Below is a model answer that gained full marks in the prelim exam.

Question: 3b) Evaluate two benefits of the methods you used to monitor and evaluate the impact of the PHYSICAL factor on performance. (4)

Two benefits of the training diary is that you can look at it when you want so it is a permanent record and can be accessed whenever it needs to be and can help to see how you are finding your sessions which meant that I could change anything around that I felt was not working. Another benefit is that it can have no limit and you can be true to yourself about how you feel and if you feel you’re improving or not. You can also attach different pieces to the diary and you can look back on it to see how far you have come which helped me to see how I was doing.

Two benefits of Standardises test is that they have small, informal instructions, can be found online and can be explained so that they can be performed correctly so you can get the correct set of results so your monitoring is accurate, this helped me to see how I was in comparison to other which was useful as it showed me what I had to do. I could also see that I had improved my overall performance by comparing two sets of test results which would help me to see that my training was working, this was important as if I was not doing good enough then I would not have improved. Another benefit of monitoring using tests is that I could compare my results with the national norms so I could see how well my training was working so if not I could change something around so in training I could then win more games which was the overall outcome of my training. This helped a lot as it meant I improved faster and I could then put my training to good use where I could now beat my opponents more as my training was proving to be useful.

by Callum Watson