Unit 11 Task 3

Analysis of Sports PerformanceP5 Criteria Only

Unit 11 - Task 3 - P5

Explain the purpose and resources required for analysing different levels of sporting performance.

Pages 22-26 of the Electronic Text Book will be very useful.

Task Context

• You are creating a resource for future coaches based on your experiences in Unit 11 tasks 1 and 2.

• You need to choose two of the performer levels below for you whole task to be based on.– Foundation– Participation– Performance– Elite

• You do not need to complete a comparison just explain in detail each of the following factors.

• This resource should be able to support future coaches start the work you have completed so far.

Talent IDLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’)

Participation Talent identification for a participation performer would be to watch their performance that is given. The purpose is that they can find people that are talented and could progress to a higher level.

Elite Talent identification at a elite level would be looking for the best players in opponents teams to man mark or try and make them not play to the best of their ability.

Monitoring current fitness levelsLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’)

Participation Fitness testing at participation level will be used to look at how fit the squad of players is. They would do tests like the cooper run as it is simple and isn't expensive.

Elite At elite level fitness testing would be carried out with expensive equipment to see how fit they are. Things like V02 tests may be run to see how well the players can utilise oxygen.

Identifying strengths and areas for improvement

Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’)

Participation In the participation level managers and coaches would visually watch players and give them verbal feedback on what they need to improve and also tell them what their strengths are.

Elite In the elite level players have every stat recorded by sport companies during matches, so after games they know exactly how many touches they had, completed passes and pretty much any stat they wanted to get their hands on. Coaches would record them during training and matches and they would also have video analysis sessions where they work on targets for improvement form the players.

Performance assessmentLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’)

Participation At the participation level you can review a players performance by watching them and can determine how well they are playing by recording things like tackles, touches, shots, goals.

Elite At an elite level all players on the pitch our assessed by technology and things like cameras and sensors are placed around the pitch to calculate touches, shots goals etc.

Recovery after injuryLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’)

Participation In the participation level players would have to use the NHS to have operations on injuries which take up a lot of time as they are dealing with the general public too. So recovery time takes longer then in turn they aren't able to play for longer. Also the chance of the injury recurring is highly likely.

Elite In the elite level players will be seen by private institutes and could have a knee operation hours after the injury then have all the best physios helping them get back playing with a few weeks. This is because they have the resources and money to do so.

Assessment of health statusLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’)

Participation In the participation level health status would be given to players from their GP or doctor. This is because don’t have funds to have health checks on their players at this level.

Elite In the elite level of performance will be told to players by a club doctor who would be highly qualified and they will most likely have weekly/monthly check ups.

Squad selectionLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’)

Participation In the participation performance level squad selection will be decided by what players turn up on the day. As small squad sizes and players making effort to turn up depends on this.

Elite Squad selection In the elite performance area would be down to many things such as, fitness, form and opponents they are playing against.

Goal settingLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’)

Participation Participation level goal setting wouldn’t be very specific and might not even be player based, the whole team may have a target of winning the league or beating certain teams.

Elite In the elite level goals setting would be player based and each player would have goals to achieve which are achievable, specific, measureable, realistic and they will have a certain amount of time to achieve the goal.

HumanLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’)

Participation At participation level the human resources are normally voluntary so for example dads are normally the coaches. It normally relies on family and friends to support at matches.

Elite The human resources at elite level would include skilled and qualified coaches to observe and analyse training and games.

FacilitiesLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’)

Participation Its is unlikely for science laboratory's to be available for the participation level, but equipment like rowing machines treadmills are available in gyms and public parks to be used. Basic equipment like stopwatches can be used by coaches to measure their performance.

Elite Facilities used for elite level performers would be high end science laboratories. For example the ISEH (institute of sport and exercise science). They have equipment specific to each sport to help athletes to recover for example.

Time Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’)

Participation Time is one of the biggest issues with participation level athletes as things like work, education and family take up time so less time to train in their sport.

Elite Elite performance athlete's wouldn’t need to worry about this as most will be getting paid to do the sport they play.

EquipmentLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’)

Participation Only basic equipment is available to players at the participation level, so things like stopwatches and cones would be available.

Elite Elite performers would have a wide range of equipment available as more money is spent on elite performers. Things like testing equipment for fitness levels and other expensive tests are avaviable.

FinancialLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’)

Participation At the participation level athlete's will have to fund themselves so things like kit and gyms will have to self paid for.

Elite At the elite level everything will be paid for by either sponsors or the club so elite players don’t have to spend any of their own money.

Scientific support and equipmentLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’)

Participation At participation performance level non of the equipment will be available to them because of the cost so everything is a lot simpler.

Elite At the elite level all funding will be paid for by the club so the players don’t have to worry about not having any of the scientific sport to help them.

SafetyLevel of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’)

Participation In participation level safety will be important but its not as safe guarded as the elite level. For example in participation football a quick check of the studs is a precaution before a match.

Elite At the elite level clubs make sure all their players are as safe as possible because they have a responsibility to keep every player in the club safe.