Key Principles of Training (OCR GCSE Physical Education): Revision Notes

Key Principles Of Training

Principles of Training: SPORT

🎯 Specificity: Training must match the requirements of the activity so that the right muscles and body systems are adapted

🏋🏽 Progression Overload: Gradually increasing the amount of working training so that fitness gains occur but without the risk of injury

🤞🏻 Reversibility: Just as fitness improves with training it can decline if you stop training

😐 Tedium: This is the boredom that can occur when you train the same way every time. A variety of training methods are needed to keep motivated to carry on without giving up