Annual Periodization in Football

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Fixot Baptiste bg69oh University of Sunderland Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences 149084565 Assessment n°2 Coaching Theory 2 Assignment 2 consists of a portfolio including evaluation of planning and practice (2000 words) This assessment will focus upon the role of periodisation and the designing of appropriate training programs for athletes. You will apply the knowledge and understanding gained from this unit via a written account of the term ‘periodisation’ and of the factors surrounding the implementation and design of effective training programs. 1. Design a periodised programme for an athlete in a sport/position of your choice. The programme will cover one year and include both competitive and training elements. (500 words) Since few years, the concept of periodization is no longer questioned. Indeed, many strength and conditioning practitioners use this method to organise their season. Periodization can be defined as a “method for organizing the training activities of an athlete so that the chances of overtraining are minimised and the chances of achieving peak performance are optimized." (Roetert, 1999). We can understand with this definition that the periodization contains two main goals. The first is control the training load to avoid 'overtraining' which leads to injuries and the second is to create a performance peak across optimal structured training in order to achieve the best performance during competition. In other words, the staff has to balance intelligently competition, rest, practice and physical training throughout the year to perform well regularly and reduce the risk of injury (Bompa 1999). Periodization represents the annual division into smaller blocks of time (Bompa, 1999, Section 6). Instead of looking at the year as a whole, it is broken down into phases, macrocycles, mesocycles and microcycles. Macrocyle represents a

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