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Balanced
Training Principles
Optimizing Training
Results
The Balance Principle dictates that all training
must be
properly
proportioned in order to achieve optimal results. The concept All things in
moderation is a broad principle
that operates at many levels of human performance, is especially
applicable to sports training.
This principle of training strongly advocates the a full
mixture of training including diet
and healthy lifestyle habits such as no smoking, use of alcohol, drugs,
etc. Any athlete who participates in extreme on and off ice
behavior can be expected to experience a poor
test/competitive performance, susceptibility to illnesses, and injury.
Achieving an
Optimal Training Balance
The following ideas are offered as suggestions to insure a
training plan is optimally balanced:
- Activities. The
design of a training program needs to
include the proper proportions of activities and time allocated to
develop them. This is a basic goal of every annual training plan.
- Training Intensity.
Coaches and parents must be sensitive to signs of over training of
athletes.
- Muscle Balancing.
Opposing muscle strength should
fall within certain ranges. The very nature of training tends to
promote imbalances unless careful planning is taken and supervised,
tested/monitored to adjust training to include flexibility and
balancing antagonists to prevent injuries.
- A lean, mean, fighting
machine. Achieving the best balance of body
fat vs. lean body mass is important, Monitoring body mass index
can help guide dietary and training
decisions.
- Nutrition.
Athletes' diets must include essential
nutrients in adjusted proportions that reflect the demands of the
training. Insufficient protein, major/micro nutrients and vitamins can
have an adverse effect on training.
- Monitoring. A
balanced diet can maximize an athletes full potential, especially if
the menu is prepared by a nutritionist. It is very helpful to track the
intake of food and supplements. This approach is easier to accomplish
when the skaters are attending residential training camp.
- Evaluation.
Evaluating all aspects of athletes'
health and performance can identify areas where physical, emotional,
and mental imbalances
may occur and what is needed to correct them.
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- Specificity
of Training
Volume 1(2): January, 1996. SPECIFICITY OF TRAINING.
This edition of Coaching Science Abstracts reviews articles concerned
with the Principle of Specificity.
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Nov. 28, 2006 ... Specificity states that your training should move
from
general to highly specific training. It also dictates that in order to
improve a particular skill.
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Focusing on Specificity Training ·.Written by NFPT Staff Writer
Friday, 03 February 2012 00:00. The
personal trainer will encounter athletes of all stripes.
References:
The
Balance Principle in Sports Training
The Balance
Principle dictates that all training must be properly proportioned for
optimal results. This broad principle operates at many levels of human
All things in moderation applies to sports training as well life, in
general. This principle suggests the right mix of training activities,
diet, and
healthy lifestyle habits. Going to extremes can result in poor
performance, illness, injury, and over training.
The
4 Principles of Functional Training – Principle #3 Balance
Nov. 12, 2011 Concerned about developing large and bulky muscles?
Functional training techniques help you create a leaner, tighter and
more integrated physique necessary to be successful depending on the
sport or recreational activity.
Functional
training is defined as “activity that trains movement” and
includes: balance training, stabilization training, core training, and
dynamic movement training. The result of functional training is agility
– improved reactionary forces where your body has the ability to
compensate for changes in your center of gravity and can move quickly
and efficiently. In other words, if you’re falling or suddenly caught
off guard, your body is trained to react quickly, meaning you are less
prone to injury. Exercises promoting core strength and stability
improve or maintain posture and alignment as well as challenging
balance and equilibrium.
Principles
of Sports Training:
Developing
Course Materials:
Resources:
The following internet
links have been
gleaned from personal communications
combined
with
information from
public institutions and athletic
organizations/
associations
that
have a web presence with information concerning team
and
individual
sports
programs:
All
materials are copy protected.
The limited use of the
materials for education purposes is allowed providing
credit is given
for the source of the materials.
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