Reasons for screening

According to the ACSM,
“the incidence of cardiovascular problems during physical activity is reduced by nearly 50% when individuals are first screened and those identified with risk factors are diverted to other professionally established activity programs.
To identify those in need of referral to a health-care provider for more extensive medical evaluation
To ensure safety of exercise testing and participation
To determine the appropriate type of exercise test of program.

My Sport

My favourite sport is Netball. This Sport is mainly performed by females. When a player receives a pass they are not allowed to run/dribble the ball.
Ø To gain control of the ball, a player can bat/bounce the ball once.
Ø A player has to be standing before they throw the ball
Ø Players have three seconds between catching the ball and making a pass
Ø Having caught the ball, a player may land or stand on:
§ One foot – while the landing foot remains grounded, the second foot may be moved anywhere.
§ Two feet (simultaneously) – once one foot is moved, the other is considered to be the landing foot.
Ø Offside is when a player moves out of their own area.
Ø Balls may not be thrown over two transverse lines without being touched
Ø A ball is out of court when it contacts anything outside the court area. The ball is returned into play by a Throw-In taken from a point outside the line where the ball left the court.
Ø No player may contact an opponent, in such a way that interferes with the play of that opponent.

My prefered Positions are Goal Shooter (GS) or Goal Attack (GA). Both of theses positions include shooting but GA involves more running around.
I began netball in Primary school and i played for the school team. We played alot of Friendly games against other primary schools but we took part in a big tournament between all the primary schools and recieved third place in this tournament.
I then continued to play netball in high school however it was not taken as seriously as it was only a lunch time club.
About 2 years ago i became involved with the Dumbarton Harp womens team. As i was not 18 i could not play in the team however, i was allowed to play with them in friendly games.
This year i have continued to play with them and now that i am 18 i hope to make it into the team and be able to play in competetive games.

Reasons for testing

Question 1

You have just been given the job of coaching a local football team. You explain to the players that you want to carry out some fitness tests with them before the season starts. Some of the players say that doing fitness tests is a ‘waste of time’. In the space below, list and explain 6 reasons that you would might use to convince the players that fitness testing will be beneficial for both you and them.

Answer:

Reason 1- To highlight the strengths and weakness of an athlete enabling a training program to be devised which addresses the findings.

Reason 2- To evaluate a training program, to see if it is helping the athlete in achieiving set goals and to assist in setting goals.

Reason 3- To measure fitness levels following injury, illness or following the off season.

Reason 4- To determine health status (in the non-sporting population).

Reason 5- Talent identification.

Reason 6 - To aid motivation .

Cooper test

The Cooper test is a fitness test which involves running continuously for 12 minutes. the point of the test is to run as far as possible within 12 minutes. The test is meant to measure the condition of the person taking it and therefore it is supposed to be run at a steady pace instead of sprints and fast running. The outcome is based on the distance the test person ran, their age and gender. The results can be correlated with VO2 Max. It is an easy test to perform on larger groups, but difficult for the runners, as the length of the run is considered to be that of a long distance run, since everything above 3 km is rated "long distance"—which means the runner will have more use and focus on his red muscle cells.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_test

http://www.soccerbible.net/images/PracticePlans/physical/cooper%20test.gif

About me

Hey !

I'm Jennifer Sweeney, im 18 and studying HNC/HND sports coaching with sports development at Clydebank College. I hope to get involved in more sports through this course as right now i only play netball. I play netball with Dumbarton Harp womens team. At school i particularly enjoyed basketball, hockey and swimming.