GCSE PE THEORY

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GCSE PE THEORY

• Year 9
• Lesson 4 Principles of training

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By the end of the lesson you should be able to

• List the five principles of training
• Describe each principle and say why it is
  important

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Which is which?

• The body loses fitness faster then it gains it if
  you stop training.
• Training muscles to a specific sport.
• Making the body work harder until it eventually
  adapts.
• Training should be varied to prevent boredom.
• Start slowly and build up as your body
  progressively gets fitter.

• SPECIFICITY
• PROGRESSION
• OVERLOAD
• REVERSIBILITY
• TEDIUM

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Principles of training

• Remember them by the letters
• S P O R T

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OVERLOAD
To make training harder we can increase

• FREQUENCY
• INTENSITY
• TIME (Duration)

How often we do it How hard we make it
How long we do it for
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I train on Monday and Wednesdays. I jog around
the block once. It takes 10 minutes.
How could I increase the frequency?
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I train on Monday and Wednesdays. I jog around
the block once. It takes 10 minutes.
How could I increase the time?
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I train on Monday and Wednesdays. I jog around
the block once. It takes 10 minutes.
How could I increase the intensity?
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By the end of the lesson you should be able to

• List the five principles of training
• Describe each principle and say why it is
  important