Sam has several strengths that benefit him as a striker, including good body composition, aerobic fitness, power, and strength. However, he also has some areas for improvement. Sam needs to focus on developing his muscular endurance, coordination, balance, and stamina. Improving these areas will help prevent fatigue during games and allow Sam to perform skills like dribbling and shooting more effectively for the full length of matches. The document analyzes Sam's performance traits and proposes targeted ways for him to enhance his abilities.

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

2. 1st Strength
• Excellence Trait – Body Composition
• A striker needs good body composition; body
fat to muscle ratio. They need to be lean in
order to have efficient muscles to help the run
fast to intercept balls and last the duration of
a 90 minute game. Sam has good body
composition this advantages him as he is tall
and lean, this enables him to be able to
utilises his power when taking shots.

3. 2nd Strength
• Excellence Trait – Aerobic Fitness
• It is important to have good aerobic fitness so
that Sam can fully utilise the oxygen he inhales
and produce the maximum amount of energy
possible to help keep energetic throughout a
game. Sam has good aerobic fitness this benefits
him when sprinting to a ball, so he can beat the
opposition to the ball. He can improve this by
doing long slow training, which increase the heart
rate.

4. 3rd Strength
• Excellence Trait – Power
• Power is the ability to use strength at speed, this
is especially important for strikers and advantages
Sam as they need to be able to direct strength
when shooting a ball and at speed if they are
running onto the ball. Resulting in a powerful
shot, hopefully leading to a goal. Sam already
fairly strong, so to increase power he will need to
work on his speed.

5. 4th Strength
• Excellence Trait - Strength
• Sam is able to have good maximum muscle
force against resistance. This advantages Sam
to have strength when tackling opposition
then maintaining possession of the ball,
enabling him to take a shot. He can improve
his strength further by doing weight training,
slowly increase number of reps or the amount
of weights.

6. 1st Development Area
• Excellence Trait – Muscular Endurance
• Muscular endurance is the ability of muscles to work
continuously for a long period of time without
fatiguing. Myself and Sam's coach agree that he needs
to development his muscular endurance as without it
disadvantages him as he fatigues in games, being a
striker he is required to run a lot and by increasing
muscular endurance he will be able to sustain his
muscle working to support the running required. He
can improve this by doing circuit training or doing
weights for longer reps.

7. 2nd Development Area
• Excellence Trait – Co-ordination
• Co-ordination is the ability of a person to use two
or more body parts at the same time. Sam needs
to improve his co-ordination, so he can move
smoothly and quickly whilst dribbling and holding
off the opposition at the same time, it
disadvantages him as he will be less liking to be
able to do this. Sam can improve co-ordination by
doing speed and agility drills, these should no be
physically exhausting though.

8. 3rd Development Area
• Excellence Trait – Balance
• Balance is the ability of a person to evenly
distribute their weight and remain steady and
upright. Sam needs to improve his balance as
it may disadvantage him when trying to keep
shots on target and to reaching difficult volley
strikes accurately. He can improve this by
doing yoga.

9. 4th Development Area
• Excellence Trait – Stamina
• Stamina is the ability of a person to exercise
or sustain prolonged physical or mental effort
over a long period of time. Sam needs to
improve his stamina as it may disadvantage
him in not being able to last the full duration
of a match. Stamina can be improved by doing
interval training.