Principles of Training.

GCSE Physical Education (Sport & Coaching)

Principles of Training

To achieve my aims and objectives I used the principles of training to help me. I used specificity to concentrate on certain aspects to improve my game, e.g. I went swimming to improve my cardio vascular fitness, because this is probably the best ay to do it and I also like swimming a lot, which makes my training a bit more interesting. I used overload to make sure that the training I am doing is taking effect an to make sure that I am progressing. I used frequency to increase the number of times I trained. I used intensity to increase how hard I trained e.g. pushing myself to the limit. I used type to vary the training I was doing, e.g. one day I would go swimming to raise my cardio vascular fitness and the next day I would be in the gym doing some resistance training. And finally I used the principle of training, time, to increase the duration of the session in order so that I would benefit and improve, e.g. as my training schedule went on, I increased the amount of time I was training for.

Methods of Training

The methods of training that I used throughout my training schedule were continuous, interval, resistance and circuit. Continuous training was used when I went jogging. I used interval training when I was swimming, I started off by swimming 4 lengths of the pool and then having a 1 minute rest, I then gradually increased the amount of lengths that I swam and made the rest periods shorter so that I could overload my training. I used resistance training when I went in the gym, this was to help me in basketball so I could ...