Unit 1:

Btec Level 2 Certificate in Sport

Unit 1 Fitness Testing and Training

Pupil Name:………………………………. Tutor Group:…… Teacher:………………………………… Aspiration Grade:……………………….

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Tudor Grange Academy Student Name:

Subject Unit: 1. Fitness Testing and Training

Assessor:

1st Submission Date:

PE Department

This assignment covers the following grading criteria. You must achieve at least those criteria marked P to gain a minimum Pass grade.

Learning Outcomes On completion of this unit a learner should: 1 Know the fitness and training requirements necessary to achieve excellence in a selected sport 2 Know the lifestyle factors that affect sports training and performance 3 Be able to assess their own levels of fitness 4 Know the effects of psychological factors on sports training and performance.

Grading Criteria: Level Achieved Describe the fitness requirements for achieving excellence in a selected sport. Describe three different fitness training methods used to achieve excellence in a selected sport.

P1

Explain the fitness requirements for achieving excellence in a selected spt.

M1

Assessor Feedback:

Student Comments:

Action Plan:

Assessor Signature: Date:

Learner Signature: Date:

IV Signature: Date:

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Assignment 1 - Fitness and Methods of Training Scenario

You are the coach of a premiership football team. Recently results have not been going your way due to the fitness levels of your players. You must know the fitness requirements and training methods needed to achieve an improvement.

Pass Describe the fitness requirements needed for a top level sportsperson. Describe three different fitness training methods that could improve the performance of an athlete (P1, P2). Merit Define and explain fitness requirements needed to achieve excellence in sport. (M1)

Unit 1: Fitness Testing & Training Introduction and support for P1

Activity 1 –Physical Fitness!

Top class athletes are finely tuned and have amazing levels of fitness! But what makes them physically fit? As an introduction to this unit get your ideas down below:

PHYSICAL

FITNESS

PHYSICAL

FITNESS

PHYSICAL

FITNESS

PHYSICAL

FITNESS

Unit 1: Fitness Testing & Training Support for P1 Activity 2 – Skill – Related Fitness! You must have seen top performers who have skill oozing out of every pore! Forget the actual skill itself and spend a few minutes thinking about what skill-related fitness they may be showing. See if you can name some below – using the pictures as a guide!

BTEC First - Sport Support for P1

Unit 1: Fitness Testing & Training

Activity 3 – Awesome! Next time you come off the tennis court, football pitch or netball court (for example) think about the components of physical and skill-related fitness you have been using. If your PE teacher suddenly asked you to describe them, could you do it? The related components are listed below – see if you can describe what each one means to someone else in your group as a practice – just in case!

Aerobic endurance

Flexibility

Power

Agility

Reaction time

Balance

Co-ordination

Strength

Body composition

Speed

Muscular endurance

Unit 1: Fitness Testing & Training Support for M1 Activity 4 – Why do you need them!! Having looked at the fitness requirements needed to achieve excellence in sport it

would be a good idea if you knew why they were needed as well!

Have a look at the examples below and note down why each of the performers need

the particular component of fitness……making sure you use the word because at

every opportunity: Why does Mo Farah need aerobics endurance?

Why does Amir Khan need muscular endurance?

Why does Usain Bolt need speed?

Why does Beth Tweddle need flexibility? Why does Danny Cipriani need strength?

Body composition generally refers to the athlete's body fat. In most sports the performer will try to keep their levels of body fat to a minimum.

Why is this important?

Why does Wayne Rooney need agility?

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Why does Andy Murray need balance?

Why does Andrew Strauss need co-ordination?

Why does Jonathan Wood need power?

Why does Joe Hart need good reaction-time?

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Unit 1: Fitness Testing & Training Support P2

Activity 5 – Training Methods…..

Now we now know far more about the components of fitness top sports performers need, we are ready to start looking at the fitness training methods used to help them get there! To start us off, let’s see what you know already. See if you can identify any specific training methods used to improve the following components of fitness:

Speed

Endurance

Strength &

Power

Flexibility

Fitness

Training

Methods

Gradually easing into a

stretch position and holding

it there

Type of stretch?

Assuming a position and then

holding it there with no

assistance other than using

the strength of an agonist

muscle

Type of stretch?

A stretch where you assume a

position and hold it with some

other part of your body or with

the assistance of a partner

Type of stretch?


Activity 6 – Flexibility Training! Over the next few weeks we are going to take part in a range of fitness training methods used to improve different components of fitness. Not only are you going to get the opportunity to take part in them but are also going to be given time to note down important points linked to them. Flexibility Training We are going to look at:

Static stretching

Active stretching

Passive stretching

Ballistic stretching See if you can match each definition to the type of stretch before we start!

Using the momentum of a moving

body or a limb in an attempt to

force it beyond its normal range of

motion

Type of stretch?

Use the spaces provided to note down the key points of the flexibility

training methods we try out

Unit 1: Fitness Testing & Training Support for P2

Activity 7 – Strength and Power Training! Having looked at flexibility training methods we are now going to look at methods for two other components of fitness – strength & power. Strength & Power Training Specifically, we are going to look at:

Resistance machines

Circuit training

Plyometrics

Reps

Sets

Resistance Do any of the methods above mean anything to you…or have you ever used any of them? Jot down any ideas you may have before we look at them in some detail over the page. Let’s have a look at them in a bit more detail then…….

RESISTANCE MACHINES

.

CIRCUIT TRAINING

PLYOMETRICS

Specialised training…..so listen in and ask questions if you are not

sure!

Let’s not forget reps, sets and resistance……..


Activity 8 – Super stamina!

We are now ready to look at some endurance training methods….but the question is do you have the stamina to stay the distance! To set us on our way, do any of the methods listed below mean anything to you?

Continuous training

Fartlek training

Interval training

Heart rate

Training zones Let’s have a look at the main characteristics of each. You must write down the key points for each below:

As we talk about heart rates and training zones make sure you record the important points

below:


Activity 9 – Speed!

Last but not least we are going to have a look at training methods that look at improving speed. Have you heard of any of the following?

Hollow sprints….

Acceleration Sprints…… Note down the key components of each type of sprint in the spaces below:

Hollow Sprints

Acceleration Sprints


Activity 10 – What do you reckon? If you were asked to describe 3 different types of training methods that could be used to improve certain aspects of their fitness could you do it? Have a look at the list below and see if you could pick three to focus on……

Flexibility

Static stretching

Active stretching

Passive stretching

Ballistic stretching

Strength & Power

Resistance machines

Circuit training

Plyometrics

Reps

Sets

Resistance

Endurance

Continuous training

Fartlek training

Interval training

Heart rate

Training zones

Speed

Hollow sprints….

Acceleration Sprints

REMEMBER!

Your description needs to include such detail as:

What component of fitness the training method will

address

How the training method should be set up and

managed

The key health and safety considerations associated

with it

Any equipment requirements and how you will record

the results

Training Method 1

Training Method 2

Training Method 3

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Assessor:


PE Department



Grading Criteria: Level Achieved Describe four different lifestyle factors that can affect sports training and performance.

P3

Assessor Feedback:

Student Comments:

Action Plan:



IV Signature: Date:

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Assignment 2 – Lifestyle Factors Scenario

You are the coach of a premiership football team. Recently results have not been going your way. You must prepare a presentation to give to the players to help them understand how lifestyle factors affect sports performance.

Pass Describes four different lifestyle factors that can affect sports training and performance. (P3) You may have to present this to the class.


Activity 11 – Pressure, what pressure? As we have started to see, sportsmen and women, especially those who perform at the highest level, often face pressure from many sources, for example:

Fans Television and the media Sponsors Themselves

Some cope with the pressures very well, others not so well. Those who don’t often let their lifestyle affect their ability to perform consistently well which adds to the pressures they face. See if you can describe four different lifestyle factors that effect performance. Possible factors are listed below:

Smoking Drugs Medical history Level of physical activity Weight Gender Demands of other sports

Factor 1

Possible effects on performance?

Factor 2

Factor 3



Factor 4


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Assessor:


PE Department



Grading Criteria: Level Achieved Carry out four different fitness tests for different components of fitness, recording the results accurately. Interpret their test results and personal level of fitness

P4 P5

Explain their test results and personal level of fitness, identifying strengths and areas for improvement Evaluate their test results and personal level of fitness, considering the level required to achieve excellence in a selected sport.

M2 D1

Assessor Feedback:

Student Comments:

Action Plan:



IV Signature: Date:

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Assignment 3 – Assessing Levels of Fitness Scenario You are the coach of a premiership football team. Recently results have not been going your way. You must test the fitness levels of your players and then analyse the results. Pass Carry out four suitable fitness tests showing different types of fitness and record the tests accurately. Interpret the test results and personal levels of fitness. (P4, P5) Merit Explain the results and personal levels of fitness, identifying strengths and areas for improvement. (M2) Distinction Evaluate the test results and personal levels of fitness. Consider the level required to achieve excellence in a selected sport. (D1)

Unit 1: Fitness Testing & Training Support for P4 & P5

Activity 12 – Fitness Testing

Over the next few weeks we are going to be looking at (and having a go at) various fitness tests. Space is provided for you to note down the important parts of each test. Don’t worry if your fitness levels aren’t up-to-scratch….the important thing is that you have the ability to carry out the tests on someone else later on in this unit. TEST FOR FLEXIBILITY

Name of test

Component of fitness

used to test

How to conduct the

test

Any particular rules or

regulations?

How should the results

be recorded?


be used?

TEST FOR AEROBIC ENDURANCE

Name of test


used to test

How to conduct the

test


regulations?


be recorded?

How to use the results

TEST FOR MUSCULAR ENDURANCE

Name of test


used to test

How to conduct the

test


regulations?


be recorded?


TEST FOR STRENGTH

Name of test


used to test

How to conduct the

test


regulations?


be recorded?


TEST FOR SPEED

Name of test


used to test

How to conduct the

test

Any particular rules

or regulations?

How should the

results be recorded?

How to use the

results

TEST FOR POWER

Name of test


used to test

How to conduct the

test


regulations?


be recorded?


TEST FOR BODY COMPOSITION

Name of test


used to test

How to conduct the

test


regulations?


be recorded?



Activity 13 – Not impressed!

Do you think you are now in a position to run a series of tests to check the fitness levels of athletes? If asked, could you carry out 4 different tests for different components of fitness? You have been looking at a variety of tests available over the past few weeks so should be able to do this with little difficulty? Oh, make sure you record the results accurately! Remember, the components of fitness you need to consider (and the type of tests available to you) are:

Sit and reach test Goniometers

One-repetition maximum Grip dynamometer

Multi-stage fitness test Chester step test

40m sprint

Vertical jump

Wingate test

One-minute press up

One-minute sit up

Skinfolds Body mass index


Test Results Once you have picked four tests which target different components of fitness record your results below:


Fitness Test Results

Activity 14 – Evaluating the test results You’ve got your results and you should now be able to discuss your findings, during which you are expected to be able to:

Interpret your results, comparing them to any normative data that exists for your age group

Explain, by going through your test results in detail, what your current levels of fitness are

Identify your strengths and any areas for improvement

Evaluate your test results and current levels of fitness by considering their levels and judging them against the levels required for excellence in a sport of your choice

You have been given a template to use…..along with an example. The normative data has been supplied to compare your results to: Bleep Test

Sit and Reach

Gender & Age

(yrs) Excellent Good Average Fair Poor

Males 14-16 12/7 11/2 8/9 7/1 <6/6

Females 14-16 10/9 9/1 6/7 5/1 <4/7

Males 17-20 12/12 11/6 9/2 7/6 <7/3

Females 17-20 10/11 9/3 6/8 5/2 <4/9

Gender Excellent Above average Average Below average Poor

Male >14 11 - 14 7 - 10 4 - 6 <4

Female >15 12 - 15 7 - 11 4 - 6 <4

30m Sprint. Flying start.

Vertical Jump

rating males (inches) males

(cm) females (inches)

females

(cm)

excellent > 28 > 70 > 24 > 60

very good 24 - 28 61-70 20 - 24 51-60

above average 20 - 24 51-60 16 - 20 41-50

average 16 - 20 41-50 12 - 16 31-40

below average 12 - 16 31-40 8 - 12 21-30

poor 8 - 12 21-30 4 - 8 11-20

very poor < 8 < 21 < 4 < 11

Sit up test

Gender Excellent Above Average Average Below Average Poor

Male >30 26 - 30 20 - 25 17 - 19 <17

Female >25 21 - 25 15 - 20 9 - 14 <9

Time (secs) for 30 m flying sprint

Males Females Rating

<4.0 <4.5 Excellent

4.2-4.0 4.6-4.5 Good

4.4-4.3 4.8-4.7 Average

4.6-4.5 5.0-4.9 Fair

>4.6 >5.0 Poor

Grip Dynamometer

Gender Excellent Good Average Fair Poor

Male >56 51-56 45-50 39-44 <39

Female >36 31-36 25-30 19-24 <19

Push up Test - Male

Age 17-19

Excellent > 56

Good 47-56

Above average 35-46

Average 19-34

Below average 11-18

Poor 4-10

Very Poor < 4

Push up Test - Female

Age 17-19

Excellent > 35

Good 27-35

Above Average 21-27

Average 11-20

Below average 6-10

Poor 2-5

Very Poor 0-1


Activity 15 – Evaluation of Results

Fitness test and result

Comparison with normative data & current level of fitness

Strengths and areas for improvement (with explanation of results)

Evaluation of own fitness v those required for excellence

I did the sit and reach test to test my flexibility. I scored 14 cm I am male and 15 years of age

I compared my score with normative data supplied by my teacher. Although it related to young people aged between 16-19 years my score indicated that I was above average (between 11 – 14 cm) In fact anything over 14 is classed as excellent

I would suggest that flexibility is a strength of mine because my score was above average (11 – 14). Anything over 14 is classed as excellent - although I would still like to improve it as I am a goalkeeper in football where flexibility is one of the most important components of fitness.

I work on flexibility exercises at my football club – this could be one of the reasons my score was so good

Although my results were above average I would need excellent flexibility results if I was to be playing at excellence level. Excellent flexibility is required to:

Stretch and reach all areas of the goal

Bend down to collect the ball or reach into corners of the goal to save shots or headers

Have a complete range of movement to quickly cover the goal area

Kick and throw the ball long distances

Fitness test and result

Comparison with normative data & current level of fitness

Strengths and areas for improvement (with explanation of results)

Evaluation of own fitness v those required for excellence

Achieved P5

Achieved M2

Achieved D1

Teacher signature: Date:

Comments (via questioning, support material etc)

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Assessor:


PE Department



Grading Criteria: Level Achieved Describe the effects of psychological factors on sports training and performance.

P6

Explain the effects of psychological factors on sports training and performance.

Analyse the effects of psychological factors on sports training and performance.

M3 D2

Assessor Feedback:

Student Comments:

Action Plan:



IV Signature: Date:

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Assignment 4 – Psychological Factors Scenario You are a sports psychologist and have been asked by a premiership football team to write a report on how psychological factors can affect sports training and performance. PASS Describe the psychological factors that can affect your sports training and performance. (P6) MERIT Explain the above (M3) DISTINCTION Analyse the effects of psychological factors on sports training and performance. (D2)

Remember…… ……when you explain something you have to give

reasons why, whereas when you are analysing

you have to break down the topic into simpler

parts, exploring patterns and explaining their

significance. This could include examining

strengths & weaknesses, drawing conclusions

and making recommendations

Psychological Factors Support for P6, M3, D2 Over the next few weeks you will look at the different Psychological factors that effect how athletes train and perform. This may involve a few theory lessons. You must complete the table below showing your knowledge and understanding of the topic.

Psychological Factor Explanation Effect on Performance

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