Repetition Drills

What is a Repetition Drill?

Repetition drills are training exercises where a particular skill is performed over and over again (note: repetition can be used with all types of practice). The intention is to make the skill more natural and automatic so the performer can execute the skill without thinking about it. This method eliminates the distraction of the game and other skills. Be careful of fatigue and boredom.

Describe an approach you used to develop your performance in relation to the Physical Factor (4 marks)

Key information to include in your answer:

What type of drill did you do?
How was it set up?
Did you use any equipment?
Was anyone helping you carry out the drill
What Skill were you developing?
Where did you do this practice?

Example answer 1 Repetition drills- This approach involves performing a skill repeatedly in my case my smash and allows me to focus on specific subroutines and develop muscle memory. I may practice very small parts of the skill or the entire skill repeatedly. The following practices are all examples of repetition drills I have practiced. Passive Feed - I used a full badminton court and my partner had several shuttles ready to feed to me. My partner is a player that is really good at feeding the shuttle high in the air. My partner fed the shuttle high to the middle of the court to allow me to practice my smash. This was a passive feed that was high to the middle so I could attack it with my smash. I will perform this 30 times then progress my practice. I will then get my partner to feed me the shuttle further back in the court so it is more game like and I will practice my smash 30 times again. I will then progress my practice again by setting a target on my partners side of the court. I used a hula hoop as a target to try and direct my smash down and into, again I practiced this 30 times.

Example answer 2 Repetition drills-I done a repetition drill to improve the consistency of my overhead clear. To start I gathered the equipment I would need. I used 30 shuttles and different coloured hula hoops. I set the drill up by using the full badminton court and placing the hula hoops in the corners of the back tramlines. I got a partner to feed me the shuttles passively to the middle/ back of the court (I placed a cone here to show where the feeder needed to hit the shuttle). My partner fed the shuttle high and to the cone in the middle of the court where I then performed the overhead clear repeatedly over and over again (I done 30). When hitting the shuttle I aimed to hit the shuttle high and deep into the back tramlines and into either of the corners where the hula hoops were. I kept my score. I got 1 point for hitting the shuttle into the tramline and 5 if I hit the hula hoop. I progressed my practice by making the hula hoops different colours and my feeder would call a colour and I would try to hit the shuttle into the correct coloured hula hoop. Again I repeated the same process of hitting 30 shuttles and recording my score.

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Repetition Drill - Basketball

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Repetition Drill - Badminton

Describe an approach you used to develop your performance in relation to the Physical Factor (4 marks)

Example Answer

Example answer 1 Repetition drills- This approach involves performing a skill repeatedly in my case my smash and allows me to focus on specific subroutines and develop muscle memory. I may practice very small parts of the skill or the entire skill repeatedly. The following practices are all examples of repetition drills I have practiced. Passive Feed - I used a full badminton court and my partner had several shuttles ready to feed to me. My partner is a player that is really good at feeding the shuttle high in the air. My partner fed the shuttle high to the middle of the court to allow me to practice my smash. This was a passive feed that was high to the middle so I could attack it with my smash. I will perform this 30 times then progress my practice. I will then get my partner to feed me the shuttle further back in the court so it is more game like and I will practice my smash 30 times again. I will then progress my practice again by setting a target on my partners side of the court. I used a hula hoop as a target to try and direct my smash down and into, again I practiced this 30 times.

Example answer 2 Repetition drills-I done a repetition drill to improve the consistency of my overhead clear. To start I gathered the equipment I would need. I used 30 shuttles and different coloured hula hoops. I set the drill up by using the full badminton court and placing the hula hoops in the corners of the back tramlines. I got a partner to feed me the shuttles passively to the middle/ back of the court (I placed a cone here to show where the feeder needed to hit the shuttle). My partner fed the shuttle high and to the cone in the middle of the court where I then performed the overhead clear repeatedly over and over again (I done 30). When hitting the shuttle I aimed to hit the shuttle high and deep into the back tramlines and into either of the corners where the hula hoops were. I kept my score. I got 1 point for hitting the shuttle into the tramline and 5 if I hit the hula hoop. I progressed my practice by making the hula hoops different colours and my feeder would call a colour and I would try to hit the shuttle into the correct coloured hula hoop. Again I repeated the same process of hitting 30 shuttles and recording my score.

Explain how this approach allowed you to develop your performance (4 marks)

I used repetition drills because……………..(select 1 from below)

a) They allowed me to develop my technique for performing the____________(NAME SKILL)

b) By practicing a skill over and over again I will become more accurate at performing it.

c) By repeating the skill multiple times I will be able to perform it automatically

Using Repetition drills, had a positive impact on my performance because……

(make a sentence that includes at least one of the key phrases below)

Accuracy, Reduced Unforced Errors, More Winners, Set Up Attack, Put Opponent Under Pressure, Move About Court, Increased Consistency, More Efficient Technique

This method was appropriate for me because:

a) It allowed me to practice the skill under less pressure. This meant that...

b) The drill can be adapted and made more difficult as i get better. For example I could...

c) The drill allowed me to work on a specific weakness in my performance. By repeating the skill over and over this allowed me to...

** Repeat this process 3-4 times to access 4 marks

Evaluate the extend to which you achieved the targets you set for yourself (4 marks)

Undertaking a repetition drill had a beneficial impact on my performance of a Smash and OHC in Badminton.

By performing the OHC over and over again I was able to increase my accuracy using this shot. This mean I was consistency able to reach the back tramlines and force my opponent to the back of the court. As I got better I made significantly less unforced errors during a game as I rarely hit the shuttle out of the back of the court. I was also able t reduce the number of opportunities for my opponent to return my OHC with a smash as my shots went over his head, forcing them to have to move to return my shot.

The repetition drill also allowed me to improve my technique for performing a smash. I became alot more confident using this shot and was able to increase the power I generated making it much more difficult for my opponent to return. On average I won 4-5 extra points per match as a result of improving my smash technique.