Strengths of the Performer

Weaknesses of the Performer

* A tall player who is quick to react when the ball goes into the penalty area.

* Always wins headers, and is very good at heading the ball, both in defensive and attacking situations

* Very fast runner, so he is good as tracking back and counter attacking.

* Enjoys playing football, therefore he is always very well motivated and enthusiastic.

* Very good team player, always passing and keeping the motivation of the rest of team on a high.

* Always puts full effort into his football, and always gives 100%, very assertive defender.

* not very good at tackling, as he goes to ground too early, allowing the opponent to run past.

* Cannot seem to progress to other positions in the team,

* Sometimes misses important matches and training due to his lack of transport available to him from where he lives.

* He has a tendency to become over aroused when playing in important matches.

* Very poor flexibility and this could prove to be a major weakness when tackling or jumping, as injury may be more likely to occur.

* Motivation tends to drop and less effort and concentration is put into his performance when under achieving.

The weakness of poor tackling technique, means that Amit is often being called up by the referee for fouls.

Because of his ethnic background, and his height, he is automatically placed in a defensive position in the team by the coach that involves him having to out jump and overpower opponents.

Another key weakness is Amit's poor flexibility. With poor flexibility, he would have more chance of getting injured when playing football, and since he is a defender, he would also need to tackle a lot, and he would be more likely to be injured.

The following assignment will use 6 topics form sport and P.E to overcome performer's weaknesses to help them achieve the goal of representing his county.

) Principles Of Training (Module 3)

The topic to help the performer is 'Principles Of Training'. This can be used to help the weakness of lack of flexibility.

This topic is relevant to my performer because if the performer did not do training that follows the 'principles of training', then adaptations could not be improved. Future training must therefore adopt the principles of training to ensure improvement.

The principles are the rules which you should use to organise a training session on to bring about the most adaptations in the body. They are relevant to the performer as they are essential in organising training sessions to help improve those weaknesses that are physiological in nature. The performer has the physiological weakness of a lack of flexibility; these can be improved by using the principles of training.

Football does not solely rely on good and well-learnt techniques, but successful players of the game will also have good levels of general and specific fitness. The range of training techniques that could be undertaken by Amit to improve his game are vast. Specificity in the programme is crucial since its his football performance that must be improved, all training should be relevant to the goal. When doing flexibility training, he must work on the specific muscles that need improving for football, in Amit, these are the majority of his lower body, including leg muscles.
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Overload must be achieved in order for changes to occur. Amit will undergo overload when his body is put through a greater force than previously, he will feel some kind of discomfort to achieve it. Once overload is achieved it should be continual resulting in progression. Amit may only have been able to bend his leg back and hold it for 10 seconds, but in the programme he may have to hold it for 15-20 seconds to bring about overload.

Rest is essential because unless Amit rests, his body will not have time to make the adaptations ...

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