Why is it important to monitor your training?
It can demotivate you
To make comparisons in order to see if you are improving
So your team-mates can copy you
Which of these is not a benefit of monitoring performance?
It identifies new strengths and weaknesses
It allows targets to be reset or new targets to be made if they have been met
Verbal feedback is given by a coach or teacher
When would you monitor your training?
At the start of my training programme
During off-season
Throughout my development plan
What would you not record in a training diary?
How long you spent training and exactly what you did
Your thoughts on how successful it went and anything you could improve for the next time
What other people were doing with their training
Why would you write down a record of how mental factors impact your performance?
To see if you are becoming more flexible
To see if you are making good decisions during a performance
To see if you are able to control your anger
The following are examples of tools used to monitor progress across the four factors. Which one contains an error?
A training diary, personal reflection journal, observation schedule
Questionnaires, coach feedback, disciplinary record
League table results, Fartlek training, video analysis
Which of the following is quantitative data?
The coach’s feedback from watching you perform
The number of successful passes made in a game
A mental toughness questionnaire
What is the best way to monitor data?
Quantitative
Qualitative
A combination of both