analysing performance for physical eductation

GCSE Physical Education (Sport & Coaching)

ANALYSING AND PERFROMANCE

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

MOHAMMED ZAFRAN

OBSERVATION OF A PLAYERIN A GAME SITUATION.

This player will be judged on the sport cricket. He will be judged on the way he reacts to a match situation.
He will also be judged on his cricketing credentials with things such as his batting bowling and his fielding. He will be judged on this because these are the main aspects on cricket.
Also this man will be judged on his mental strength because being mentally strong and not being an outstanding technical cricketer will still mean that you will be better because you will have the mental strength of not feeling low and instead you will feel I can come back.
I will also be judging this player on his cricketing brain, by this I mean that I will see how this player adapts to different circumstances in the game of cricket.

Name of the player is Nazim Hussain

The role of this player in a game of cricket will be his batting, bowling and fielding. Such a player is called a all rounder.

Identify the important skills and techniques for a participant in his role

The skills required to be a good cricketer are that you must be able to bat, bowl and field. You should also be able adapt to the match situation. You must be able to be mentally strong because cricket is a game of two aspects these are Physical and mental. If you are technically the best physically then it doesn’t make you mentally strong. This aspect of cricket depend s on the player because if he is aggressive and very influential, but lacks belief then this man is not mentally strong. I would define someone as mentally strong who as someone who has the temperament to work on his game, an example of this could be a cricketer has a poor season in batting and bowling. Then this person will work on their technical aspects and will try and improve their cricketing skills. This should result in a better output in performance for this player. I would describe this sought of person as mentally strong.

FIELDING

As a good cricketer you should be a good fielder because fielding is a key aspect of cricket. In fielding your aim is to reduce runs you do this by creating pressure. You should walk in and prevent the batting side to get the singles. If you do this you will create pressure therefore this will mean that the batsman will have to take a risk to score runs, therefore it will create a chance of a wicket or it could enable the fielder to throw the stumps down and take a wicket. This type of fielding is known as close fielding and great exponents of this type of fielding are people such as Ricky Ponting and Jonty Rhodes.

This can be seen below where Pakistani fielder Imran Nazir is in a low position and it can be seen that he is walking. I suspect that the Pakistani’s have kept it tight as a results England’s opening batsmen Marcus Trescothick takes a risk to score runs, but he goes out because Imran Nazir is in a low position, which gives him the chance to create that elevation to jump higher and take an outstanding catch.

THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE GET THE TERM CATCHES WIN MATCHES BECAUSE BY TAKING CATCHES IT INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF WICKETS, WHICH WILL MEAN THE LESS AFFECTIVE BATSMEN WILL COME IN AND IT WILL BE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO SCORE RUNS.

You must also have the ability to concentrate in the field because you do not know when the opportunity of taking a wicket will come (when run out opportunities occur of when catches occur). This is why as a fielder the concentration is the key because the teams that concentrate the most will be the team that will be the most affective (this will be the team that takes their opportunities such as catches and run out opportunities).

Throwing is another key aspect of fielding because it reduces the amount of runs by this I mean a person with a good throwing action will generate more speed in their throw without harming any other muscle in their body. People say that you could use an American football and throw that around. By doing this you will get into this motion for throwing the ball. As a result you will generate more speed and power in your throw the key to this is that the accuracy of the throw will be really high. If this is the case you can reduce the amount of runs the other team scores because the batsmen will fear that by taking the throw on, may result in a run out. This makes the batsmen’s life uncomfortable because it ruins their judgement of taking the runs.

This is the perfect technique for throwing illustrated by Nasser Hussain.

. Perfect technique

He is in a side on position, which allows him to generate more power from his shoulder and because he has his arms up it allows him to point where he wants to throw the ball. This will make his throw accurate.

This is England's best cover fielder, Nasser Hussain, about to let fly. He doesn't have a powerful throw but it is accurate. In fielding accuracy is the key.

To be a good cricketer you must be good at either batting or bowling because in cricket we have specialist player for each different role, by performing well in a specific role it may enable you to be selected for the team.

BOWLING VARIATION

Bowling is needed for you to be a good versatile cricketer because by bowling your aim will be take wickets and by taking wickets you will reduce the run rate because their will be no specialist batsman left to carry on scoring runs at a quick rate. There are also some circumstances in which bowling can be a mind game this is when the bowler is bowling at the end of a innings and if he becomes to predictable then he will be hit for many runs, but if he uses variation then he will prevail because the batsman will not which bowl will be bowled.

If the bowler uses variation such as bowling Yorkers then this will make it difficult for the batsman to score runs because the batsmen will not be able to get under the ball and get the right elevation in their shot. This ball is a good defensive ball and is a good attacking ball because it makes it difficult for the batsmen to score runs and it gives the bowler the chance to swing the ball by bowling full and straight. If the bowler gets the Yorker right then the bowler should get the batsmen out.

The Yorker is the other extreme attacking option. Instead of bouncing the ball at the batsman's upper body, it's an attempt to sneak it under his bat.
Above it can be seen how difficult it is to play the Yorker because it can be seen that even the great Brian Lara can struggle with this ball.
. For a bowler of any speed, fast or slow, a good length ball is one they hope won't be scored off because it will be difficult for the batsmen to judge the ball length and it’s deviation off the pitch.
Good length ball is bowled when the bowler pitches the ball five or six yards in front of the batsman, leaving him unsure whether to play back or forward. For a slow bowler it will be further up, perhaps two yards in front of the batsman. This will make the batsmen unsure because he won’t be able to judge the length. As a result this may lead to a error by the batsmen and this will enable the bowler to take a wicket.
Short length ball is a ball, which is bowled eight yards from the batsman, and this forces the batsmen onto his back foot. If it is a quick ball the batsmen might have to move duck away from the ball, but he may have to keep his eyes on the ball. This is because if he doesn’t then he may get hit, which may result in a injury or it may hit his bat or glove, this may result in the batsmen losing his wicket. If the ball is to short then it may be hit for a boundary.
A half volley is a ball, which is bowled full and pitched outside off stump. Bowling this ball will temp the batsmen to drive the ball. If you carry on bowling this ball it could be a wicket taking ball or a run scoring ball. As a bowler you could bowl this ball because it could get you a wicket because the batsmen may have a lapse in concentration and this may result in a wicket. This will be bowled and it will hit the pitch two yards from the batsman. It's easier to drive this delivery because bat contact will be made closer to the pitch of the ball; it won't bounce up as much or have time to deviate. With a half volley there is not as much risk in playing the drive because the ball will be close to your body therefore as a batsmen you will be able to hit this ball with ease. A lapse in concentration of the batsmen could lead to a wrong shot and therefore the batsmen may give his wicket away.
A bouncer is a ball, which is bowled and it pitches halfway down the pitch this ball will bounce, but if you are tall bowler then you will extract more bounce and if you are also fast then you then you will hit the pitch harder as a result you will get more bounce and this will trouble the batsmen because the ball will come quicker onto the batsmen. If you bowl a ball to short it will be a long hop and this is a bouncer that has not been bowled properly therefore it could be hit easily.

Another key aspect of bowling is the run up. If as a bowler you have a nice smooth upright action, but your run up is not smooth then you will bowl no balls. By this I mean you will over step the bowling crease. If you get the batsmen out you will not be given the wicket because the ball will be called a no ball and a run will be added to the scorecard of the batting team. To solve this problem you will have to will have to work on your run up.

It can be seen that ...

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It can be seen that this bowler has overstepped the line therefore his ball will be a no ball. This ball will be bowled again until the bowler sorts this problem out.

Run-up

The run up is a key aspect of bowling because if you have a good run up then you will be able to generate more pace because you will be using all of your shoulder and leg and abdominal muscles. This will also make you bowl with a higher arm because you will use arm for accuracy and if you do this your bowl will land in the area you want.

There are two obvious reasons for this: nervous over-enthusiasm, or poor run-up measurement these attributes make people bowl no balls.

Some bowlers mark their run out accurately, relying on a number of giant strides. The problem with this is that the giant strides may vary in length. This is why it is important to have a same stridden run up because this way your run will be smooth and then your little skip, as show below will be smoother. This should result in a better run up and less no balls being bold. To make it better you must work on your run up and practice it before bowling

Accuracy is the key aspect of bowling because this enables the bowler to take wickets and to build up confidence in the bowler. Due to this the bowler may have an extra energy which may help perform more efficiently.

BATTING

As a batsman you are expected to hit the ball with the bat. You must make sure the ball is in contact with the bat therefore if this is the case you can score runs. The main philosophy behind batting is to score runs because to score runs you will make

BATTING

Being an all rounder you also require having the ability to bat. This is basically being able to make the ball hit the bat there are various techniques required for this to happen. In our case the player is a bowling all- rounder so therefore much is not expected from the bat, although he is expected to have the ability to take control of a situation? (He must have the ability to understand the situation and to increase the run rate at the end by getting quick singles and hitting 4’s and sixes).

Techniques/skills needed for participants batting

Such as having the ability to play with a straight bat this is an important technique because by playing straight you body will be in a balanced situation therefore this could enable you to hit through the line of the ball. This could help this player to take control of the situation by hitting 4’s and sixes.
He must be physically fit and a good runner between the wickets because if he meets these demands he will be able to help the team get more runs, which in theory will mean that they will have a better total. (This will enhance the team’s chances of winning).
He must be able to adapt to situation if the team is losing many wickets they then will have to slow down there run rate to enable them to create a partnership and this will stop the trend of wickets falling. Or if the innings is about to end then you should take risks.
As the bowler bowls you must concentrate and watch the ball onto the bat by doing this it will enable you to see which side is the shiny side and by knowing this it will enable you to conclude which way the ball will swing. By doing this it will make batting easier because you will know which way the ball will deviate and by knowing this you can hit the ball in that direction and get better timing. This will eliminate the factor of getting an inside edge because you will not be playing against the swing.
You also need to decide whether to play forward on the front foot.

Or back on the back foot.

This is important because if the ball is full then you will not play on the back foot because it will be easier to play on the front because by playing a full ball on the front foot you will get better contact because this way you can lean into the shot by bending your leg. This will in theory enable you to get better timing. The shot you would play for this ball is a front foot shot.

Also it is important to know that a ball pitched short should be played on the back foot this is important because by playing this ball on the back foot it will enable you to get over it and it will not trouble. For this ball you would play a back foot shot.

FRONT FOOT SHOT- There are many shots such as:

The straight drive played on the front foot hit down the ground.
The cover drive is played on the front foot and it is hit through cover.
The on drive is played on the front foot through the leg side field.
The forward defence is played on the front foot and is a defensive shot.

BACK FOOT SHOT- there are many shots such as:

The back foot drive is played on the back foot and is hit either through the covers or down the ground.
The cut shot is played on the back foot the batsmen waits for it and tries to hit it square of the fielder.
The hook shot is played on the back foot batsmen only play this shot when they know that no fielder is on the boundary.
The pull shot is played on the back foot but this shot has less risk than the hook shot because if you play the shot properly then you will probably hit the ball over the ropes for a six.

For these back foot shot you have to watch the ball carefully and spot the length early because by doing this you will get into position quicker which will enable you to have more time and this could result in a clinical finish to the shot.

Basically if you put all these techniques together you will be a perfect cricketing all-rounder as long as you perform these attributes on a regular basis, by this I mean that the player should show consistency. Power is another component, which can enable the bowler to bowl at a quicker speed and it may also improve the fielders throw to the keeper because the ball will now travel quicker through the air which will mean that it could reduce the amount of runs because a good throw will put pressure on the batsmen as a result the batsmen may not take the risk on taking an extra run. Power also enables the batsmen to hit the ball harder as result this should give the batsmen more of a chance to hit boundaries because now you will have the power which will enable you to get better timing and enable you to clear the rope and hit sixes.

THE PARTICIPANTS STRENGTHS

By analysing Nazim’s performance I can clearly say that bowling is his strength. He has a good upright action, which enables him to extract good bounce from the pitch. He also bowls a good length this shows me that Nazim has good co-ordination because this is what enables Nazim to bowl a good length on a consistent basis. This is what enables him to take wickets and help his team keep the opponents score down. This therefore shows me that Nazim is an attacking bowler because his has the ability to pick up wickets. I have also stated that he bowls a good length which shows me that he is a consistent performer, but it must be taken into consideration that he lacks fitness and must train if he is to play at a higher level of cricket. To increase stamina and increase his muscles work rate he could increase his cardiovascular and muscular endurance. This will enable him to perform for a longer time and this will also make his muscles take a longer time to get fatigued.

Nazim is a capable fielder he can catch the ball and he is good at walking in and applying good pressure at the batsmen. This in theory reduces the batting team’s runs because the will not take a risk on taking quick singles because a run out may occur. Also he moves easily in the field, which shows me that he is very agile because he has the ability to anticipate very well and this enables him to be very balanced because he anticipates that every is going to be hit at him as a result he is very balanced and very co-ordinated in his movement because the ball could be hit straight at him or it could be hit to the left or to the right. This is why I have outlined these skills because these are the skills required and Nazim has these skills.

He has the ability to hit the ball because when playing his shots he swings the bat and due to the speed created Nazim is able to get a good connection with the ball. A positive feature of his game in batting is his bat speed because this skill enables him to get the right timing and the output of this is that he has the ability to hit boundaries. However sometimes he lacks power because he shows early signs of fatigue and this makes his performance less effective.

He is also very enthusiastic and has positive attitude this shows that Nazim has good mental strength and that his enthusiastic attitude influences the team this enables the team to compete more efficiently. This shows that Nazim is a very aroused person because he always wants to perform to the best of his ability and wants to always win. He is aroused because he has intrinsic motivation and that is to prove to him that he has the ability to play at a higher level, he tries to do this by trying to perform to the best of his ability each time he plays. I class this as strength because aggression and competitiveness is the key to success in sport.

THE PARTICIPANTS WEAKNESS

Although Nazim has many positive attributes he also has many negative attributes such as:

He does bowl a good length, but his bowling lacks variety because he doesn’t seem to use his brain while bowling. This is the case because once Nazim finds a good length he carries on bowling it and after a while Nazim bowling becomes predictable and this is when the batsmen gets on top of him. When this happens he does try to change his line but it either becomes to short, which is a long hop (a really short ball can be hit anywhere).

Or he bowls it to full, which makes the ball a full toss or a half volley these balls can be easily driven with no risk.

Nazim needs to practice different types of balls because by doing this it will add more variety to his bowling and it will make him less predictable.
He also needs to use his intelligence by bowling different lengths he can do this by practising these bowling lengths.

Nazim must make his run up smoother because he has a tendency of bowling no balls (When he over steps the white line). Due to him having a poor run up Nazim doesn’t use the flexibility of his legs and he doesn’t use his abdominal muscles.

I say this because when Nazim bowls he doesn’t get side on and he doesn’t push his left leg up because by doing this he will be using his body efficiently and due to this he will also be using his muscles more efficiently and if he does this he will realise that his pace will increase. Although Nazim is a good bowler he doesn’t have a built figure it is more like a skeleton figure. Although his has good height the lack of muscle in his body doesn’t enable him to bowl as fast, therefore the bounce he gets is not very effective because it lacks the sting behind such as the pace.

To help Nazim improve his run up I advise him to remark it. I would then tell him to count the number of paces in the run up. Then I would tell him to practise his run up. Once he has done this done I would tell him that his last few paces are where the skip takes place and by this I mean that the left leg is pushed up into the abdominal and this will help Nazim bowl with more pace. After this I would advise Nazim to practise many times and then tell someone to guide the line. He will only do this when he has the confidence in himself.
Due to Nazim having a skeleton figure I would advise him to hit the gym and to start training his shoulder muscles and his abdominal and his legs muscles I would advise him to do this because Nazim has a skeleton figure and by doing weight training you will be using your muscles for a longer period of time this will mean more muscle will be built and this will enable Nazim to experience cardio hypertrophy.
I will also advise him to go on the running machine for a long time, this will build muscular endurance and it will enable Nazim’s muscles to be uses for a longer time. These exercises will enable Nazim to perform more efficiently and to bowl with more venom.

Nazim has a lack of concentration in his batting he plays stupid shots and he doesn’t adapt to match situation because he has the mentality of positive cricket, when defensive cricket is needed he plays the aggressive type. Also he must be more shot selective because he can play the shots but he doesn’t play the ball to its merit because he becomes over aroused due to the situation. This where his anticipation becomes his weakness because he anticipates a ball and get ready to play a shot while batting. If he just kept his eye on the ball then he would play the right shot and therefore this would make him a more affective batsman.

For this I would advise Nazim that he must play the right shots. I will do this by giving him many throw downs at different lengths and I will see where he is going wrong. I will then advise him to play a certain shot for a certain ball and this should make him into a better player. If he doesn’t do this I will put him down the order. For him to climb back up the order he will have to get his act together.

I would also tell him to adapt to situations because I think that Nazim gets hyped up by the situation i.e. he becomes over aroused. I would tell him to go and get some counselling which would make him into a calmer person and as a result I should expect his cricketing performance to increase.

Nazim is a good close fielder and is a good catcher but he isn’t a good fielder at getting run outs because he ends up missing the stumps.

I would advise Nazim to practice his fielding because at the moment he is a good fielder and he can become an even better fielder by practising because I believe in the say practice makes perfect, so by practising more you will make your catching and your close fielding even better.
I would especially advise him to practice throwing the stumps down because by taking a run out it is another form of a wicket therefore by getting run outs you will be taking wickets and by taking wicket the run rate should decrease because the good batsmen may be out and the lesser able batsmen will come in and therefore they may find it difficult to make runs.

These are the main attributes required for this player to improve. I would advise him to particularly improve his cardiovascular and muscular endurance. This will enable him to perform to his highest ability for a longer time. Also I would advise him to improve his strength and this will make his bowling quicker off the pitch.

Training program for six weeks

Each day there will be a warm up lasting 15 minutes. Each day the training will start at 10am and the warm will be 15 minutes. The real training will start at 10:15am. But in some circumstances where hard training has been done the day before the training will start at 11:30 to prevent overload this will reduce the risk of injury.

The training program is going to be quite similar to each day, but I will increase the training time each day because by doing this it will show that the player is progressing in his fitness levels. By analysing this player I have concerns over his fitness and by increasing the training time it will show me that his fitness is improving as a result he will be able to perform for a longer period of time because he will experience vital capacity, tidal volume and oxygen debt tolerance. This will all happen because of an increased fitness level in the respiratory system. By this I mean that gaseous exchange will take place more which will men that more cells will get oxygen more often. Therefore these cells can breakdown glycogen using oxygen to get energy. Due to this happening the player will improve his cardiovascular endurance. This will enable the player to perform more efficiently for a longer time.

WARM UP

This will last for 15 minutes basically the player is firstly going to stretch off all his muscles each muscle will be stretched for 20 seconds.
He will then go for a 12 minute jog to get his muscles ready for training.

WARM DOWN

This is the process where all your muscles will be stretched. Each muscle will be stretched for 5 seconds.
The player will go for a 5 minute jog to make his muscles relaxed.

ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRAINING SESSION I WILL TALK TO NAZIM ABOUT HIS WEAKNESSES AND I WILL OUTLINE THEM TO HIM. I WILL ALSO SHOW HIM THE TRAINING PROGRAM.

TO MAKE IT CLEAR I WILL TELL HIM THAT TO INCREASE HIS CARDIOVASUCULAR ENDURANCE HE MUST HAVE A BALANCED DIET.

TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 6 WEEKS- week one

The aim of this program is to basically improve this player’s performance. This only could be only done if his weaknesses are worked on I have devised a training program for week one.

Each week it will progress each activity will take place for 2 minutes longer and the over the six weeks each activity time would have progressed by 12 minutes and with the right type of training and with high intensity this player should improve so much that this players weaknesses should come close to being his strength.

Each week the amount of press and sit ups will be increased by to so by the 6th week this player should be able to do 12 more press ups than he would be able to do in the first week.

In the training program I have also included some aspects of training which could improve this player’s strength. If this happens then I would be pleased with this program.

This is the training program I have outlined for this player although this player doesn’t really train hard on Saturday I believe that this program will transform the player. This program will really make him work hard and due to the intensity of this program I have decided to give him a rest on Sunday and little work for the Saturday.

At the moment this is my first week of the 6 week training program if I did not give him a break then it could lead to an injury because our body needs a break so it could recover from the training. It could be said that this training program is to intense but the way I see it is that to progress you have to push your body to the limit by this I mean that by doing harder training than possible will lead to an overload in training but by doing this it will make you progress more.

Factors affecting performance

There are some factors which affect performance in a positive and in a negative way such as an injury or an illness will affect your performance because due to this you will not be able to train efficiently as a result your cardio vascular endurance may go down therefore you performance will also go down, but if you have a injury it will make you more determined to perform therefore you will work harder to rehabilitate yourself. An example of this could be dijribil cisse he is a Liverpool striker who broke his leg people doubted him that he would recover but they were wrong about him because he recovered.

Pressure can also affect performance because if you’re under pressure you may give the best performance in your life, an example of this could be the way Australia won the cricket world cup because they were the champions and they were under pressure because people have said that this is the greatest team ever. By coming in with a big reputation it must have made the players feel under pressure but this didn’t affect them because they beat every opposition. However it could also make you under achieve. Adaptability is another factor that could affect performance because in some sports if you can adapt to a situation, then you could help your team out of trouble. This mainly depends on the mental strength of the player because players who adapt to situation show a high level of mental because they believe that they can get the team out of trouble, while other would just give up. Being adaptable is good but not being adaptable will let you and your team down. Motivation is another factor that can affect your performance in a positive way because by being motivated you u will train hard and you will believe that you can achieve your goal. However being motivated too much could lead to over arousal this basically means that as a player you get too hyped up. As a result you will be trying too hard and therefore it could lead to an injury or a sending off because as a player you will try so hard that you may put other in danger for example this is what happened to Paul Gascoigne in the FAcup final.

What effects would you except to see in the player overall performance as a result of the 6 week training program?

This training program has not been completed, but if it was completed I would expect changes in the skill level of the player because now the player would have improved all his weaknesses I would expect him to have a higher energy level because of the increase in the cardiovascular endurance. Due to this I would expect him to perform efficiently as a result the consistency should increase. Due to this player increasing his skill level through this training program I would expect him to become more at performing his skill. Due to this I would no longer class this player as a novice instead I would call him a semi pro because having these features is a great asset because it makes you a more intelligent sportsman because you will now know how to use your skills in the right way. I would also expect him to put in less effort and still get a desired outcome because now due to this training program this player would have learned skills which he couldn’t do before as a result he will perform more efficiently with less effort. This is the case because as your skill level increases you could do things well without thinking and trying. I expect this to happen to this player.

I would also expect him to have an increased level of fitness in muscular and cardiovascular endurance and strength. In this training program I specifically outlined these 3 because the player lacked these due to lack of stamina and having a skeletal build. By going for runs and doing weights in the gym and doing press ups and sit ups I would expect the player to build his muscular, cardiovascular endurance and his strength to increase.

Due to a increase in strength I would also expect his body shape to change because due to this player doing press ups and sit ups and bench presses on the weight machine and squats I would expect him to become more pumped up.

The only concern I have is that due to this player doing many cardiovascular training I expect him to lose weight and due to this the player may not see a change in his bodily shape although there is a small chance of this occurring.