Training in the Competition Phase

Alan Brown Morgan

Erick Samayoa Cute
Kelesha Antoine
FIFA Fitness Instructor
Micro Cycles in the
Competitive Phase

2
What is training?
Training
(organized process)

for body and mind

stressors

Intensity + Volume = Load

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How to training?
Loads Variation

Fatigue

overreaching overtraining

Adaptations Maladaptation

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 Phases of Supercompensation
Stimulus Supercompensation
Involution
Homeostasis (normal
biological state)

Performance
Fatigue
Psychological response
Neural Response

Phase I II III IV

Time (hr) 1-2 24-48 120-168

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 Phases of Supercompensation
Stimulus Supercompensation
Involution
Homeostasis (normal
biological state)

Training too Easy

Training Adequate
Training too Hard

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Competition micro-cycle

MATCH
+1 M M
Recovery a a
+2 Fitness
t t
-1 +3 c c
h h
MATCH -3
Fatigue
-2 Tapering
0 +1 +2 +3 -3 -2 -1 0
-1
MATCH

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Competition micro-cycle

MATCH
Active Recovery +
+1 M M
Strength
a a
+2 Day OFF Recovery Fitness
t t
-1 +3 Strength + HI c c
h h
MATCH -3 Sprint Endurance
Tapering Fatigue
-2 Passive Rest
0 +1 +2 +3 -3 -2 -1 0
-1 Acceleration

MATCH

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Match Fatigue Continuum

Training What? Training When?

Match
Perturbation
Mainly Temporary Mainly Cumulative Next

Match and/or Training

First Half Second Half

Weekly training Schedule

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Conclusions
• Training is an organize process whereby body and mind are constantly
exposed to stressors of varied volume (quantity) and Intensity.

Increasing stimulus (loads) adaptation Performance improvement

• Adaptation is specific to the type of training undertaken, training must

be based on energy systems dominant in the sport, skills and motor
abilities required by the sport.

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Dose-Response
Alan Brown
Erick Samayoa
Kelesha Antoine
FIFA Fitness Instructors
Dose - Response

Homeostasis

“Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it

either a poison or a remedy”

“Paracelsus”

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 DOSE-RESPONSE
Dose
External Load

Intensity &
Individual make up Periodization
Volume Response

Training
Internal Load

Adaptations Impellizzeri et al 2014

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Response to training Stress

General Adaptation Syndrome

“ The manner in which the human body reacts to stress in three-stages

response (alarm, resistance and exhaustion)”.

“Hans Selye”

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Response to training Stress

The General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

Resistance
Performance

phase
Exhaustion
phase
Alarm phase
(reaction)

Time “Hans Selye”

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Response to training Stress

Training Stimulus
Level of Performance

C
A New Level of
Performance
Resistance or
Adaptation phase
Alarm phase
B Exhaustion
phase
Time
A= typical training; B= Overtraining; C= overreaching or supercompensation
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Response to training Stress

| Elite Referee
Level of Athlete Development

Detraining Load Retaining Load Simulating Load

| Trained

Detraining Load Retaining Load Simulating Load

Novice

Adapted from Zatsiorsky 1995

and Zatsiorsky and Kramer 2006.
Detraining Load Retaining Load Simulating Load

Time
Detraining load (suboptimal), Retaining load (maintenance), Stimulating load (increase adaptations)
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 Recovery and Adaptation: Affecting Factors
Training
Recovery Interventions Nutrition and supplementation

Traveling
Sleep Recovery

Social Life Adaptation Employment or school

Psychological factors
Environmental Factors

Genetics Physiological factor

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Recovery and Adaptation

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