Load Monitoring
You have been appointed as a conditioning physiologist for an elite male senior rugby team. Part of your job requires you to analyse the GPS data collected on match day and report back to the Performance Director. On this occasion you have been asked to present your written match report to a panel of your peers from other clubs in order to inform their forthcoming purchase of a GPS athlete monitoring system. You have selected some key metrics from four players in total (two players in each of two playing positions) from a previous match with a view to interpreting and discussing the players’ performances and training needs. The key metrics and graphical information to be analysed and presented for discussion from this match are:
High speed running
High Metabolic Load Distance
Dynamic stress load
Time in Red Zone (HR)
You are required to analyse and present the match data under the following headings:
- Profile the physical demands of the sport and the two playing positions (600-800 words)
- Analyse and report on the data collected from the match and apply your analysis to the profile of the playing positions selected. (600 words)
- Critically appraise the differences between the players’ performances in light of the data collected and the available research (1100 words).
- Critically appraise the role of load monitoring in sport and the importance of monitoring training and competition load to the prevention of injury and overtraining (700-800 words)
All of the data you need is contained in the attached excel sheet.
In total, your report should be no more than 3000 words (excluding bibliography and supporting appendices). 5% of your mark will be deducted for every additional 10% you fall outside the word limits. Use illustrations and examples where relevant.
Submission date and time no later than 3rd January 2020 at 4pm. All other college rules of assignment submission apply.
Only published books, peer reviewed journals/ government publications and academic sources to be used for citation and referencing.
Some Sources of Information To Get You Started
- Published research articles I have uploaded to Moodle.
- American College of Sports Medicine (2005) ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger.
Hardman, A. E. (2009) Physical Activity and Health The Evidence Explained, New York: Routledge
Wilmore.J. & Costill .D (2007) Physiology of Sport and Exercise Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics
Ehrman, JK., Gordon, PM., Visich, P.S and Keteyian, S.J. (2003) Clinical Exercise
Physiology, Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. Heyward V.H. (2002)
Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription, Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.McArdle,W., Katch.F., & Katch,V. (2006)
Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition and Human Performance, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Journals: Websites
British Journal of Sports Medicine http://www.acsm.org
Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness http://www.bases.org.uk
Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise
Journal of strength and conditioning research
