Table 4 Characteristics of the five proposed training categories
From: Many Pieces to the Puzzle: A New Holistic Workload Approach to Designing Practice in Sports
Training category | Physical fidelity | Cognitive fidelity | Physical demand | Cognitive demand | General description of aims | Specific perception–action goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fundamental Cognitive Capacity (FC-c) | Low to Moderate | Low to Moderate | Low to Moderate | Moderate to High | Increase capacity to take-in and process sensory information | Uptake of Information |
Fundamental Physical Capacity (FC-p) | Low to Moderate | Low to Moderate | Moderate to High | Low to Moderate | Increase capacity to carry out actions through improved flexibility, strength, speed, etc. | Execution of Motor Solutions |
Motor Skill Arsenal (MSA) | Moderate to High | Low to Moderate | Low to High | Low to Moderate | Develop the range of actions available to be applied in various scenarios, without specific focus on cognitive elements | Selection of Motor Solutionsa Execution of Motor Solutions |
Software Development (SD) | Low to Moderate | Moderate to High | Low to Moderate | Moderate to High | Develop the ability to make decisions, but with minimal focus on carrying out actions at competitive levels of performance | Uptake of Information Utilization of Information |
Game Innovation (GI) | Moderate to High | Moderate to High | Moderate to High | Moderate to High | Allow exploration of the system of a competition-like environment, identifying affordances and executing on them (Consolidating work from MSA and SD categories) | Uptake of Information Utilization of Information Selection of Motor Solutionsa Execution of Motor Solutions |
Recovery | Low to Moderate | Low to Moderate | Low to Moderate | Low to Moderate | Regeneration/restoration of cognitive and physical resources and capacities | N/A |