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Developing performance

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you choose approaches and set targets to improve a weakness in a performance?

Approaches to develop performance, including selecting appropriate approaches for each factor, the use of SMART targets, and the principles of effective practice such as progression from simple to complex and from practice to game-like conditions.
An SQA National 5 Physical Education answer on approaches to develop performance, covering how to select an appropriate approach for each factor, the use of SMART targets, and the principles of effective practice such as progressing from simple to complex and from practice to game-like conditions.
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Which training methods develop fitness, and which practice methods develop skills?

Methods of developing performance, including fitness training methods (continuous, fartlek, interval and circuit training) and skill-development methods (repetition or gradual build-up, and pressure drills), and matching a method to the factor being developed.
An SQA National 5 Physical Education answer on methods of developing performance, covering the fitness training methods of continuous, fartlek, interval and circuit training, the skill methods of repetition or gradual build-up and pressure drills, and how to match a method to the factor being developed.
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How do you plan a programme of work and break it into phases?

Planning a programme of work to develop performance, including using collected data to set priorities and targets, designing sessions that apply the principles of training, breaking a programme into phases, and adapting and implementing the plan.
An SQA National 5 Physical Education answer on planning a programme of work, covering how to use collected data to set priorities and targets, design sessions that apply the principles of training, break a programme into phases, and adapt and implement the plan.
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What principles make a training programme work, and what does FITT stand for?

The principles of training that make a programme effective, including specificity, progressive overload, the FITT principle (frequency, intensity, time, type), reversibility, and the need for rest and recovery to allow adaptation.
An SQA National 5 Physical Education answer on the principles of training, covering specificity, progressive overload, the FITT principle (frequency, intensity, time, type), reversibility, and the need for rest and recovery to allow the body to adapt.
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