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Please help me. I've been looking on the Internet for days to find the right information I need to put into my PEP on field hockey. I am generalising my PEP because I play in goal but I can't base a 6-week exercise programme on building agility. I can’t find out standing definitions anywhere they are all so vague. The 6 fundamentals in which I need definitions for are
Muscular Endurance
Cardiovascular Endurance
Anaerobic Respiration
Muscular Strength
Agility and finally
Speed.
I would really appreciate it if you can help me out. Thanks.

I am doing GCSE in PE I have been asked to plan a fitness circuit for football or netball I have to plan 10 different exercise in my fitness circuit I don't know what to do – please help?

I am doing my PEP at the moment and wondered if you could help me. I am doing Badminton and so far the skills I have chosen are speed, leg strength, arm strength and stamina, but I can't think of another. The only thing I can think of is agility but I can't find a training activity to help me improve this. If you could find a training activity for agility or suggest another skill to improve and activity to do this then it would be very much appreciated. Thankyou.

I am doing GCSE in PE I have been asked to plan a fitness circuit for badminton I have to plan 10 different exercise in my fitness circuit I don't know what to do please help me!

Could you please show me an example of a 6-week training programme to improve my stamina?

Could you please give me some examples of practices that I could use to improve the technique of my forehand smash?

Please help! I need to know which sports out of these are aerobic and which are anaerobic. The sports are: swimming, golf, football, dancing, jogging, cross-country skiing, volleyball, tennis, weightlifting, sailing, 100m race, 500m race, shot putting, discus throwing, cycling, cricket, baseball, rounders and netball.

I am doing my PEP; can you give me some pointers on how to do my introduction, like the sort of things I should include in it?

I am currently doing a GCSE in PE and I have been asked to design a 6-week training programme in any sport. The training programme is to involve warm ups, diagrams, cool downs etc. The programme is to have 3 sessions a week. If you could send me a training programme to this information then it would be much appreciated.

I am doing my PEP at the moment and really need help. I am doing badminton and it should be easy, but I can't find any ideas on training programs.

I am doing my PEP at the moment and I was wondering if you could tell me a way of improving my co-ordination?

Doing PE Coursework at the moment. Just wondering if I could have the FITT definitions and explanations sent to me. Would be very grateful.

I am doing full course GCSE PE at Key Stage 4 and I’m finding it very difficult I've been asked a question for homework which is 'Look into plyometric training and design eight exercises that fit the plyometric principle-can involve equipment! I don’t understand it - could you please help me?
Thanks a lot.

Hi, I was just wondering if you could help me with one of my sport studies assignment questions which is:
'Investigate and comment on the importance of health related fitness in individuals in society’.
Also could you tell me how long you'd recommend an athlete/amateur should train? Thanks a lot for your time!

Can you help me? I am doing my PE coursework and I have to do a warm up for our training plan. I can't find any pictures of people stretching.
Please can you help me?
Thanks.

I know we are on the net, but you can find the definitions in textbooks. Try your library next time you need to search - it will save you lots of effort! Muscular endurance is the ability to work muscles hard for a sustained period of time. Cardiovascular endurance is the ability to keep going for a long period of time. Anaerobic respiration is when your muscles work so hard that the body cannot provide enough oxygen. Muscular strength is the ability of your muscles to exert force. Agility is the ability to change direction at speed. Speed is the ability to move all or part of your body quickly.
There you go!

Your circuit should be planned to cover different types of fitness and different areas of the body. So, arms (pull-ups, press-ups) abdominals (sit-ups) muscular endurance of the legs (shuttles), muscular power of the legs (plyometric jumps over hurdles or box tops). See there are five already. Now think of other areas of the body or types of fitness and come up with
five more.
Good luck

Agility is important and can be developed by doing a drill that involves changing direction at speed. This could be a variation on shuttle runs, with a racket or without. If you do it to the corners of the badminton court whilst facing the net at all times you will be very specific to the game.
Hope this helps

1. Analyse badminton. Which components (types) of fitness do you need? Agility? Coordination? Power etc?
2. Devise (or research, or remember) some exercises for each e.g. shuttle runs for agility and muscular endurance. Plyometrics over benches or box tops for power, and so on.
3. Plan the circuit to work legs, then arms and then abdominals, then legs again, then arms etc to keep it varied.
4. Bingo!
Hope this helps you do your own superb piece of work.

We can't show you an example because you need to do some work for your GCSE!
Here's some information that should help you to do the work in no time:
If you apply SPORT principles you will know that your training should be Specific - swim if you're a swimmer, cycle if a cyclist and so on. It needs to be Progressive and to Overload. So if you can run 5 miles in 60 minutes now you need to start there and then increase the distance, or do it in a faster time as you progress through the six weeks. By the end you might be running 8 miles in 70 minutes. Reversibility means that you will lose the benefits if you do not train regularly - so three sessions a week will be needed. Finally, Tedium will set in if you do not change your route or activity every now and then.
How's that?

You haven't mentioned your sport, or your level of performance. If it is tennis or badminton the principles will be the same. Much of your practice will involve a consistent high feed to your forehand and then a focus on the main coaching points of the technique. If you already have the basics, the feed needs to be such that you have to read it and move into position to
play the shot. You can then begin to focus on target areas for your smash so that you develop accuracy and the ability to change the direction of the shot.
Hope this helps.

We are not going to do this for you - but here are some tips to help you to do the work. Anaerobic exercise is hard work that can only last for a maximum of about 90 seconds. Anything that lasts over 2 minutes and involves jogging and walking in addition to spells of flat out work has to be mainly aerobic (although some anaerobic work will take place during the activity - like sprinting for a ball in football). So, with that information you should be able to proudly hand in your own answers. OK?

Here are some section headings for the whole of your PEP. We hope they help.

• Introduction - explains what a PEP is and for which sport you are designing it.
• Types of Fitness - define each of the types of fitness
• Effects of exercise on the body
• Effects of training - include a description of the effects that you expect to see from completing the PEP.
• SPORT Principles of Training
• FITT Principles of Training
• Phases of a training session
• Training Sessions - outline training sessions for 6 weeks taking into account all of the above.
• Monitoring and Evaluation - at the end of six weeks you will need to evaluate the PEP as a whole

We are sure that you would appreciate us doing your GCSE PEP for you. However, it has to be your work and you need to design it for your own sport. Please refer to 'The World of Sport Examined 2nd Edition' for some sample training programmes of real sports people. You should also look in books and on the net for ideas, but the work itself has to reflect your
knowledge and understanding.
Good luck

You should have many training ideas from your PE lessons. Think about the sport and the types of fitness required - agility, flexibility, muscular power, and muscular endurance. Now consider the methods of training that you can use to improve these types of fitness - weights, flexibility training, plyometrics, circuit training, and badminton play. Finally devise some ideas for training activities - weights, stretching, leaping and bounding off/on benches or walls, sprints/shuttles etc, playing badminton.
If you need more help get hold of The World of Sport Examined 2nd Edition and read the Badminton training programme on p102. Your school library should have a copy. If not try the main library or bookshop.
Good luck

You have to practice to improve co-ordination. The practice should be specific to your sport - so if you are training for rounders you should practice catching, fielding the ball and hitting which are the main aspects of the game that require co-ordination. Devise some simple drills and add them to your PEP. Good luck.

Frequency - how often you will train
Intensity - how hard you will train
Time - how long you will train
Type - the kind of training you will do.
Hope this helps

Q. I am doing full course GCSE PE at Key Stage 4 and I’m finding it very difficult I've been asked a question for homework which is 'Look into plyometric training and design eight exercises that fit the plyometric principle-can involve equipment! I don’t understand it - could you please help me?
Thanks a lot.
9th October, 2003

Plyometrics involves leaping and bounding. We can use our own body weight to leap from a height (box top, wall or whatever), land and then take off again to jump on to a raised area. Most of the time our own bodyweight is enough - we don't need extra weights. We can even do plyometrics over a padded hurdle about 50 cm high and simply jump back and forth over it. You might do hops instead of two-footed jumps etc. Now you have to devise some exercises that fit the bill.
Good luck

Q. Hi, I was just wondering if you could help me with one of my sport studies assignment questions which is:
'Investigate and comment on the importance of health related fitness in individuals in society’.
Also could you tell me how long you'd recommend an athlete/amateur should train? Thanks a lot for your time!
23rd September, 2003

We don't have room for an investigation here, but it's fair to say that an unhealthy population costs society a fortune in lost labour and health costs. A good level of individual health-related fitness would improve the quality of life of many people, reduce costs to society and might even allow the government to reduce taxes! Amateur athletes need to balance training with work and social commitments. At the highest level of amateur sport training might be 6 or 7 times a week. Most players at the moderate level might train 3 times a week and perform
very effectively.
Hope this helps.

Q. Could you tell me a way to measure speed through a specific activity?
Thank you.
10th September, 2003

The 50 metre run is a recognised test of speed. Norm tables can be found in World of Sport Examined 2nd edition. If you do not have a copy try looking for the test by searching the web.
Good luck.

Q. Can you help me? I am doing my PE coursework and I have to do a warm up for our training plan. I can't find any pictures of people stretching.
Please can you help me?
Thanks.
3rd September, 2003

We are often asked for help such as this. Unfortunately, few websites include the kind of images you ask for - and we haven't found any good ones. You should look in books and draw images - or even use 'stick people' diagrams from your own memory of warm ups at school. Your teacher should give you marks for content rather than the pictures. So, if you describe the correct warm ups and show simple diagrams you will still get top marks!
Good luck.