The Body

Power

Power

• What is power?

• Power is the combination of speed and strength

• Power is moving something heavy, quickly.

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• For example – Javelin.• Power is required in the

shoulders in order to throw the javelin as far as possible. The winner is the person who can

apply the biggest force quickest.

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• There are many benefits to performance of high levels of

power.• Strong levels of power will help

to perform effectively across a range of skills i.e. throwing, hitting, jumping and kicking.

Power

If you lack thenecessary levels of power then yourperformance will

be effected.

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• For example – in football you may have to execute a long pass

to a team-mate. If you cant do this, then your team could lose

possession of the ball.

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• How do you test power?

• 1) The Standing Broad Jump• 2) The Vertical Jump Test

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• The Standing Broad Jump

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• Stand with your feet at the end of the measuring mat. Swing

arms back and jump forward as far as you can landing balanced

on two feet and take your measurement Use the longest

measurement from 3 attempts.

Power• The Vertical Jump Test

Power

• Stand feet together beside a wall. Reach up with your arm and

mark the wall at full extension. Then jump as high as you can marking the wall at the top of

the jump. Measure the difference between the two marks.

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• Before you can begin to develop power you must decide which specific area of the body you

want to improve.

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• For example – • Shoulders for a shot putt in

athletics.

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• Why measure initial levels of power?

• To know the correct level to start at and so that you can set realistic targets for yourself.

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• One way to train for power would be weight training.

• However it is important that the muscle groups that you improve are specific to the activity you are doing.

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• You can also do exercises that mimic actions in you chosen

activity.

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• E.g. Basketball – using a weighted medicine ball to practice different types of passing. Increasing the weight of the object to be moved quickly will increase power in the working muscles.

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• To do weight training for power is very similar to that of training for strength.

• You would use; • High weight• Low repetitions• But, you would perform the reps

• EXPLOSIVELY (quickly)