NZQA registered unit standard
21650 version 2
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Title
Apply knowledge of exercise physiology to planning a sport training
programme
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain how
the circulatory and respiratory systems of the body respond to
physical activity; explain the body’s energy systems and their
application to a selected sport; apply the general principles of
training to designing a training programme for the selected
sport; and develop a basic periodised training programme for
the selected sport.
Classification
Recreation and Sport > Recreation and Sport - Coaching and
Instruction
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
None.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain how the circulatory and respiratory systems of the body respond to physical
activity.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Explanation of the circulatory and respiratory systems describes their structure
and function.
1.2
Explanation of the body’s immediate response to participation in physical
activity examines varying responses to different intensities and durations of
exercise.
Range
response includes – heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure,
temperature, recovery rate.
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Explanation examines long-term responses of the circulatory and respiratory
systems in relation to regular and frequent exercise.
Range
long-term responses may include but are not limited to – resting
heart rate, VO2 maximum, cardiac output, blood pressure, oxygen
extraction at the muscular level, anaerobic threshold, lung
volumes.
Outcome 2
Explain the body’s energy systems and their application to a selected sport.
Range
energy systems include – anaerobic alactic, anaerobic lactic, aerobic.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Explanation of the body’s energy systems identifies their purpose.
2.2
Explanation of the application of the energy systems to a selected sport
establishes the key physical components of the sport with respect to the energy
systems supplying the activity.
2.3
Explanation examines the relationship between the three energy systems in
relation to the demands of the selected sport.
Range
relationship may include but is not limited to – availability of
glycogen, availability of oxygen, ability to deliver oxygen,
production of lactic acid, anaerobic threshold.
Outcome 3
Apply the general principles of training to designing a training programme for the selected
sport.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Explanation of the general principles of training establishes their application to
the selected sport.
Range
3.2
Explanation of the application of the energy systems to training establishes
recommended training guidelines and work-rest ratios for each system.
Range
3.3
principles include – frequency, intensity, duration, type of activity;
overload and progression, specificity, individual differences,
reversibility and maintenance, tapering, warm up, cool down.
training guidelines include – frequency, intensity, duration, type of
activity.
Explanation examines continuous and interval training as they relate to training
the energy systems for the selected sport.
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Explanation of a common training drill for the selected sport examines how the
drill meets the requirements of the general principles of training.
Outcome 4
Develop a basic periodised training programme for the selected sport.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Explanation of periodisation describes the periods of time a periodised training
programme for the selected sport is organised into.
periods include but are not limited to – general preparation,
specific preparation, competitive season, transition or off-season.
Range
4.2
Periodised plan divides the training year into periods of training and meets the
requirements of the athlete(s) or team.
requirements must include but are not limited to – goals of
participant(s) or team, time available for training, principles of
training.
Range
4.3
Periodised plan includes chronological listing of competitions and relative
importance of each.
4.4
Periodised plan makes provision for physical, psychological, technical and
tactical preparation and assessments.
actions include – antagonist and/or antagonist pairs.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 November 2006
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
2
20 May 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0099
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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21650 version 2
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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
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