Types of Practice

What is NOT a practice to develop skills and techniques for performance?

• Isolated practices

• Conditioned situations

• Competitive situations: offensive, defensive

• Group discussions

Which of the following is NOT a method of evaluating practices?

• Popularity

• Effectiveness

• Suitability

• Practicality

How can practices be adapted to promote development of performance and fitness?

• Not considering the psychological demands

• Ignoring the physical fitness demands

• Always using the same equipment

• Changing the size of the group

What is NOT a factor in adapting practices for development?

• The weather

• Equipment

• The environment

• The participants

Which of the following do NOT accurately assess physical fitness levels?

• Standardized fitness tests

• Coached-devised agility test

• Notational analysis

• Subjective feelings of well-being

What type of practice suits a golf putt

• Whole

• Part

• Varied

• Progressive part

One issue with (a)   practice is that it can become tedious. A way to overcome this is to make it ​ (b)   .

• isolated
• competitive
• conditioned
• outdoors

Structure the ordering of 'parts' when using a linear coaching model for a football volley

• Stationary ball

• Rolling ball

• Bouncing ball

• Vary angle & speed

Match the following type of practice with appropriate definition

• Focusing on specific skills/techniques

• Random

• Continuous, uninterrupted repetition

• Massed

• Making specific constraints or rules

• Conditioned

• Directly simulate game-like situations

• Isolated

• Skills practiced in unpredictable ways

• Competitive

When evaluating types of practice and methods of measuring performance, what do we evaluate against?

• Practicality

• Suitability

• Effectiveness

• Relevance