Factors affecting performance

5. Plenary - Personal training issues

Required Resources

• Video: Everest climb advertisement
• Slides 9-11

Delivery

• Ask students to suggest sports in which they take part and then, as a class discuss whether there are any acclimatisation considerations which students face when playing this sport.
• Students should consider factors such as whether they play on artificial or real surfaces, quality of pitch, terrain, swimming pool temperature etc.
• Time permitting, play the Video: Everest climb advertisement, again depicting Service Personnel achieving the summit of Mount Everest despite the altitude, temperature and extreme weather conditions.
• Explain that it is crucial for military personnel to be at the peak of their mental and physical fitness in operational conditions. Display Slides 9-11 which contains information on the Army Physical Training Corps which is charged with ensuring the fitness of the British Army.