The sport I will be doing for my training programme is Football.

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The sport I will be doing for my training programme is Football. I have chosen Football because I am suited to it and I enjoy it.

I do not have any injuries at the moment.

I play for the School Football team and also play for St. Paul’s Sunday league Football team outside of school. Before I play a match I always check my clothing, studs, shin pads and also check the pitch for dangerous materials such as glass.

 Stamina is the ability to work for relatively long periods of time without becoming tired. Stamina is also known as aerobic capacity or cardio-respiratory endurance. This is important to my sport because you need to last long period of time running around.

There is a method of body typing called Somatotyping. Three extremes of body types have been described:

  • Endomorphs- have a pear shaped body, wide hips and wide shoulders, a rounded head, a lot of fat on the body and upper arms and thighs. They are wider front to back rather than side to side.
  • Mesomorphs- have a wedge-shaped body, wide shoulders and narrow hips, a massive cubical head, broad shoulders and heavily muscled arms and legs and a minimum amount of fat. They are narrow from front to back.
  • Ectomorphs- have a narrow shoulder and hips, a narrow chest and abdomen, thin arms and legs, a high forehead and receding chin, little muscle and little fat. They are thin and bony all round. The importance of this to my sport is that you need to have a certain body shape to play in certain positions i.e. a striker generally needs to have the characteristics of a Mesomorph to be able to sprint short distances with explosive strength and power. This also ties into strength.
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Speed is the ability to move all or part of the body as quickly as possible. For our bodies to achieve speed, we have to supply energy to our muscles very quickly. The muscles then have to contract in the shortest possible time. This is important to my sport because you need to be able to run with the ball for long or short periods of time.

 Agility is the ability to change the direction of the body at speed. It is a combination of speed, balance, power and co-ordination. The importance of this to my sport is that you need to ...

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