Bedford School Athlete Research Project

Your Name - Kevin Subeegaran Year - 10 PE Lesson – P1 Sat Tutor Group

Project:

To Identify and prepare an athlete for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Select your athlete from the following Athletics categories:

Long Jump Shot Put 800m

Your Athlete profile:

Athlete Name
- Sebastian Bayer

Age - 33 Weight – 80 kg Height – 1.89m

European Indoor Championship 2009 1st place in Turin, Italy

European Indoor Championship 2011 1st place in Paris, France
Achievements European Championship 2012 1st place in Helsinki, Finland
Olympic Games 2012 5th place in London, United Kingdom

Was to jump as far as he possibly could.

Goals
 Week 1
Your Name – Kevin.S Year - 10 PE Lesson – P1 Sat Tutor Group

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Lesson 1:

Task 1 - Complete the table below with the following information:

1. Identify the components of fitness for your athlete in order of importance.

2. Define the component of fitness
3. Explain why they are necessary for your athlete

Fitness component (order Definition of component Explanation of requirement for the

of importance) sport
Component 1 Agility Agility helps performance in activities
that require you to change direction
quickly whilst keeping balance,
strength, speed and body control.

Component 2 Flexibility Flexibility helps the athlete avoid

destroying the muscle, connective
tissue and joints while competing

Component 3 Speed  They must get into a rhythm to make

sure they build up enough speed to get
the best take off possible.

Component 4 Power Power is important in the take-off, as

it needs to be explosive and fast.

Component 5 Balance It is needed at the time of the launch,

so the body position and centre of mass
is at the proper point for maximum
distance.
Task 2 - How might you test each of the components of fitness?

Fitness Name of Description of the test Expected result for

component fitness test your athlete
Component 1 Shuttle Run They are a popular training technique for sports Very Good
which involve short bursts of speed. They help
develop your acceleration, speed and your anaerobic
fitness.

Component 2 Sit and Reach The test is a common measure of flexibility, and Very Good
specifically measures the flexibility of the lower back
and hamstring muscles.

Component 3 Very Good

Component 4 Very Good

Component 5 Very Good