Dan is a football player being evaluated on his strengths and areas for improvement. His strengths include speed, power, partnership with other players, and reaction time. He was rated highly in these areas by himself and his coaches. However, he needs to improve his arousal control, motivation, control of anxiety, and strength. He loses his temper easily and has issues with consistency in attending training. Controlling his nerves also affects his gameplay. While he wins most physical battles, increasing his strength could further improve his game.

1. Unit 27
Task 2 – Performance Strengths and
Areas for Improvement

2. Strength 1/4
• Excellence Trait: Speed
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse:
Speed is the distance covered in a certain amount of time. Speed is
important for Dan to have as he needs to be able to take the ball past
defenders to either cross the ball in or shoot. Without speed Dan
would never be a threat in his position.
Speed is one of Dan’s strongest traits as myself and his coach have
both rated him highly for it. I rated him at a 9 out of 10 which is in
between the standards of Sussex and English schools. So for this trait
he would in my opinion be able to compete at those levels. Dave rated
an at 8 out of 10 therefore he believes Dan’s speed would fit in with a
County level of football. Dan rated himself at 9 as he thinks that it is
one of best traits.
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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

3. Strength 2/4
• Excellence Trait: Power
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse:
Power in football would be how hard you can kick a
football. It’s a very important trait as when you’re
shooting If you put a lot of power into a shot it makes it
extremely hard for a keeper to save the shot.
Power is one of Dan’s best traits as me and Dave both
rated Dan’s power trait as a 9, this is because he can
strike the ball very hard and keeps his shots on target as
well. Dan also rated himself as a 9 for power trait so I
think we have all made a very accurate judgment as well
all agree with each other.
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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

4. Strength 3/4
• Excellence Trait: Partnership of Units
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse:
Partnership of units different positions on a football pitch
link up. Dan partners well with his forwards as he knows
that if he can beat the right back and put a cross into the
box there will be one of strikers in the box to finish his
cross. Also Dan works hard to work back and help his
defence out when they are in trouble and need extra
support. For this reason I gave Dan a rating of 8 out of 10
and Dave gave him a 9 out of 10. Dan also rated himself
an 8 out of 10. This shows we all think that this trait is
one of Dan’s strengths.
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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

5. Strength 4/4
• Excellence Trait: Reaction Time
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse:
Reaction time in football is how quickly Dan can react to what's going
on around him. So if Dan is in the box when a corner comes in and the
ball get deflected and is loose in the 16 yard box he needs to be able to
react quickly so he can shot or pass the ball into an even better goal
scoring position. Or it could be the other way round he may be
defending a corner and the becomes loose he will want to clear the
ball as quickly as possible.
Both me and Dave rated Dan an 8 out of 10 for this trait as his reaction
times are very sharp. Dan also rated himself an 8 which highlights the
fact that we all agree and this is very accurate as it comes from 3
peoples opinions.
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

6. Development Area 1/4
• Excellence Trait: Arousal Control
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse:
Arousal control in football would be how well Dan keeps his cool
during the match as he doesn’t want to be over aroused that he causes
himself injury or gets himself sent off.
I have watched Dan play football for a few years now and one of his
weaknesses is loosing his temper during matches and will kick out if
someone winds him up. This is why I rated Dan’s arousal control at a 3
which is really bad. Dave rated Dan’s arousal control at a 6 and I would
presume that this is because Dave has only been Dan’s manager for a
year and Dan has obviously not lost his temper as much. Dan rated
himself at a 2 as he does know that he is bad at this trait and needs to
improve it if he is going to get anywhere in his footballing career.
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: Motivation
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse:
Motivation in football would be wanting to get into the
starting 11, wanting to score goals or play your best for
example.
I rated Dan’s motivation at a 7 because when he was on the
pitch he was trying really hard to play the best possible role
for his team to help them get the advantage over the other
team. Dave rated Dan’s motivation at a 3 and this was because
Dan has missed training session or been late to them several
times and also he has missed games just through ‘not feeling
up to it’. Dan rated his motivation as a 7 so this is defiantly
something he needs to work on to improve.
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

8. Development Area 3/4
• Excellence Trait: Control of Anxiety
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse:
Control of anxiety in football would be letting nerves get the
better of a player. So for example this may make players play
poor sloppy passes as they are nervous or when taking a
penalty may miss the target due to the pressure becoming too
much.
I rated Dan’s control of anxiety at a 4 because when I went to
see him play he didn’t seem that confident and would try a lot
of easier passes and wouldn’t always try and beat his man.
Dave rated him at a 5 and Dan rated himself at a 6 so this
would definitely be one of Dan’s weaknesses.
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: Strength
• Describe / Explain / Critically Analyse:
Strength in football would be how well a player can
keep the ball without getting nudged off it. Or in a
50/50 battle how well they hold themselves against
the opposition.
I rated Dan as a 6 for strength because when I went
to see him play I would say he won 60% of his
50/50 battles against the opposition. Dave rated
Dan at a 4 and Dan rated himself at a 6 so this is
definitely a trait he needs to work 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