4.3 Meaning of Planning.
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“THINKING BEFORE DOING”
Planning is an objective necessity under the conditions of our social
order. In the area of national economy, planning is a means of
securing constant growth and improvement of production and
attainment of self-sufficiency in different facets associated with the
progress of a nation. These plans cover a lengthy period and
comprise, besides aim of production, all the factors e.g. finance,
manpower, material, means etc., which affect the attainment of
goals. All this, in principle, also applies to planning of sports
training. After having determined the goals, the coaches and
sportspersons have to develop training plans of longer and shorter
duration for ensuring the attainment of immediate, intermediate and
ultimate objectives. The training plan is a binding directive for
improving the training state of a sportsperson where all the required
measures (forms of training, nature and frequency of competition,
control measures etc.) are recorded in writing.
Definition of Training Plan
It is a binding directive for developing training condition where all
required measures are recorded in writing.
To plan means:
(a) To lay down the performance aim to be achieved.
(b) To determine tasks arising from the performance aim.
(c) To determine the sequence in which the tasks are to be achieved.
(d) To determine means and methods for the solution of main tasks.
(e) To anticipate development of loading.
(f) To select most suitable form of organization.
Principles of Planning.
Coaches and physical education teachers have to regard these
principles as guiding factors so as to ensure preparation of effective
training plans. Various Sports Federations and Associations must
also develop their own training plans for the preparation of their
teams for participation in important competitions. While
developing training plans, the following principles should be kept
in mind.
1. Sports training plan must be based on the national philosophy.
The training plan must be based on the social needs and necessary
tasks of the society. The aim and tasks of sports training should not
be contrary to the interest of the nation.
2. Sports training plan must have a scientific basis. The sports
training plan should correctly mirror the discovered laws of
development in the field of methods and theory of sports training.
The training plan should take into consideration the latest finding of
research so as to keep the plan up to date.
3. Planning must follow the principle of democracy. Any individual
who can significantly contribute for making the sports training plan
effective, should have an opportunity to participate in the
development of the plan. Even the sportsperson should from part of
such a planning group.
4. Sports training plan must be constantly improved. Preparation of
an effective sports training plan is a complex process. All-important
factors, which have a direct or indirect effect on performance, should
be carefully regarded and properly coordinated.
5. Important points of training plan must be properly fixed and
correctly coordinated. Idea is not to develop a training plan and
then sit down waiting for the results to be achieved. In fact planning
is a dynamic process, the training plan has to be controlled,
assessed and modified on a regular basis in the light of performance
attained by the sportsperson and also based on the latest findings of
the researches done in the field of science of sports training.
6. Sports training plan, evaluation and control measures constitute a
unit. In order for the sports training plan to be effective, it has to be
constantly evaluated with the help of various measures of control
(tests, performance during competition etc). Correct evaluation and
analysis of training condition of a sportsperson must precede
development of any sports training plan..
