ACROSS SPORTS DEVISING A FITNESS TEST BATTERY CURRICUL UM LINK S VCE Physical Education Unit 3 The physiology of fitness Area of Study 1 INTRODUCTION Fitness testing will help determine the capacity of the athlete to perform certain tasks and will identify strengths and weaknesses, so that an appropriate training program can be designed. Understanding fitness In this activity, students will begin the process of designing a sport-specific training program by devising an appropriate fitness test battery for an athlete. OBJECTI VES PRIOR LEARNING On completion of this activity students will be able to Fitness components demonstrate an understanding of the fitness requirements of a specific sport Games analysis demonstrate an understanding of assessment of fitness analyse data and draw appropriate conclusions devise a sport specific fitness test battery for an athlete. DURATION 50 minutes Identifying the fitness requirements of a game ACTIVITY Ask students to imagine that they are the coach of a Netball team and need to devise individualised training programs for their players. Explain the games analysis of a game of Netball. (See Table 1, Student Worksheet.) Ask students to devise an appropriate fitness test battery, using the games analysis results to see where the players strengths and weaknesses are. To do this, students need to complete the following. Select and justify the important fitness components in Netball. Devise an appropriate fitness test battery that will assess each of the components. Include: justification for each test selected, details of the specificity of each test, test procedures, and performance criteria such as norms and criteria. Outline how you would identify appropriate training methods using the fitness test battery results. TEACHING NOTES Before beginning this activity, it would be beneficial for the students to view a Netball game by watching a game, playing the game or viewing a video of a Netball game. (See the ‘Resources’ section on the next page.) Visit athlete’s corner and listen to Bianca Chatfield, an Australian netball representative, talk about being a semiprofessional athlete. This activity could be done using any sport. Games analysis results could be provided or students, as part of the VCE course, could do their own games analysis and use their results to devise the test battery. STARTING BLOCKS © State of Victoria, 2004 1 ACROSS SPORTS DEVISING A FITNESS TEST BATTERY RESOU RCES ASSESSMENT Student Sheet www.netballvic.com.au Students write a report that demonstrates knowledge of VCE Physical Education Textbooks Units 1–4 the relationship between games analysis and relevant fitness components criteria for selecting fitness tests REFERENCE S fitness test protocols and procedures Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority VCE Studies Physical Education Study Guide analysis of fitness test results. www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/p hysicaledu/PhysicalEdSD.pdf SUGGESTIONS FOR DEEPER LEARNING Students take it in turns to put each other through their test battery and they evaluate the results. Students devise an entire training program for their own sport, using their own games analysis and fitness test results. STARTING BLOCKS © State of Victoria, 2004 2 ACROSS SPORTS DEVISING A FITNESS TEST BATTERY STUDENT WORKSHEET DEVISING A FITNESS TEST BATTERY You are the coach of a Netball team and wish to devise individualised training programs for your players. You have already performed a games analysis on a game of Netball. A summary of the results can be seen in Table 1 below. Table 1 Summary of games analysis results Netball (position: Centre) Work–rest ratio: 1:3 Skill frequencies Activity Sprint <10m Sprint > 10m Jog Walk Jump Defend Centre pass Pass Dodge Direction change Average number repetitions in match 132 5 373 189 55 40 43 115 24 232 Using these results, the next step is to devise an appropriate fitness test battery to see where the players’ strengths and weaknesses are. To do this, you need to complete these tasks. Select and justify the important fitness components in Netball. Devise an appropriate fitness test battery that will assess each of the components. Include - justification for each test selected - details of the specificity of each test - test procedures - performance criteria such as norms. Outline how you would identify appropriate training methods using the fitness test battery results. STARTING BLOCKS © State of Victoria, 2004 3