Social factors
Communication
Having good communication skills can be very helpful during training sessions. Being able to communicate effectively will enable you to give feedback to your partner on their strengths and weaknesses. If it is communicated well, it will alert your partner to how they can improve their performance.
Question
Using the three step process, consider how good communication skills can impact your development in repetition drillRepeating an aspect of performance (e.g. a serve in badminton) over and over again..
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Good communication skills can aid your delivery of feedback to your partner when they are learning how to do a lay-up in repetition drills.
This means you can clearly tell them the strengths and areas of development of their lay-up after each attempt.
This can result in your partner taking this feedback on board and improving their performance.
Co-operation
Having good co-operation skills will help you and your partner's development. Co-operation skills are needed in many different training situations, particularly when developing the physical factor.
Question
Using the three step process, consider how you can demonstrate good co-operation skills during continuous trainingA type of training that involves activity without rest intervals. and the impact it can have on your partner's development.
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Having good co-operation skills can help your partner when they are trying to develop their CRE during continuous training.
This means you will jog with your partner in order to motivate them through their session.
This results in your partner completing the session to the best of their ability and reaching their short-term goal.
Working in isolation
Working in isolation refers to how capable and confident you are at working alone. The more confident you are, the better it can be for your performance during training. This is particularly true for when you are completing a range of different physical factors that develop your CRECardio-respiratory endurance. This is a measure of how well your heart, lungs, and muscles work together to keep your body active over an extended period of time. .
continuous trainingA type of training that involves activity without rest intervals., fartlekSwedish for and interval trainingPhysical training that alternates between short high intensity efforts with rests between. can all be carried out on your own or with a partner. When a training partner is unavailable, the success of your session can depend on your ability to work in isolation.
Question
Using the three step process, consider how being able to work in isolation can impact your development during an interval training session when your partner is unavailable.
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Being able to work in isolation can really help you when your training partner is unavailable for an interval training session.
This means you will still be able to push yourself to sprint during the relevant sets despite having no form of partner competition.
This results in you giving your all during your session and developing your CRE levels.