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You have been offered a position at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) as the Athlete Program Manager. Your primary role in this position is to assist athletes to transition into the AIS Talented Athlete Program (TAP). One of your responsibilities in this role is to contribute to a Welcome / Information Booklet for athletes across a variety of Olympic sports. The purpose of the booklet is to inform and educate each athlete about the specific details of the TAP and what they can expect to experience while at the AIS.

For an Olympic sport of your choice, you are to create pages for the Welcome / Information Booklet that contains the following information:

• an explanation of the interplay of energy systems, specific to your chosen sport
• an explanation of the psychological strategies that the athlete will be exposed to in an attempt to assist them in enhancing their motivation and managing their anxiety
• an outline of the nutritional considerations for your athlete and a comparison of how these considerations may differ from other athletes also in the TAP.
• a description of how the characteristics of your athlete can influence their skill acquisition and performance while at the AIS

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Factors Affecting Performance series

Energy Systems

In every active sport, an athlete's ability to meet their energy requirements has a major impact on performance. Our working muscles get their energy from the breakdown of ATP, while the anaerobic and aerobic energy systems provide energy for the resynthesis of ATP. This video explains these processes, and identifies the key features of the different energy systems. Various sports are used to illustrate the way the energy systems are used under different conditions.

Psychological Factors

This video deals with the way an athletes mindset can affect their performance. Topics covered include motivation, reinforcement, managing anxiety, concentration skills, mental rehearsal, visualisation, relaxation and goal setting.

Nutrition and Sport

The basis of good nutrition is balance: our intake needs to be balanced with our needs. Physical exercise increases the need for all the essential nutrients, particularly energy-giving fuels and water. In developing a nutritional plan, we need to be aware of the composition of different foods and the demands placed on our bodies by different types of exercise. If we choose to use nutritional supplements, it’s important to understand the potential pros and cons.

Skill Acquisition : Part 1

An in-depth look at how skills are acquired by athletes; Discussions on the definition of skill; the learning cycle of skill acquisition and what each stage means for the learner. This video also provides a breakdown of the various characteristics of the learner, such as age, motivation, fitness levels, confidence, environmental factors and ability

Skill Acquisition : Part 2

Following on from Part 1, this programme covers more on: The learning environment; knowledge of feedback, knowledge of performance and knowledge of results. This video looks at the stages of skill acquisition; and the various learning curves. Features coaches from team sports and individual sports offering their practical perspectives.

Enhancing Performance in Sport

Sportspeople, at any level, are always looking for ways to enhance their performance. This programme provides a valuable overview of the many facets of performance enhancement. Australian middle distance runner Craig Mottram and UK 400m runner Iwan Thomas talk about their experiences at the elite level as the programme discusses coaching, nutrition, psychological preparation, the use of technology and ergogenic aids.

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