1. Unit 27
Task 2 – Performance Strengths and
Areas for Improvement
2. Strength 1/4
• Excellence Trait: Timing of Runs
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse: This how well Conor
times where he move quickly on pitch for a purpose. This
could apply in an attacking or defensive context, either
making a run beyond a defender to receive the ball or
running backwards to aid the defense and midfield. If it was
late on in a game and his team were defending a lead, he
may want to run back to aid the team, or if his team were
chasing a game he would make frequent runs passed the
defense to score. If Conor was not making appropriate runs
or making them at the wrong times all together, it may
frustrate the other players or the manager, which could
lead to him being substituted or being dropped.
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Critically Analyse: Give your opinion of the subject of interest – consider all of the evidence and then write about both the advantages and
disadvantages
3. Strength 2/4
• Excellence Trait: Finishing with both feet.
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse: Finishing with both
feet is Conors ability to finish the ball, with his stronger foot
and his weaker foot. This isn’t necessarily essential but its
often preferred by managers and by the athlete
themselves, its often worked on after training and
individually by the performer. If Conor wasn’t able to finish
with both feet this could become an issue because
everytime the ball is given to Conor on his right foot in a
shooting position, he is not likely to score or possibly even
hit the target. Which leads to his goal scoring tally not
increasing and his team mates, manager and the crowd
questioning his abilities, which could knock his confidence.
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Explain: Give a detailed account to give the meaning of something with reasons. Include the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of the topic of interest
Critically Analyse: Give your opinion of the subject of interest – consider all of the evidence and then write about both the advantages and
disadvantages
4. Strength 3/4
• Excellence Trait: Balance.
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse: Not neccesarily
an essential trait, Conor gets his good balance from
being a small height at just 5-5. This enables him to
have a low centre of gravity, also linking in with the fact
that he is very agile. As he is likely to receive the ball in
the air, along the ground or in the chest region, he will
need to move his body, possibly jump to control the
ball. When landing its key he lands on his feet with the
ball, in a good position to drive forwards and when
shifiting its key he doesn’t fall over, conceding
possession.
Describe: Give a detailed account of something
Explain: Give a detailed account to give the meaning of something with reasons. Include the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of the topic of interest
Critically Analyse: Give your opinion of the subject of interest – consider all of the evidence and then write about both the advantages and
disadvantages
5. Strength 4/4
• Excellence Trait: Agility.
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse: This moves on
from balance, Conor is a very agile due to his height
and weight, his good body composition also helps him
with this. He has also worked in the gym very hard,
improving core strength and improving his lower body
strength. Agility is key, when being marked by
opposition so you can turn off the players at pace to
get through on goal. Its essential in fact, when being a
small player, so you are hard to mark and even harder
to catch. If Conor wasn’t agile he runs the risk of often
being tackled and not progressing up the pitch.
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Critically Analyse: Give your opinion of the subject of interest – consider all of the evidence and then write about both the advantages and
disadvantages
6. Development Area 1/4
• Excellence Trait:Strength
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse:Strength is
how well a player is able to push people off of the
ball and remain up right, basically Conor’s ability
to resist pressure against a force. So it Conor was
through on goal, with the ball and a center back
was shoulder to shoulder with him it would be his
ability to resist the pressure from the center back.
Without this he may not be able to hold off
players and is likely to lose the ball a severe
amount.
Describe: Give a detailed account of something
Explain: Give a detailed account to give the meaning of something with reasons. Include the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of the topic of interest
Critically Analyse: Give your opinion of the subject of interest – consider all of the evidence and then write about both the advantages and
disadvantages
7. Development Area 2/4
• Excellence Trait: Decision Making
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse: This is Conors
ability to make correct decisions on a football field on
his own doing. Not moving too far into a certain part of
the pitch, picking the correct time to shoot etc, these
all apply. For example if Conor was in front of goal
when he received the ball and had a good chance to
shoot, but opted to pass the ball off to another team
mate behind him, that means his decision making in
that specific element would’ve been poor, consistent
poor decisions would mean his decision making in
general is poor.
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Critically Analyse: Give your opinion of the subject of interest – consider all of the evidence and then write about both the advantages and
disadvantages
8. Development Area 3/4
• Excellence Trait: Ball Retention
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse: Ball retention is
simply being able to keep the ball when being
pressured by one or more players, this link sin with
strength, it’s a lot about how the player uses it. For
example if Conor bought down a goal kick in the
middle of the park, he would most likely be pressured
by 1 or 2 players. Ball retention would simply be how
well he can keep the ball and bring others into play
whilst being pressured. If his ball retention was poor
then he would lose the ball, resulting in his team
having to defend.
Describe: Give a detailed account of something
Explain: Give a detailed account to give the meaning of something with reasons. Include the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of the topic of interest
Critically Analyse: Give your opinion of the subject of interest – consider all of the evidence and then write about both the advantages and
disadvantages
9. Development Area 4/4
• Excellence Trait: Muscular Endurance.
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse: Muscular
endurance is key at all levels of sport when playing for
an extended period of time. If the muscles cant endure
lots of exercise then they will tire and if they begin to
tire he wont be able to work as hard, not saving energy
for vital parts of the game such as sprinting through on
goal. If Conors muscular endurance isn’t good, then for
running back defending or making positive runs late on
it’d be very hard for him. Which means he would most
likely to get substituted late on.
Describe: Give a detailed account of something
Explain: Give a detailed account to give the meaning of something with reasons. Include the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of the topic of interest
Critically Analyse: Give your opinion of the subject of interest – consider all of the evidence and then write about both the advantages and
disadvantages
