Managing the process of training

Managing the process of the athletic training must ensure the maximal realization of the settled goals and to ensure the optimal adaptation and development of the athlete. The main work in this area must be done by the coach, but the athlete usually has an increasing cooperation if his/her performance increases.

This process consists of three main parts:

1)      Gathering the main infomration about the condition of the athlete (physical, technical-tactical preparation, functional preparation, competition parameters)

2)      Analyze of the abovementioned parameters

3)      Making the decisions and realizations (training plan and targets, goals, training methods)

All these processeses are continuous, ongoing  and are based on one another.

Figure 1. Interactions between gathering information from the athlete, analyze the data and making decisions based on the information.

The information from the athlete to the coach can be delivered most effectively by the training diary and the data can be classified by:

1)      Data related to the general state of the athlete (mood state, feeling, stress, etc.)

2)      Data related to training process (training volume, load, deflecions from the plan, etc.)

3)      Data related to acute training effect (fatigue, perception of effort, etc.)

4)      Data related to the cumulative training effect (changes in performance, changes in different abilities, etc. )