Key Principles of Training (AQA GCSE Physical Education): Flashcards

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Key Principles of Training
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SPORT acronym meaning

Specificity, Progression Overload, Reversibility, Tedium

Specificity definition

Training must match activity requirements so right muscles/systems adapt

What does Specificity adapt?

Right muscles and body systems

Progression Overload definition

Gradually increasing training load for fitness gains without injury

Progression Overload result

Fitness gains occur

What Progression Overload avoids

Risk of injury

Reversibility definition

Fitness improves with training, declines if you stop

Effect of stopping training

Fitness can decline (Reversibility)

Tedium definition

Boredom from training the same way every time

Cause of Tedium

Training the same way every time

Solution to Tedium

Variety of training methods

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