Training Methods Miss Leborgne
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Lesson Objectives Identify the reasons for a warm up and Cool down Describe various training methods Apply training methods to practical examples of sports and activities
Training… Training should make you better at whatever it is you are training for. For this to work, you need to match the type of training to what you want to achieve. “A programme designed to improve your performance, physical fitness or skills”
Suit the activity… Can you fill in the blanks…? If you want to be good at long distance running, you should use a_________ training If you want to be good at sprinting, you need to do a_________ training. This helps your muscles to tolerate l_____ a____, and they are better at getting rid of it.
Aerobic and anaerobic… Some activities require you to use aerobic and anaerobic energy… therefore you need to use both training methods. Can you give an example of which activity would require both types of training and explain why?
Warm-up and Cool down… All exercise and training sessions should be made up of a warm-up, main activity and cool down. Can you think of the reasons why we should warm- up before exercise, and cool down after? Discuss this with a partner and share your ideas!
Warm-up and Cool down… Warm-upCool down Gets your body ready for exercise Increases blood flow to the muscles Stretches the muscles, moves the joints and increases the range of movement Less likely to get injured Concentrates the mind on the training Gets your body back to normal Helps replace the oxygen in your muscles and removes lactic acid Helps to reduce muscle tightening and stiffness Stops blood pooling in your veins
Weight training… What is it? When you weight train, you contract your muscles You can increase tension in muscles without changing the length, e.g. Wall sit You can train by contracting your muscles to make your limbs move, e.g. Pull-ups Weight training can be used to develop muscular strength and muscular endurance What activity is it useful for? Anaerobic activity, e.g. Sprinting
Interval training… What is it? Fixed patterns of high intensity and low intensity exercise intervals For example, you might sprint 200m and jog 100m By doing aerobic exercise whilst recovering from anaerobic, you improve your cardiovascular endurance What activity is it useful for? Team sports, e.g. Rugby
Continuous training… What is it? Exercising at a constant rate doing activities like running or cycling Exercising so that your HR is between 60-80% of it’s maximum Improves your cardiovasular fitness, muscular endurance and body composition What activity is it useful for? Aerobic activity, e.g. Marathon running
Fartlek training… What is it? It involves changes in intensity and types of exercise without stopping For example, sprint for 10 seconds, jog for 20 seconds, walk for 10 seconds… repeated for 4 minutes Fartlek training can be made easy/hard to suit your fitness It can be done using running, cycling, rowing or swimming What activity is it useful for? Aerobic and anaerobic activiy, e.g. Football
Circuit training… What is it? Each circuit usually has between 6-10 stations You do a specific exercise at each station for a set amount of time You are allowed a short rest between each station Circuit training can be easily adapted to suit your needs What activity is it useful for? Circuit training can be used for any sport – activities at each station can be adapted to improve any component of fitness
Cross training… What is it? This can improve your general overall fitness by using different muscle groups, or focusing on different components of fitness What activity is it useful for? Cross training can be adapted to improve whichever skill, or component of fitness you want to
Mental capacity… Training not only improves you physically, but mentally too In a lot of sports, you come to a point where you ‘hit the wall’ … training can increase your ability to keep going even when you’re tired You can also put pressure on yourself when training, this can help you to cope with competition pressure
Homework… Create a poster of a training method It should include: What the training method is What type of athlete would use it Explain why that athlete would benefit from that type of training Due in… 6/3/15