first?

• Fitness Test

• Activity Analysis

• Goal setting

• Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire

Identify one method of data collection that a coach could have used to obtain data

What data can be collected from an Activity analysis?

• Movement patterns

• Skill frequencies

• Body Composition

• Muscular Power

From the data collected from a activity analysis, how can a coach use this information in designing a training program?

• identification of fitness components

• The data can be used to determine the relative W:R ratios

• determine energy systems so that training can be designed to be specific to the requirements of the sport

• the data can determine types of muscular contractions

What are some examples of movement patterns

• speed of muscular contractions

• skill frequency

• heart rate monitors

• Video footage

What can we determine from movement patterns?

• Energy systems used

• joint actions

• Intensity of activity

• fitness components

What can we determine from skill frequencies?

• Major muscle groups used

• direct observation

• GPS

What can we get from heart rate data?

• major muscle groups used

• Work to rest ratios

• energy systems used

• joint actions

What are some advantages of direct viewing analysis?

• Player fatigue is not easily viewed and can not be counteracted by using the bench for recovery

• Immediate changes can be made to the playing set-up or style of play in response to how the game is progressing (concurrent feedback)

• Players are not able to stay on the field, with positions rotated to decrease player efficiency.

Kate and Matthew are discussing designing a training program. Kate suggests that they should do fitness testing first, but Matthew disagrees and says that they need to do activity analysis first. Who is right?

• Mathew

• Kate