Unit 27 Task 3 details a 4-week training plan for Oscar focusing on improving his ball retention and flexibility. For ball retention, Oscar's test score improved from 50% to 60%, showing progress. For flexibility, his score improved but remained average. Based on the mid-point review, the coach determined the training plan was effective and no changes were needed for weeks 5-8. Both the athlete and coach were satisfied with the plan and progress made.

1. Unit 27 Task 3
Week 1-4 and Review 1

2. Week 1/4
Improvement Priority 1: Ball Retention Improvement Priority 2: Flexibility
Date: 03/02/15 Date: 04/02/15
Time: Afternoon Time: Afternoon
Venue: Worthing Leisure centre (astro) Venue: Worthing College Gym
Equipment: 4 cones, football, opponent Equipment: Assistant
Weather: raining Weather: N/A (indoors)
Coaches Review: Oscar performed well for this drill putting maximum effort
into the drill. This meant however he fatigued before the 10
minutes had finished and less work rate was put in
Coaches Review: Oscar completed all the stretches successfully and showed
good technique
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
Oscar questioned why the grid time was so long as he felt it
was hard for him to keep 100% effort in for the 10 minutes
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
Only thing Oscar questioned is why there was a minute break
in between each set of stretches. Therefore I told him how
when stretching rest periods are needed to prevent over
elasticity of the muscle fibres.
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
Progress is expected as from watching his technique he
successfully kept shielding the ball from his opponent and
made it harder for his opponent to tackle him.
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
Progress is expected as everything went to plan this week.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
Only aspect that will be applied in week 2 is that the
opponent in the grid will be changed to a stronger player.
Therefore this stays appropriate.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
Next session should stay the same as there was no problems.
Next week includes no overload or progression so it is very
appropriate week of training. If anything next week should be
made harder for the athlete. However I will e sticking to the
plan for week 2.
Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
No contingency plan needed Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
no

3. Week 2/4
Improvement Priority 1:Ball Retention Improvement Priority 2: Flexibility
Date: 10/02/15 Date: 11/02/15
Time: Afternoon Time: Afternoon
Venue: Worthing leisure centre (astro) Venue: Worthing college gym
Equipment: 4 cones, football. opponent Equipment: Assistant
Weather: Overcast Weather: n/a indoors
Coaches Review: Oscar performed the exercise well however struggled more
this time round due to the training being against a stronger
defender.
Coaches Review: Oscar seemed to lack concentration as he is doing the same
training again this week as it is only week 2. after me
explaining to hi m why the training has not been made
progressive this week he seemed to gain focus again.
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
Once again he questioned why the drill was 10 minutes long Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
Only thing Oscar questioned is why there was a minute break
in between each set of stretches. Therefore I told him how
when stretching rest periods are needed to prevent over
elasticity of the muscle fibres.
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
Progress is going to plan from watching Oscars technique and
how he doesn't know his opponent so much of the ball
anymore and seems stronger ion the ball already.
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
No progress as of yet has been made but this could be due to
the fact it is only week 2 and the training hasn’t been made
harder yet nor progressive.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
The next session is appropriate and this is to make the grid
smaller by 1m x 1m which is an element of progression and
adds a difficulty factor to the training.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
More stretches are planned to be done in each set this week
and this is so that the muscle fibres will be worked harder in
order to keep testing them. Without increasing the difficulty
each week progress would be hard to be made
Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
no Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
no

4. Week 3/4
Improvement Priority 1:Ball retention Improvement Priority 2: Flexibility
Date: 17/02/15 Date: 18/02/15
Time: Afternoon Time: Afternoon
Venue: Worthing leisure centre (astro) Venue: Worthing college gym
Equipment: 4 cones, football. opponent Equipment: Assistant
Weather: Overcast Weather: n/a indoors
Coaches Review: Oscar was very fresh for this session as college had no game
this week of which he was involved in. due to this he was very
keen and couldn’t wait to have a go at the improved drill.
Coaches Review: As I said for yesterdays training Oscar was very fresh this week
therefore was eager to start his stretches for the week. He
seemed happy that I increased the amount of stretches he did
as he felt it was a bit easy last week.
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
Only question Oscar asked was whether he could have a water
break half way through the 10 minutes as he felt it was more
intense in the smaller grid.
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
No questions were asked by Oscar but he gave positive
feedback on how he felt he benefitted from the training.
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
Progress should be made this week as Oscar put maximum
effort and intensity into the session.
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
Progress is more likely to appear after this session as the
subject felt he benefitted.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
The grid is set to be another 1 metre squared smaller this
week which will go ahead.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
This week the stretches will happen 3 times a day rather than
2. this will go ahead and should further improve flexibility
Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
no Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
no

5. Week 4/4
Improvement Priority 1: Ball Retention Improvement Priority 2: Flexibility
Date: 24/02/15 Date: 25/02/15
Time: Afternoon Time: Afternoon
Venue: Worthing leisure centre (astro) Venue: Worthing college gym
Equipment: 4 cones, football. opponent Equipment: Assistant
Weather: Overcast Weather: n/a indoors
Coaches Review: He adapted well to the grid getting even smaller and seemed
to want to put maximum effort in before he was retested.
Coaches Review: Once again he put maximum effort in due to knowing he was
being retested at the end of the week.
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
Oscar said he enjoyed the challenge this week and feels he has
improved so far during the training plan.
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
Oscar said he enjoyed the challenge this week and feels he has
improved so far during the training plan.
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
Yes progress should be as expected. Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
Testing should show progress.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
yes Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
yes
Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
no Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
no

6. Week 4 Review Testing Excellence Trait – Weakness 1/2
Trait: Ball Retention
Test Name: Notational Analysis
Standardised
Test:
No Normative Data: No
If Not A
Standardised
Test Detail
Method Here:
• In a game situation every time they are on the ball I will keep a
record of how many times they retain the ball against how many
times they lose it. This will be expressed as a percentage.
Test Result 1: 55% Test Result 1 Rating: Average
Test Result 2: 50% Test Result 2 Rating: Average
Test Result 3: 60% Test Result 3 Rating: Above Average
Best Result: 60%
Best Result
Rating:
Above Average

7. Week 4 Review Testing Excellence Trait – Weakness 2/2
Trait: flexibility
Test Name: Sit and reach test
Standardised
Test:
Yes Normative Data: Yes
If Not A
Standardised
Test Detail
Method Here:
Test Result 1: 10 Test Result 1 Rating: average
Test Result 2: 10.2 Test Result 2 Rating: average
Test Result 3: 10.2 Test Result 3 Rating: average
Best Result: 10.2
Best Result
Rating:
average

8. Describe whether the tests show that
progress is being made as planned?
• Firstly ball retention went up from a best score of 50% to 60%.
This shows that progression as his score has gone from
average to above average. This shows that the training plan is
going to schedule and will stay the same as I have already
planned.
• Secondly the flexibility has gone from 9.9 to 10.2 which shows
a steady increase. Although this score is still only average it
shows that there is improvement being made and the week 5-
8 training will stay the same.

9. Does the mid point review show that weeks 5-8
need to be adapted?
Describe How you will adapt your sessions?
• The midpoint shows that there is a steady increase in both the
required areas and my training plan has already been made to
keep this increase happening therefore I will not be changing
or altering it. Also after discussing this with the athlete Oscar
agreed that the training plan should stay the same as he
thought it was challenging him enough and improving his
overall game.

10. API/ASA

11. Profiling Wheel

12. Similarities and differences between
previous task and week 1-4
Similarities
Although both his ball retention and flexibility have both improved there is something
that has stayed the same and this is API. This is the athletes perceived level of
importance and therefore hasn’t changed as the athlete still believes this trait to be of
the same importance as it is. Throughout the 4 weeks Oscars enthusiasm and want to
improve his traits stayed the same.
Differences
There is a number of differences and the first is that both me and his coach Dave have
both improved his flexibility to a score of 6. his ball retention I have improved to a 7
but Dave has kept it at a 7. on the athletes self assessment he improved both scores
from a 5 to a 6. The fact that a lot of these scores have gone up shows the benefits of
the training plan to Oscar as an individual. The fact that his coach Dave also noticed
this improvement shows it is giving him better opportunities also such as a better
chance of getting into the college team regularly. As his self assessment has gone up
for both traits this also shows him to be more confident in his own ability and that he
feels he is benefitted from the training plan and becoming a better all round player.