PERIODIZATION BASICS

LUIGI T. BERCADES, M.S., CSCS

UNIVERSITY OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

DEFINITION

A TRAINING PLAN WHICH CHANGES YOUR WORKOUTS AT REGULAR INTERVALS OF TIME

INVOLVES MANIPULATING TRAINING VARIABLES:INTENSITYVOLUMERESTMODE

BENEFITSALLOWS FOR PLANNED VARIATION, WHILE

MAINTAINING A COHERENT STRUCTURE INCREASES RECOVERY AND

RECUPERATION POTENTIAL GIVES A CLEAR AND SPECIFIC OUTLINE OF

WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING EVERY TRAINING DAY

ALLOWS YOU MEASURABLE PROGRESS COMBINES DIFFERENT GOALSKEEPS YOU PSYCHOLOGICALLY FRESH

TRAINING PRINCIPLES

OVERLOADREST

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TRAINING PRINCIPLES

SPECIFICITY: TRAINING MUST BE GOAL-SPECIFICMUSCLE-GROUPSPEEDMUSCLE ACTIONENERGY SYSTEM

VARIATIONDETRAININGINDIVIDUALIZATION

TRAINING PHASES OF PERIODIZATION

VOLUMEVOLUME

INTENSITYINTENSITY

SKILLSKILLTRAININGTRAINING

EUROPEANEUROPEANPREPARATIONPREPARATIONFIRST TRANSITIONFIRST TRANSITIONCOMPETITIONCOMPETITIONSECOND TRANSITIONSECOND TRANSITION

MAJOR COMPETITIONSMAJOR COMPETITIONS

AMERICANAMERICAN PRE-SEASONPRE-SEASON IN-SEASONIN-SEASON OFF-SEASONOFF-SEASON

STRENGTH/STRENGTH/POWERPOWER

HYPERTROPHYHYPERTROPHYSTRENGTH/STRENGTH/POWERPOWER

PEAKINGPEAKING ACTIVE RESTACTIVE REST

TRAINING PHASE LENGTH

MACROCYCLE: USED TO DESCRIBE ONE ENTIRE TRAINING YEAR

MESOCYCLE: USED TO DESCRIBE THE MAJOR TRAINING PHASES OF AN ENTIRE TRAINING YEAR. FROM 4-6 WEEKS TO 2-3 MONTHS

MICROCYCLE: REFERS TO ONE WEEK OF TRAINING

TYPES OF TRAINING

GENERAL TRAINING: TO DEVELOP ALL-AROUND FITNESS. SHOULD MOSTLY BE DONE IN THE OFF-SEASON & EARLY PRE-SEASONACTIVE RECOVERYSTRENGTHMOBILITYENDURANCEBASIC TECHNIQUE

TYPES OF TRAININGSPORT-SPECIFIC TRAINING: REFERS TO

BOTH CONDITIONING & SKILL WORK. LATE OFF-SEASON, PRE-SEASON & IN-SEASONSPECIFIC FITNESSADVANCED SKILLS

COMPETITION-SPECIFIC TRAINING: SCRIMMAGES & MOCK COMPETITIONSADJUSTMENT OF TECHNICAL MODEL

GOAL SETTINGS - goals must be Specific M - training targets should be Measurable A - goals should be Adjustable R - goals must be Realistic T - training targets should be Time based E - goals should be challenging and

ExcitingR - goals should be Recorded

GOAL SETTING

S - GOALS MUST BE SPECIFIC C - WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THE

ATHLETE C - GOALS ARE CHALLENGING A - GOALS MUST BE ATTAINABLE M - TRAINING TARGETS SHOULD BE

MEASURABLE P - GOALS ARE PERSONAL

PERIODIZATION MODELSSTRENGTH/POWER MACROCYCLE

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PERIODIZATION MODELS

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MICROCYCLE VARIATION FOR USE DURING A VERY HEAVY TRAINING PERIOD.

PERIODIZATION MODELS

MESOCYCLES

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APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MARHYPERTROPHY STRENGTH POWER RECOVERY HYPER STRENGTH POWER IN-SEASON

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PERIODIZATION PLAN FOR YEAR: 2002-2003 SPORT: Women's Basketball

Major Competitions

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Microcycles (Weeks) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52

MonthsMesocycles GoalsSet/ Rep Range

IntensityVolume

Volume, Intensity, Major Competition, Skills, Conditioning

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4 x 20High Moderate Low-Mod Moderate

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Hypertrophy Strength Power

5 x 5 3 x 10 3 x 20 4 x 20 3 x 10 5 x 5 3 x 10

Power In-Season

3 x 10 5 x 5

Recovery Hypertrophy Strength Power In-Season Recovery

Fr. Martin WBL NCRAA

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BASKETBALL PROGRAM PROGRESS CHART Benjamin Jose A. Sipin IIIUniversity of Asia & the Pacific Men's Varsity Basketball Team Head Coach

APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APRSKILLS

Athletic Stance* stationary* line drillsPivot* stationary* line drills*elbow to post*post to elbowBallhandling* ball taps* ball squeeze* front spin* back spin* pendulum* slap and rotate* military* around the head,waist,knees* leg wraps side, front* leg wraps fig. 8* double leg-single leg front

side,back* blur* straddle flipDribbling* piano* high and low* front swing* side swing* in and out single handle* regular crossover* stationary between the legs* 1,2,3 leg wraps* two front-two back* behind the back* double crossover* high-low crossover* two ball series

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