nutrition for sport performance

 Below is a table of the stages in football and the things that those stages involve as well as the food intake.         

Below is a table of the stages in basketball and the things that those stages involve as well as the food intake.

Task3b

For the preparation stage both athletes will need to train a lot in order to be ready for the competition. Throughout the competition they will perform really well if they have trained well enough, after a stage of an end of competition athletes will be weary, professional athletes may receive treatments which will help them relax, such as massages.  

Both athletes will require a lot of carbohydrates in their daily diet to be able to last longer throughout the competitions. This will require a high amount of carbohydrates, preferably complex carbohydrates such as pasta, giving a slow burning release of energy. Types of food that I have included for the athletes to eat during preparation stage are food such as rice and pasta etc. this helps to build carbohydrates which what these two athletes will require to perform well at their sport. During competition stage, I have included energy bars to help provide energy within the competition. During recovery stages I have added more food like, such as rice, chicken etc. this will help re-store their energy system into their body.

Task 3c

To make it more efficient I could follow up on professional sportsperson diet in order to be able to compare the food intake with both athletes I have chosen, this will give me an average of what athletes should take in. Many of the athletes I have looked at take in a lot of carbohydrate, which I also included in the table above, however as well as haven good sources of carbohydrates it is important to have good levels of protein for both athletes diet. This is because many athletes take too much care about the carbohydrate intake, therefore this cause’s protein deficiency.

They are many experts in dietary that I could get advice on; one could be a doctor. Doctors usually advise their patients to make alterations to their lifestyle, one being change in their diet. Doctors usually refer their patients to dietician.

Dietician provides support and advice on what food to eat and how they can maintain their lifestyle. I could possibly ask a dietary to set up a proper dietary programme to suit the needs of both of the athletes chosen.

 

Possibly to enhance their fitness level, I could also get in contact with a personal trainer. Personal trainer’s role is to help athletes exercise correctly.

I could get a personal trainer to set up a programme for both of the athletes to exercise to their suited sport and to stay along or keep up on the track with their dietary programme given by the dietician. I think the support and the advice given could enhance their fitness level and possibly help them perform better at their sport.