PFP
writing your introduction
- Aim – the general skills or fitness you plan to improve for which sport and why?
- Profile of who the PFP is for – age; sex; ability; experience
- Brief overview of training programme – duration; frequency and type
- How you will show progress – the tests and measures you will use
identifying components of fitness
- Specify the skill and/or fitness components to be improved
- Set a SMART target for each component
fitness testing and analysis
- Summary of tests used to measure current skill and fitness components
- Test results
- Establish the baseline
You can only see an improvement if you know where the performer started – it is essential to establish a baseline. Before starting the training programme, you need to measure the skill or fitness components that the performer plans to improve. For example, to measure a performer’s fitness you may use an endurance bleep test.
Compare results
Although the PFP is specific to an individual, it may be useful to compare the performer’s results to those of other performers to check that appropriate progress is being made. For example, the bleep test provides national guidance on what is excellent to poor for different ages and sexes. It is important to use comparisons sensitively as the focus should be on personal improvement.
Record and present the data
Monitoring progress is easier if you record the data and use it to plot progress over time. For example, you may create a graph showing the bleep test results. This helps you and the performer to see progress at a glance and/or to compare results between performers.
goal setting
your training plan, methods and principles
Details of training plan related to the principles of training:
- detailed monitoring and adjustments
- evidence of principles of training
Monitor progress
Depending on the length of the training programme, you need to re-test at regular intervals – possibly every four weeks – to check if progress is being made. If not, you may need to redesign or adjust the training programme.
end of programme testing
- Results following the repeat of baseline tests
analysis of results
evaluation of programme
- Effectiveness of the training programme in improving the specified components
- How to maintain, extend or improve the training programme
Evaluate the impact
A post-PFP test will show the impact of the training programme on the performer. Has it had the effect you wanted? If yes, you will want to explore the next steps with the performer – do you do more of the same, extend the challenge or focus on a new component? If the PFP has not had the desired effect, how will you change the training programme so that it does?