Touch football is a physically demanding sport requiring the extensive use of many systems of the body. It is important for an athlete to properly train and develop these energy systems to perform to their highest potential. I have constructed a training program in order to develop upon my two weakest areas, muscular power and the combination of speed and agility. The average to poor results I received during fitness testing reflected my performance in the vertical jump test, 40m sprint, and the Illinois agility test. "Muscular power is the ability to use strength quickly to produce an explosive effort" (Amezdroz, 2010, p.250) Speed and agility both rely on anaerobic energy, therefore both systems require the development of the Anaerobic energy system. Anaerobic power can be of two methods, the Creatine Phosphate system, "An anaerobic method of resynthesising ATP using creatine phosphate as fuel" (Amezdroz, 2010, p.207), and the Lactate system, which involves "resynthesising ATP using glucose as fuel" (Amezdroz, 2010, pg.209), also known as anaerobic glycolysis. This training program will effectively work to target these systems of the body in order to optimise touch performance.
Within the game of touch, “short sprints of 5-10m are repeated up to 100 times per player during a game” (Dr …show more content…
Speed and agility are often used on the touch field, and a lack of these qualities will result in less ground cover during game play, and an inability to excel. Agility, “the ability to change position of the body quickly and precisely and still remain balance”, and speed, or anaerobic endurance, “the ability to put body parts into motion quickly and sustain high intensity efforts”, are closely related. Without speed, one cannot be agile. Therefore it was chosen to group these two skills and train them
Within the game of touch, “short sprints of 5-10m are repeated up to 100 times per player during a game” (Dr …show more content…
Speed and agility are often used on the touch field, and a lack of these qualities will result in less ground cover during game play, and an inability to excel. Agility, “the ability to change position of the body quickly and precisely and still remain balance”, and speed, or anaerobic endurance, “the ability to put body parts into motion quickly and sustain high intensity efforts”, are closely related. Without speed, one cannot be agile. Therefore it was chosen to group these two skills and train them