Unit11 task3 Iain
- 1. Unit 11 Task 3 Analysis of Sports Performance P5 Criteria Only
- 2. 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.
- 3. 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.
- 4. Talent ID Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’) Elite This is something a lot of top level clubs in all sports will do, and take a lot of time and care doing. They do it by going out to smaller teams looking to potential new/ young talent that they would want to have in their club. This is something international coaches do as well, go to league matches to watch their players to see who is playing in good form and who should play for them in the next international match. Participation Due to the level of which they play, there wont be as much testing, they might get them to attend a few training sessions or play a game, to see how they feel about it, and see if they will fit in with the team without causing too many issues, disrupting the team cohesion as being a smaller club they cannot afford to have people falling/ dropping out. A coach or chairman would watch a potential player play, and persuade them to join their club any way possible.
- 5. Monitoring current fitness levels Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’) Elite Top flight teams, and international team will have GPS tracker on the back of their shirts, whilst they are playing to measure things from distance covered, to the average speed in which a player is running, this can be used to see when a player has fatigued, as their speed would have dropped, as there is normative data which has been previously been collected for them to compare it too. During training they would also have a heart rate monitor taped to their chest to record that. This technology during training and games then helps the coaches make tactical decisions. Participation At this level they would not have the resources to do much in the way of monitoring fitness levels, the most they would be able to do, would be to do a number of different tests then to repeat them very 4 weeks. However being at participation level means that there are other priorities in life, such as work and family which means that you might not be able to attend many training sessions.
- 6. Identifying strengths/areas for improvement Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’) Elite They will have various coaches, who would all be responsible for a certain area, e.g. skills coach. Their job will be to meet regularly with the other coaches to discuss player’s performances to identify if there are any players who need to improve in a certain area, e.g. a prop needing to improve their cardiovascular fitness. If this was the case they would work with that coach to improve on factor until they reached the required level. Participation In smaller clubs, the areas for improvement would be much bigger than though of an elite performer, such as improving their ability to catch a high ball under pressure, testing this will simply be to kick a ball, and get them to catch it when unopposed. Do this till they are comfortable, then add a defender who will be coming towards then, but not flat out, again do it for a number of times, then finally when they are improving add a second defender in, or get the defender to speed up the kick chase, given the receiver less time.
- 7. Performance assessment Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’) Elite Assessing performance is straight forward and simple to do, which can be done as often as you like, a person playing of an elite level should be doing this after every match, even if they were on for 5 minutes. They should first watch the game as a whole, then they should watch it again, breaking it down, and making notes as they go along. Once they’ve done this they should keep hold of the notes they made and keep them in a file. Participation at this level it is difficult as you may not have the resources available to video games and then watch them afterwards. So the only way they could assess their performance would be by getting feedback of other people who were watching or playing. If they’re lucky, have someone to video it.
- 8. Recovery after injury Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’) Elite It is important to monitor players who are injured throughout their recovery from injury, they would have people to monitor, test and treat them regularly to get them back to full fitness as quickly as possible. Participation The only why they could get the right level of treatment would be to do it outside of the club, NHS, and to spend their own money, and then slowly increase the amount of training they do, doing it until it feels uncomfortable.
- 9. Assessment of health status Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’) Elite monitoring and testing them, doing a mixture of field and lab based tests, such as using the facilities of the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, and they will use a lot of technology again as well, just like they do when monitoring fitness levels. Because of what you would be testing, and the conditions and facilities you have to do it in. Participation Definition of health is ‘being free of injury, illness or disease’. So people of a participation level may not do much in the way of assessing their health, and may just go off that definition. You may do some simple tests, such as measuring heart rate and blood pressure and BMI.
- 10. Squad selection Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’) Elite The selection would be based on those who have been training hard on the field, putting the effort in the gym and who have been playing well consistently. The selection will be made by the coaches, and they will pick the squad they feel will have the best chance of winning the game. Participation There might not be a lot of depth in numbers in the squad so the squad selection will just be based on those who are available, not just those who have been at training that week.
- 11. Goal setting Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of purpose (‘why’ and ‘how’) Elite Linked in with the areas for improvement, which would already be identified. When thinking about goal setting you have to make sure that: it is Specific to the sport and position; that it is Measurable, measuring the weights in Kg; make sure it’s Achievable/Agreed upon; Relevant training; and then think about a Time period which would be suitable. These are known as SMART targets. Participation As they have no data to go by them the goals will be set by themselves and they would be whatever they feel they need to improve on, e.g. cardiovascular fitness. However being only participation level, sport is a hobby so lowered on their list of priorities, as work and family life can sometimes have to take priority as that’s where they are getting their income from.
- 12. Human Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’) Elite Human resources are every important to elite clubs as they need people to manage the team, organize the team, look after them, and generally be there in case something needs doing, such as managing a players injury recovery, helping them recover as quick as possible. Participation Participation clubs will have very little in the way of human resources, and those they do have would be getting little money for helping out, such as cooking players meals, or even doing coaching in the age groups as a lot of them would only be doing it as they have a child playing in that team.
- 13. Facilities Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’) Elite They would have top of the range facilities, an example would be the new Manchester City FC £200million training complex expanding over 80 acres. 16 pitches, 7,000 capacity arena for youth teams. With good facilities it will then mean getting in good equipment. Participation Most clubs will have 2 or 3 pitches, which are sometimes even accessible to the public making them liable to being littered, causing health and safety risks to the players. In poor weather conditions the pitches can become badly damaged forcing the team to cancel games.
- 14. Time Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’) Elite Time for a elite athlete in a elite club wont be short, as the athlete wouldn’t have as many other factors to worry about, such as work, as a lot of them would be employed to play sport. Time for recovery from unjury wouldn’t be as long as it would be for a participation athlete as they would have professional medical staff on hand with state of the art equipment. Participation Time for a participation athlete as to be balance out with other factors such as with family and work. Time will be needed for a number of different purposes, such as: recovery from injury; monitoring fitnesses levels and the rest of the purposes.
- 15. Equipment Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’) Elite When a team new facilities, an example would be the new Manchester City FC £200million training complex they would make sure they have brand new top of the range equipment for both the athletes and the coaching and medical staff, to give the team the best chance of success, as money is no object for them. Participation This not having a lot of facilities they will not have the room for a lot of equipment, then there is the question of having the funds for them. Then you would have to think about training people to use it equipment safely.
- 16. Financial Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’) Elite Finance is not a issue for them as they get income through sponsorship, ticket sales and then competition prize money, which means they can spend mass amounts in any way they feel its fit. Participation May receive some money from sponsorship, but the money may not even be enough to cover simple expense's such as coach hire or cost of providing players meals. However they would also get income through players subs money.
- 17. Scientific support and equipment Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’) Elite They will have the equipment and help available to them for whenever they need it, in their facilities. Participation At this level participation athletes and clubs wouldn’t have the access to use this sort of equipment and get that kind of help. Unless they go out of their way to find the equipment and finance it themselves.
- 18. Safety Level of Sports Performance Detailed explanation of resources (‘why’ and ‘what’) Elite They will be trained to use the equipment safely and will have trainers will them when using it to aid and support them whilst using the equipment. Participation They will not have the equipment available to them for whenever they want. So they will have to go somewhere else to be trained to use the equipment safely and will have trainers will them when using it to aid and support them whilst using the equipment.