Planning and periodisation principles

Which term, refers to a training block with a length of time of 3-7 days in length.

• Mesocycle

• Microcycle

• Macrocycle

Which option describes the stages of physiological progression following a training session, according to the theory of supercompensation?

• Fatigue, super compensation, compensation

• Compensation, fatigue, super compensation

• Fatigue, compensation, super compensation

• Super compensation, compensation, fatigue

According to Bompa and Haff (2009), how long could it take to recover from a medium intensity aerobic session, providing sufficient recovery protocols have been optimised?

• 1-2 hours

• 6-8 hours

• 24 hours

• 48 hours

Periodisation is the purposeful sequencing of different training units so that athletes can attain the desired state and planned results

• True

• False

The specific preparation and general preparation phases refer to what type of cycle of training?

• Macrocycle

• Microcycle

• Mesocycle

During a tapering period before competition, training volume is traditionally...?

• Increased

• Decreased

• Maintained

Which type of fatigue follows a period of training that leads to a short term decrement in performance, which following an extended days to potentially weeks recovery period, leads to a super compensation effect.

• Acute fatigue

• Chronic fatigue

• Overreaching

• Overtraining