Principles of training on sports

Have three principles for training 

-Overload, Specifity, Reversibility 

Overload

- Assigning a workout or training regime of a greater intensity than the athlete is accustomed to. (Baechle, and Earle, 2008, p. 380) 

- To improve athletes must stress the body by working at increasingly higher intensities, this does need to be applied sensitively as much overload can lead to injury in the short term and overtraining in the long term. 

Power Training video explains more about overload. 

Specifity 

-The method whereby an athlete is trained in specific manner to produce a specific adaptation or training outcome. (Baechle and Earle, 2008,p.379)

-A coach must selects exercise or movements that mimic those present in a sport. 

Video from Power Training explain more about Specificity

Reversibility 

-Referred to as the 'use it or lose' principle because it refers to the rapid loss of physiological adaptations occur when programne is terminated. 

-McArdle, Katch and Katch (2010) state that exercise capacity is reduced within one or two weeks of training cessation and can be lost completely within several months. 

-Reversibility has implications for the design of the yearly training programme for athletes. 

-When athletes stop training, any benefits that they have accrued can slowly reverse. 

Elle Smith explains more in this video