1. ©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc. 2003. All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Individual Differences  Every athlete has a different physical and psychological makeup, therefore every athlete will have different needs when it comes to training  Several key factors include:  Pre-training fitness levels  Requirements within their sport  Age and gender  Ability to recover from workouts  Ability to recover from injury

2. ©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc. 2003. All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Reversibility  “Use it or lose it”  Principle of Reversibility leads to:  Atrophy  Detraining  Injury  Lack of motivation  Burnout

3. ©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc. 2003. All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Diminishing Returns  A person’s training gains will reflect that person’s prior level of training  Performance plateau  Must change exercise prescription  Ethical vs. unethical training methods

4. ©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc. 2003. All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Training Methods  Periodization  Concurrent training  Interval training  Fartlek training  Resistance training  Plyometric training © iStockphoto.com/”leezsnow”

5. ©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc. 2003. All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Periodization  Breakdown of year-long training  Three major seasons:  Off-season  Pre-season  In-season  Macrocycle  Measured in the year or years  Mesocycle  Measured in months or weeks

6. ©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc. 2003. All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Concurrent  Training all energy systems at the same time  Different types of training simultaneously  Great for general fitness  Performed during the off-season for certain athletes  Ideal for keeping variety in one’s exercise program

7. ©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc. 2003. All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Interval  Can benefit both anaerobic and aerobic systems  Alternating periods of intensity within a given workout  Great for lactic acid training threshold  Manipulates:  Length of intense period  Overall intensity  Length of rest  Number of repetitions

8. ©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc. 2003. All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Fartlek  Means “speed play”  Similar to Interval but without rigid numerical control  Athletes change variable according to terrain or how they feel  Speed up or slow down when you want

9. ©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc. 2003. All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Resistance  Lifting weights most common form  Weight provides resistance to muscles  Broken down into a number of:  Sets  Repetitions  Rest  Tempo (speed of repetition)  Loads  Volume

10. ©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc. 2003. All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Plyometrics  “Stretch-shortening exercises”  Bounding  Hopping  Jumping  Box jumps  Box drills  Used to develop strength and power  Caution: Should not be used until athletes have a solid aerobic and anaerobic base Children should also avoid repeated long, high intense plyometric routines

11. ©Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc. 2003. All material is copyright protected. It is illegal to copy any of this material. This material may be used only in a course of study in which Exercise Science: An Introduction to Health and Physical Education (Temertzoglou/Challen) is the required textbook. Other Important Factors  Rest and recovery  Avoiding injury  Stretching  Warm-up and cool-down  Sleep  Interest level © iStockphoto.com/”jenjen42”