Plyometric Exercises

and stability allowing the knee joint to slightly rotate the body before and while releasing the ball and lastly the tarsals,metatarsal and phalanges (comprise the bones of the foot to allow

Evaluation of the Components of Fitness and an Analysis to Their Relevance of Touch Football

Power lifts uses the majority of large muscle groups to build muscle for strength and speed. The triple extension of a power clean is similar to many activities within soccer, such as running, jumping, and diving to block shots. The snatch and clean exercises are a beneficial to aid in mobility, increase powerful, build lean muscle mass, and even tax the cardiovascular system. Back squats build lower body strength, which helps improve speed. The soccer goalie must be able to have a powerful kick to move the ball to the other side of the field. The deadlift is an exercise for core strength and increase overall power. Bench pressing increases upper body strength, something that soccer goalies need in order to be able to throw the ball with their hands. The power clean is beneficial in athletics as it teaches an athlete’s muscles to react explosively, develops neuromuscular coordination, and improves reaction time. The stronger athletes were able to apply greater amounts of force to the ground, allowing them to sprint at greater velocities.

“The analysis of movement provides an athlete with optimal development as well as minimising the risk of developing injuries through the incorrect execution of a movement” (Ackland, Elliott & Bloomfield, 2009, p 301).

This term in PE we have been focusing on energy systems and exercise physiology principles in Touch Football. In touch there are three positions: middle, link and wing. My fitness results, when compared to an Australian Touch Association player (ATA player), are only satisfactory. My speed and cardiovascular endurance were within range of ATA players but my agility was not, therefore, I have chosen wing as my best-suited position as the key fitness components for this position are speed, agility, power and cardiovascular endurance. In order for me to improve in my least acquired skill, agility, I must incorporate agility based skill exercises into my Dingo Flats training program. The purpose of this presentation is to present and evaluate the

Punting a football can be intensively and precisely explained through the study of structural kinesiology. Punting is a skill that is often referred to as kicking. It is performed by releasing the ball from the hands and kicking the ball before it strikes the ground. Punting is an action that takes place in the sagittal plane around the frontal axis. The joints involved are the: atlantooccipital (cervical), intervertebral (lumbar), scapulothroracic (shoulder girdle) glenohumeral (shoulder) humeroulnar (elbow) radiocarpal (wrist) metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal (fingers) acetabularfemoral (hip), tibiofemoral (knee), talocrural (ankle) and the metatarsophalangeal and interphalangeal (great and

The wings are the two outermost players on a field. Wings must be quick and able to produce explosive efforts. In attack they should be towards the sidelines anticipating opportunities to score, whilst defence they can move inwards more. (Wrexham Touch, 2010)

This term in PE we have been focusing on energy systems and exercise physiology principles in Touch Football. My fitness results, when compared to an Australian Touch Association player are only satisfactory. I have chosen wing as my best-suited position for Touch Football. The purpose of this presentation is to analyse a generic touch training program, the “Dingo Flats Training Program” and evaluate whether it is suitable to improve my touch football specific fitness needs and then present a reinvigorated program that will aim for me to achieve a high level performance of touch football based on training principles and my experiences.

Biomechanics is the study concerned with the internal and external forces acting on the human body and the effects produced by these forces (BrianMac Sports Coach, 2014). The purpose of this report is to biomechanically analyse a partner’s Oztag grubber kick by comparing the kick to that of a skilled performer. Oztag is a popular Australian sport, played by many. The grubber kick is a short kick ground, used as an attacking ploy when the player is near the try line. This report will focus on the force summation, Newton’s Laws, levers and balance in relation to the performance of my partner’s kick and will suggest recommendations to improve the success of her kick.

For this term’s HPE unit, we have learnt about core physiological principles as well as fitness and training concepts, and how this would relate to touch football. This knowledge was then utilised to design, evaluate and modify an individual one week training program (microcycle) to enhance performance in touch football. The task of this assessment is to analyse the training program upon completion, by evaluating its strengths and weaknesses and finally modifying this ‘microcycle’ to rectify any weaknesses that may have be identified.

Bonnechere and all’s purpose of writing this article was to “ [share] a biomechanical analysis of three different sprint start patterns to

Bonnechere et al. supports their claims by conducting a biomechanical analysis on twenty five males, all young and fit, and recording measurements in different areas (Bonnechere et al., 2014). However, the study exemplified field-of-view (FOV) and kinetic energy, and their relation to sprint starting positions and safety. Field-of-view is “[a] ratio between the height of the head and Verticality [,]” (Bonnechere et al., 2014). An increase in FOV will lower the injury risk, because players are more alert of their environment. Ergo, they can avoid injury. According to the averages of each stance and the categories, initial position and motion, “[t]he FOV is increased when adopting a 2-point starting position because the trunk is more vertical,” (Bonnechere et al., 2014). Simply, when the angle between the body’s trunk and head is approximately straight, the FOV is high.

This task is about applying a 5-week training program which aims at improving my physical capabilities as a touch football player in order to find and justify a position based on my fitness level. I will discuss and evaluate the link between each position and the amount of fitness required to strive in a youth district level touch football environment. My best position will be evaluated and justified by the results of the pre-training tests and the post-training tests which I took part in.

The distance that you are able to kick the ball can be summed up with the equation for distance, d=RT, distance equals rate multiplied by the time. So speed and time are both very important when kicking the ball because it directly affects the distance. Soccer players vary the distances that they want to kick the ball. Skilled players can estimate very quickly how fast to make the ball move to make it go where they need it to. Before learning this equation in physics I just thought you kicked the ball, but now I know that when this equation is applied to soccer it means so much more. Soccer players can use this to help them judge how hard and fast they need to be able to kick the ball to make it go a certain distance. This is just another example of how physics, the small details, can be used to improve ones soccer skills.

Figure 2. A photo of professional soccer player David Beckham in both stages of the instep kick demonstrating flexion of the knee and plating of the foot. Taken from: O’leary, C. (n.d) Retrieved fromhttp://www.chrisoleary.com/projects/Soccer/Essays/FreeKickMechanics_DavidBeckham.html.